B.S., Nanjing University (1983)
M.Sc., University of Toronto (1987; Prof. I. W. J. Still)
Ph.D., Stanford University (1992; Prof. Barry M. Trost)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School (1992-1995; Prof. Christopher T. Walsh)
Assistant Professor, Colorado State University (1995-2000)
Associate Professor, Colorado State University (2000-2003)
Professor, Colorado State University (2003-Present)

Awards and Honors:
ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (2004)
Monfort Professorship Award, Colorado State University (2002)
Lectureship Award, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Japan (2001)
Researcher of the Year, Colorado State University (2000)
GlaxoWellcome Chemistry Scholar Award (2000)
Eli Lilly Grantee Award (1999)
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (1999)
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (1999)
DuPont Young Faculty Award (1999)
Beckman Young Investigator Award (1997)
Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award (1995)

CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: (970) 491-7424
Fax: (970) 491-1801
E-mail: yian@lamar.colostate.edu