Li Yang obtained Ph.D. degree in natural product chemistry from South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the supervision of Prof. Xiaoyi Wei. After a postdoc with Prof. Haofu Dai at Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology (ITBB), Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, he joined Dai's group as an Assistant Professor in 2020. His special interests include bioactive secondary metabolites from Chinese herb medicines and microorganisms, and their action mechanisms.