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Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Anrong Chen
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2
Cassie R. Bakshani
MicroBio Engineering (United States)
3
Ana S. Luís
University of Gothenburg
4
Nitzan Tal
Weizmann Institute of Science
5
Fangyu Wei
Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Shengzhou Ma
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Xiang-Yu Ye
Nanyang Technological University
8
Frank F. J. de Kleijne
Radboud University Nijmegen
9
Kitt Emilie Østerlid
Leiden University
10
Mehman Bunyatov
Utrecht University

Papers

1
Publication in Nature Microbiology (2025) [58 citations, W4407040120]
Nature Microbiology|2025
58 cit.
2
Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-couplings of stable glycal boronates for robust synthesis of C-1 glycals
Nature Communications|2024
27 cit.
3
Recent advances in stereoselective synthesis of non-classical glycosides
Tetrahedron Chem|2024
16 cit.
4
Publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025) [13 citations, W4406266897]
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2025
13 cit.
5
Publication in Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024) [10 citations, W4405512853]
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2024
10 cit.
6
Pd‐Catalyzed Stereospecific and Ligand‐Controlled Regiodivergent Suzuki–Miyaura Cross‐Coupling for the Synthesis of 3‐<i>C</i>‐Glycals and 2,3‐Unsaturated <i>C</i>‐Glycosides
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2025
8 cit.
7
Structural modeling reveals phage proteins that manipulate bacterial immune signaling
Science|2026
8 cit.
8
Publication in Chemistry - A European Journal (2025) [3 citations, W4408530447]
Chemistry - A European Journal|2025
3 cit.
9
Publication in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2025) [3 citations, W4413280581]
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2025
3 cit.
10
Publication in Angewandte Chemie (2025) [2 citations, W4413285619]
Angewandte Chemie|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Dawen Niu
Sichuan University
2
Guozhi Xiao
Kunming Institute of Botany
3
Ming Joo Koh
National University of Singapore
4
Sarkar M. A. Kawsar
University of Chittagong
5
Martina Delbianco
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
6
Liuqing Wen
Chinese Academy of Sciences
7
Alison E. Wendlandt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8
You Yang
North Sichuan Medical University
9
Nianrong Sun
Fudan University
10
Suwei Dong
Peking University

Papers

1
Recent advances in chemical protein synthesis: method developments and biological applications
Science China Chemistry|2024
157 cit.
2
Halogen-bond-assisted radical activation of glycosyl donors enables mild and stereoconvergent 1,2-cis-glycosylation
Nature Chemistry|2022
152 cit.
3
Iron-catalysed reductive cross-coupling of glycosyl radicals for the stereoselective synthesis of C-glycosides
Nature Synthesis|2022
132 cit.
4
Direct synthesis of unprotected aryl C-glycosides by photoredox Ni-catalysed cross-coupling
Nature Synthesis|2023
123 cit.
5
Visible light activation enables desulfonylative cross-coupling of glycosyl sulfones
Nature Synthesis|2022
122 cit.
6
Radical Pathway Glycosylation Empowered by Bench-Stable Glycosyl Donors
Accounts of Chemical Research|2023
115 cit.
7
Direct radical functionalization of native sugars
Nature|2024
113 cit.
8
Stereochemical editing logic powered by the epimerization of unactivated tertiary stereocenters
Science|2022
99 cit.
9
Selective Axial-to-Equatorial Epimerization of Carbohydrates
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2022
78 cit.
10
Stereoselective<i>C</i>‐Aryl Glycosylation by Catalytic Cross‐Coupling of Heteroaryl Glycosyl Sulfones
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2023
75 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Chi‐Huey Wong
Scripps Research Institute
2
Richard R. Schmidt
University of Konstanz
3
Gerald W. Hart
University of Georgia
4
Stephen G. Withers
University of British Columbia
5
Peter H. Seeberger
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
6
Bernard Henrissat
Technical University of Denmark
7
Stuart Kornfeld
Washington University in St. Louis
8
Geert‐Jan Boons
University of Georgia
9
Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
10
Robert J. Linhardt
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Papers

1
The carbohydrate-active enzymes database (CAZy) in 2013
Nucleic Acids Research|2013
6.5k cit.
2
The Carbohydrate-Active EnZymes database (CAZy): an expert resource for Glycogenomics
Nucleic Acids Research|2008
6k cit.
3
A classification of glycosyl hydrolases based on amino acid sequence similarities
Biochemical Journal|1991
3.2k cit.
4
Bioorthogonal Chemistry: Fishing for Selectivity in a Sea of Functionality
Angewandte Chemie International Edition|2009
3.1k cit.
5
A Strain-Promoted [3 + 2] Azide−Alkyne Cycloaddition for Covalent Modification of Biomolecules in Living Systems
Journal of the American Chemical Society|2004
2.9k cit.
6
Cell Surface Engineering by a Modified Staudinger Reaction
Science|2000
2.4k cit.
7
New families in the classification of glycosyl hydrolases based on amino acid sequence similarities
Biochemical Journal|1993
2k cit.
8
Copper-free click chemistry for dynamic <i>in vivo</i> imaging
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2007
1.8k cit.
9
New Methods for the Synthesis of Glycosides and Oligosaccharides—Are There Alternatives to the Koenigs‐Knorr Method? [New Synthetic Methods (56)]
Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English|1986
1.4k cit.
10
Expansion of the enzymatic repertoire of the CAZy database to integrate auxiliary redox enzymes
Biotechnology for Biofuels|2013
1.3k cit.

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