Yujia Qing

Yujia Qing is an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on single-molecule chemistry, particularly the study of polymers under nanopore confinement. She investigates chemical reactions at the molecular level using engineered protein nanopores as nanoreactors. Qing's work has been applied to develop a mobile molecule capable of moving biopolymers within a nanopore sensor for sequence analysis. She is also interested in engineering protein nanoreactors for vectorial catalysis. Qing graduated with a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Sheffield and completed an MSc in Pharmacology at Oxford. She earned a DPhil in Chemical Biology under Prof. Hagan Bayley and conducted postdoctoral research. In 2022, she was appointed as an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry and Tutorial Fellow at Lady Margaret Hall.

Yujia Qing is a researcher in Chemical Biology at the University of Oxford. Their work focuses on developing advanced nanopore-based technologies for DNA sequencing and post-translational modification detection. Qing's research explores enzyme-less methods for identifying DNA bases and molecular intermediates through single-molecule kinetics. They also investigate catalytic site-selective substrate processing and bioorthogonal cycloadditions with sub-millisecond intermediates. Additionally, Qing studies enzyme-enabled droplet biobatteries for powering synthetic tissues and covalent nanopore detection for volatile organic compounds. Their research combines molecular biology, chemistry, and nanotechnology to advance analytical and synthetic methods in chemical biology.