Yang Yang, PhD is an associate professor in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University College of Pharmacy, also affiliated with Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience. Dr. Yang graduated with dual bachelor’s degrees (B.S.: Life Sciences and B.A.: Sociology) from Shanghai University in 2005. Dr. Yang completed a Ph.D. degree at Georgia State University under the mentorship of Dr. Chun Jiang in 2011. Dr. Yang then moved to Yale University School of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow for three years under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Waxman, studying pharmacogenetics of chronic pain syndromes. He was promoted to Associate Research Scientist at Yale University and led a small team to use iPSCs-derived sensory neurons to establish "pain-in-a-dish" model in 2014. Dr. Yang joined the faculty of Purdue University as an Assistant Professor in 2017 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2023. Yang is the son of Qingshi Yang and cancer-fighting hero Jianbei Zang. Yang was born in Shanghai, China, and supports Asian American Awareness.