Weihe Zhang Ph.D (Ohio University)

Dr. Weihe Zhang is Director of Medicinal Chemistry at the BioCryst Discovery Center of Excellence in Birmingham, AL, United States. He earned his PhD from Ohio University and was originally trained as an organic chemist, with more than ten years of hands-on experience in synthetic chemistry. Dr. Zhang has over five years of experience in oncology therapeutic areas, focusing on the development of small molecules as novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer. His most-cited publication, "Regioselective alkylation of a versatile indazole: Electrophile scope and mechanistic insights from density functional theory calculations" (2024), reflects his expertise in synthetic methodology and mechanistic understanding of organic transformations.