Shan Yan PhD

Dr. Shan Yan is Professor and Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte. After postdoctoral/research training in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, he joined the faculty of UNC Charlotte as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2010 and was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure) in 2016 and Full Professor in 2019. Since 2017, Dr. Yan has initiated and directed the Charlotte Biology and Biotechnology (CBB) Exchange Group co-sponsored by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center and UNC Charlotte. He is also a Program Leader of the Genome Integrity and Cancer Initiative (GICI) at UNC Charlotte.