Dr. Han received her B.S. in Bioscience from Soochow University (2009), M.S. in Bioengineering from Shandong University (2012), and Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States (2017). After finishing her Ph.D., she continued her academic career as a postdoctoral research associate at Boston University (2018-2019) and worked as an Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato (2021-2022). She is now an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological Sciences in XJTLU. Dr. Han is an X-ray crystallographer who combines structural biology with enzyme kinetics and other biochemical methods to address questions of enzyme catalysis, with a particular focus on inhibitor/drug design. Her current research focuses on the activation mechanism of the atypical aspartate-less response regulators (ALRs)， diguanylate cyclase, and proteins involved in gliding motility. Dr. Han’s laboratory is open to students of all levels and collaborators seeking assistance in protein purification, engineering, crystallization, and enzyme kinetics.

Aspartate-less response regulators (ALRs)

Enzyme mechanism and kinetics

Biofilm

Structure-based drug design and screening

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, September 2022 to Present

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Geology, Minnesota State University Mankato, 2021-2022

Postdoc, Department of Biology, Boston University, 2018-2019

BIO312 Protein Structure and Function

BIO303 Final Year Project

BIO209 Higher Organic Chemistry

CHEM 111 Chemistry of Life Process Part II: Organic and Biochemistry, Minnesota State University Mankato

CHEM 106 Chemistry of Life Process I: General Chemistry, Minnesota State University Mankato

CHEM 104 General Chemistry and Qualitative Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee