Shaomin Yan

Shaomin YAN Guangxi Academy of Sciences, China EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Diagnostic Quantitative Pathology, University of Siena, Italy, 2000; MS in Histology and Embryology, Tianjin Medical University, China, 1987; MD from Tianjin Medical University, China, 1984. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Senior researcher, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 2008--present; Director, DreamSciTech Consulting, 2002--2012; Fellow, PhD Student and Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Udine Medical School, 1995-2001; Assistant Researcher, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1987-1992. PUBLICATIONS: 208 peer-reviewed papers including 24 in Chinese and 184 in English, 100 SCI international journals and 24 EI cited; two books, and one chapter in each of four books published in English. AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Computational mutation, Influenza viruses, Coronaviruses, Modeling, Protein structure and function.