Dr. Çiğdem Sayil obtained her Ph.D. degree (in 1998) in Organic Chemistry from Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. Dr. Sayil is currently affiliated with the same university, i.e. Istanbul University (Department of Chemistry, Division of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering). Her skills and expertise are mainly focused towards chemistry of alicyclic compounds, chemistry of aromatic compounds, and organic spectroscopy. Dr. Sayil, as an author/co-author, has published more than 30 articles in various journals, having over 415 total citations.

Dr. JianPing Yong received his PhD in Organic Chemistry from Chinese Academy Sciences in 2008. After completion of his postdoctoral research in Prof. Canzhong Lu’s Group at Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2011-2013), he joined Prof. Lu’s group and became an Associate Professor in 2014. His interests include drug design and synthesis, Biological evaluation and Natural Product Chemistry.