- The 2025 CAPA Annual Conference -
The 2025 CAPA Annual Conference aka the 18th Sino-US Chemistry Professors Conference will be held in Zunyi, China, thanks to our local host Zunyi Medical University. For abstract submission, please email Prof. Yongzheng Chen at yzchen@zmu.edu.cn
Congratulations to
2024 CAPA Award Winners
Prof. Yan Xia for the CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award (US)
Prof. Qingquan Lu for the CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award (China)
Prof. Mingjiang Zhong for the CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Prof. Hong Liu for the Okeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemistry and Biology Interface
Prof. Xiaoyu Zhang for the Okeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award at the Chemistry and Biology Interface
2024 CAPA Winter Symposium
The 2024 CAPA Winter Symposium was successfully held on December 20, 2024 at the TMC3 Building of Texas A&M University Institute of Biotechnology and Technology in Houston, Texas, thanks to our local host Prof. Wenshe Ray Liu.
2024 CAPA Summer Symposium
The 2024 Summer Symposium was successfully held on the campus of University of Colorado, Boulder on August 17th, 2024. We would like to express our gratitude to our local host, Prof. Xiang Wang.
Congratulations to 2023 CAPA Award Winners
Prof. Guoliang Liu for the CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award (US)
Prof. Chun-Xiang Zhuo for the CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award (China)
Prof. Yang Yang for the CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Prof. Jianfeng Cai for the Okeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemistry and Biology Interface
Prof. Xue Gao for the Okeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award at the Chemistry and Biology Interface
Our whole-hearted comigrations to the awardees and thank the members of the 2023 CAPA Award Selection Committee: Jianmin Gao (chair), Wenfang Sun, Qian Wang, Ming Xian, and Weiping Tang.
2023 CAPA Winter Symposium
The 2023 Winter Symposium was successfully held on the campus of South Florida, Tampa, FL on December 20th, 2023. We would like to express our gratitude to our local hosts, Profs. Jianfeng Cai and Weiqi Liu.
2023 CAPA Summer Symposium
The 2023 CAPA Summer Symposium was held in August 13 in the UCSF campus, thanks to our local host Prof. Lei Wang.
CAPA History
The Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association is a non-profit and apolitical organization. CAPA was founded in 2002 by co-founders Zhen Huang, Lin Pu and Binghe Wang. It was officially registered in Georgia, USA on January 14, 2008.
Current Officials (07/01/2023-06/30/2025):
Wenshe Liu (President, Texas A&M University)
Xiaodong Shi (Vice President, University of Maryland)
Lei Fang (Secretary, Texas A&M University)
Xue Gao (Communication Director, Rice University)
Rongsheng Wang (Treasurer, Temple University)
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Bylaws and Board Members: