Qing Yang

Qing Yang is a professor at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. She is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and has made pioneering contributions to the development of novel pesticide molecular targets that are both highly effective and safe for humans and animals. Her main research interests include: (1) identifying new pesticide targets—particularly key proteins involved in chitin-related biological processes such as chitin biosynthesis, degradation, and assembly in insect pests and phytopathogens of agricultural importance—and (2) developing small molecules to target these proteins. The ultimate goal of her work is to control insect pests, nematodes, and phytopathogens in a human-safe, eco-friendly, and efficient manner. She has published 122 scientific papers in leading journals, including Cell, Nature, and Nature Microbiology.