1988年毕业于西北师范大学，1991年获中科院兰州化学物理研究所硕士学位，2004年获香港科技大学博士学位

2005年1月至2006年1月在新加坡国立大学从事博士后研究,2006年底至今在中国药科大学任教。

1. 主持国家自然科学基金项目（20742003，20872181，21172265，21472243）
2. 参加国家自然科学基金重大研究计划项目（90713038）
3. 参加“重大新药创制”科技重大专项 “十一五”计划项目（2009ZX09501-003）

1.Hai-Qi Zhang, Fei-Hu Gong, Chuan-Gui Li, Chi Zhang ,Yan-Jie Wang, Yun-Gen Xu, Li-Ping Sun*, Design and discovery of 4-anilinoquinazoline-acylamino derivatives as EGFR and VEGFR-2 dual TK inhibitors. Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2016, 109, 371-379.
2. Sheng-Wei Yang, Chun-Meng Wang, Kaixiang Tang, Jin-Xin Wang and Li-Ping Sun*, An Efficient Approach to the Total Synthesis of Ammosamide B. Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 5, 1050-1053.
3. Meining Wang, Aijun Shen, Chi Zhang, Zilan Song,Jing Ai,Hongchun Liu, Liping Sun,*,Jian Ding, Meiyu Geng,*,and Ao Zhang*, Development of Heat Shock Protein (Hsp90) Inhibitors To Combat Resistance to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors through Hsp90−Kinase Interactions, J. Med. Chem. 2016, 59, 5563−5586.
4.Ya-Hui Deng, Dan Xu, Ye-Xiang Su, Yi-Juan Cheng, Yan-Li Yang, Xiu-Yun Wang, Juan Zhang, Qi-Dong You* and Li-Ping Sun*,Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Oxazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidines as Potent VEGFR-2 Inhibitors. Chem. Biodivers. 2015, 12, 528-537.
5.Ji-Ping Liu, Ya-Hui Deng, Ling Yang,Yi-Juan Cheng, Lawali Manzo, Li-Ping Sun*and Yu Liu*, CPU-12, a novel synthesized oxazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine derivative, showed superior anti-angiogenic activity, J. Pharmacol. Sci. 2015, 129, 9-17.
6. Chi Zhang, Mei-Ning Wang, Zhou-Long Fan, Li-Ping Sun* and Ao Zhang*, Substituent-Enabled Oxidative Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling of 1,4-Naphthoquinones with Alkenes. J.Org. Chem.2014, 79, 7626-7632.
7. Sheng-Wei Yang, Ye-Xiang Su, Li-Ping Sun*,Palladium-catalyzed oxidative C-H/C-H cross-couplings of thiazolo [5,4-d]pyrimidine with aromatic (hetero)cycles. Tetrahedron. 2014, 70, 3730-3734.
8.Mei-Ning Wang, Chi Zhang, Li-Ping Sun, Ao Zhang, Naphthoquinone-Directed C-H Annulation and C-sp3-H Bond Cleavage: One-Pot Synthesis of Tetracyclic Naphthoxazoles. J. Org. Chem.2014, 79, 4553-4560.
9. Yi-Juan Cheng, Li-Ping Sun*, Research Progress towards Copper-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions for C-N Bonds and C-O Bonds. Chin. J. Org. Chem. 2013, 33, 877-890.
10.Ye-Xiang Su,Ya-Hui Deng,Ting-Ting Ma,Yu-Yan Li, Li-Ping Sun*,“On Water” direct Pd-catalysed C-H arylation of thiazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives. Green Chem. 2012, 14, 1979–1481.
11. Ling-Yi Huang, Zhen-Gui Huang, Zhi-Giang Bai, Rui Xie, Li-Ping Sun*and Ke-Jiang Lin*, Development and strategies of VEGFR-2/KDR inhibitors. Future Med. Chem. 2012, 4, 1839-1852 .
12.Dan Xu, Li-Ping Sun*, Qi-Dong You, Facile synthesis of 2,5,7-trisubstituted oxazolo[5,4-d]pyrimidines via copper-catalyzed intramolecular C-O bond formation.Tetrahedron. 2012, 68,4248–4251.
13. Ye-Xiang Su，Li-Ping Sun*, Recent progress towards transition-metal-catalyzed directarylation of heteroarenes, Mini. Rev. Org. Chem. 2012, 9, 87–117.
14. Dan Xu, Li-Ping Sun*, Qi-Dong You*, Recent Progress of Small Molecular VEGFRInhibitors for Pathological Angiogenesis as Anticancer Agents, Mini. Rev. Med. Chem.2011, 2011, 11, 18-31.
15. Dan Xu, Li-Ping Sun*, Qi-Dong You, Pharmacophore modeling and in silico screeningstudies to design potential KDR kinase inhibitors, Chin. J. Chem. 2011, 29, 1107–1113.
16. Qi-Fei Zhong, Li-Ping Sun*, An efficient synthesis of 6, 9-disubstituted purin-8-onesvia copper-catalyzed coupling/cyclization, Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 5107–5111.