Qingyun Dan

Qingyun Dan received his B.S. degree in Biology from the School of Life Sciences, Peking University. After that he received his Ph.D. training at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and obtained Ph.D. in Biochemistry under the mentorship of Professor Janet Smith. His Ph.D. work focused on biochemical and structural elucidation of fungal indole alkaloid biosynthesis, during which he identified and characterized the reduction-dependent Diels-Alder cyclase in nature. He then arrived at the University of California Berkeley, working with Professor Jay Keasling on building polyketide synthase-based biosynthetic platforms.