Minglang Wu

About Minglang Wu

Highlight of Skills-Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery (e.g, hands-on experience with successful advancement of multiple drug candidates into preclinical development)-Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Chemical Process Development (e.g, supervisory experience with successful development/optimization of processes for various small molecules such as fluorine-containing advanced intermediates for APIs, pesticide active ingredients, and phospholipids/other pharmaceutical surfactant excipients).Summary of Experience-10+ years of medicinal chemistry experience in designing breakthrough ligands and generating/optimizing hit/lead compounds for CNS disorders, inflammation and cancer-related targets from among receptors, enzymes, micro RNAs and protein-protein interactions-6+ years of supervisory experience in recruiting/advising/leading BS/MS/PhD chemists and directing R&D teams in chemical process development/optimization efforts-15+ years of synthetic organic chemistry experience in designing, achieving and scaling-up novel and efficient synthesis of discrete and combinatorial organic compounds including chemotypically novel small molecule drug candidates, a complex natural product, oligosaccharides, nanometer-sized hollow polymeric capsules, agrochemical active ingredients, pharmaceutical intermediates (e.g, fluorine-containing organic molecules) and pharmaceutical surfactant excipients (e.g, phospholipids)-15+ years of hands-on analytical chemistry experience in realizing separation, purification and characterization of expected and unexpected organic reaction products as well as identification of concerned impurities by use of chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques-3+ years of full-time academic experience in teaching college courses in Medicinal Chemistry (including molecular biology of drug targets and pharmacology), Organic Chemistry, General Chemistry and Topics in Science.

Experience

1. Consultant (Medicinal Chemistry)

   Confometrx, Inc

   Mar 2024 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US

   Advising on the design, synthesis and management of small molecule drug candidates.

Education

• East China Normal University

  Lecturer

• North Carolina State University

  Ph.D.

• Peking University

  B.S.

• Emory University

  Postdoc