Welcome to Zhang Group!We innovate in Transtition Metal Catalysis, Ligand Design, Sugar Chemistry and Unnatural Amino Acid Chemistry! Previous Next Group News 02/19/2026 UCSB the Current reported our recent work by Phil: Scientists unlock a massive new ‘color palette’ for biomedical research by synthesizing non-natural amino acids. Congrats!02/18/2026 Our recent work, Expedient Synthesis of N-Protected/C-Activated Unnatural Amino Acids for Direct Peptide Synthesis, was highlighted by APS Research! Congrats to Liming and Phil!02/15/2026 We welcome Youwei, Thor and Scott to join our lab as graduate student researcher!02/01/2026 Congratulations to Qing and Phil for their recent publications!We are recruiting new group members. Prospective students and postdocs are encouraged to contact Prof. Liming Zhang via email.