CAPA Award: Recent Winners
2023 Award Recipients
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Dr. Yang Yang, University of California, Santa Barbara
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award
Dr. Guoliang Liu, Virginia Tech
Dr. Chun-xiang Zhuo, Xiamen University
Okeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award
Dr. Xue Gao, University of Pennsylvania
Okeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award
Dr. Jianfeng Cai, University of South Florida
2022 Award Recipients
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Dr. Han Xiao, Rice University
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award
Dr. Jun Wang, Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey
Okeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award
Dr. Xin Yan, Texas A&M University
Okeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award
Dr. Yinsheng Wang, University of California, Riverside
2021 Award Recipients
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Dr. Ou Chen, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Brown University
Dr. Sen Zhang, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Virginia
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award
Dr. Qiu Wang, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Duke University
Dr. Le He, Professor of Chemistry, Soochow University
OKeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award
Dr. Peng Wu, Professor, Scripps Research
OKeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award
Dr. Yu Liu, Professor, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
2020 Award Recipients
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Dr. Xin Zhang, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Jia Niu, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Boston College
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award
Dr. Jin Wang, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Jiaoyang Jiang, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Xuefeng Jiang, Professor of Organic Chemistry, East China Normal University
CAPA OKeanos-Senior Investigator Award
Dr. Hang Hubert Yin, Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Tsinghua University
CAPA OKeanos-Young Investigator Award
Dr. Peng Zou, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Peking University
We thank the journal Molecules as well as OKeanos for sponsoring these CAPA awards.
2019 Recipients
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award - Sponsored by Molecules
Professor Lei Fang, Texas A&M University
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award - Sponsored by Molecules
Professor Jianmin Gao, Boston College
Professor Xin-Yuan Liu, SUSTech
OKeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface
Professor Xing Chen, Peking University
OKeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface
Professor Steven Huan Liang, Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital
2018 Recipients
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Prof. Song Lin, Cornell University
Prof. Tianning Diao. New York University
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award
Prof. Yat Li. University of California, Santa Cruz
Prof. Xiang David Li. The University of Hong Kong
OKeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface
Prof. Wenbin Lin. University of Chicago
OKeanos-CAPA Junior Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface
Prof. Chengqi Yi. Peking University
2017 Recipients
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Prof. Mingji Dai from Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
Prof. Xiaopeng Li from Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award
Prof. Ailong Ke from Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
Prof. Xiaodong Michael Shi from Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
OKeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface:
Prof. Zucai Suo from Department Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
2016 Recipients
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award
Prof. Huiwang Ai from Department of Chemistry, University of California at Riverside
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award
Prof. Wenshe Liu from Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
Prof. Ang Li from Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Xuechen Li from Department of Chemistry, the University of Hong Kong
OKeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface:
Prof. Peng Chen of Department of Chemical Biology, Peking University
OKeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface:
Prof. Hening Lin of Department Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
2015 Recipients
Biomatik Distinguished Junior Faculty Award - Sponsored by Biomatik
Prof. Jianfeng Cai from Department of Chemistry of University of South Florida
Prof. Hao Xu from Department of Chemistry at Georgia State University.
Biomatik Distinguished Faculty Award - Sponsored by Biomatik
Prof. Peng Wu from Departments of Biochemistry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Prof. Xing Chen from Department of Chemical Biology at Peking University,
Prof. Yujie Xiong from School of Chemistry and Materials Science at University of Science and Technology
OKeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface
Prof. Dong Wang of Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California, San Diego
OKeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology interface
Prof. Chuan He of Department of Chemistry at University of Chicago
2014 Recipients
Biomatik Distinguished Junior Faculty Award - Sponsored by Biomatik
Guangbin Dong (CV), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Gong Chen (CV), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University
Biomatik Distinguished Faculty Award - Sponsored by Biomatik
Yiying Wu (CV), Associate Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University
Charles Cao (CV), Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida
Peng Chen (CV), Professor, College of Chemistry, Peking University
Yongsheng Zhao (CV), Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAPA Distinguished Junior Faculty Award (USA): Previous Winners (2007-2013)
Xi Chen & Chuan He (2007)
Wei Wang (Spring 2008) Qian Wang (Fall 2008)
Liming Zhang (2009)
Yadong Yin & Chuanbin Mao (2010)
Hening Lin (CV) & Peng Chen (CV) (2011)
Wei You (CV) & Hang (Hubert) Yin (CV) (2012)
Wei Zhang (CV) (2013)
CAPA Distinguished Faculty Award: Previous Winners (2008-2013)
2008: Xuefei Huang & Zhen Huang (USA) Zhangjie Shi & Shuli You (China)
2009: Zucai Suo & Jin-Quan Yu (USA) Aiwen Lei (China)
2010: Qiang Cui & Jian Liu (USA) Ning Jiao & Lei Liu (China)
2011: Ting Guo (USA) Yanxing Jia (China)
2012: Ming Xian (USA) Chaoyong Yang (China)
2013: Jin Wang (USA) Huisheng Peng (China)