2022年   广东省青年拔尖人才

2019年  美国癌症研究协会（AACR）Scholar in Training Award 

2015年  上海市研究生优秀学位论文 

1.      Kong X^#, Chen J^#, Xie W^#, Brown S, Cai Y, Wu K, Fan D, Nie Y, Yegnasubramanian S, Tiedemann R, Tao Y, Yen R, Topper MJ, Easwaran H, Rothbart SB^*, Xia L^*, Baylin SB^*, Defining UHRF1 Domains That Support Maintenance of Human Colon Cancer DNA Methylation and Oncogenic Properties, Cancer Cell. 2019;35(4):633-648

2.      Bai W^#, Xu J^#, Gu W^#, Wang D^#, Cui Y^#, Rong W, Du X, Li X, Xia C, Gan Q, He G, Guo H, Deng J, Wu Y, Yen R, Yegnasubramanian S, Rothbart S, Luo C, Wu L, Liu J^*, Baylin S^*, Kong X^*, Defining Ortholog-specific UHRF1 Inhibition by STELLA for Cancer Therapy, Nat Commun. 2025;16(1):474.

3.      Li Y^#, Wang J^#, Zhou L^#, Gu W^#, Qin L, Peng D, Li S, Zheng D, Wu Q, Long Y, Yao Y, Lin S, Sun M, Zhang X, Wang J, Liu P, Kong X^*, Li P^*, DNMT1 inhibition reprograms T cells to NK-like cells with potent antitumor activity, Sci Immunol. 2025;10(105): eadm8251.

4.      Zhu Y^#, Chen W^#, Song J^#, Bai W, Zhan L, Liu T, Huang Y, Zhang L^*, Kong X^*, Liao H^*, Steroids with prominent cytotoxic activity against non-small cell lung cancer cells from the Strophanthus divaricatus, Fitoterapia. 2025:182:106447.

5.      Chang Y^#, Guo H^#, Li X^#, Zong L, Wei J, Li Z, Luo C, Yang X, Fang H, Kong X^*, Hou X^*, Development of a First-in-Class DNMT1/HDAC Inhibitor with Improved Therapeutic Potential and Potentiated Antitumor Immunity, J Med Chem. 2024;67(18):16480-16504

6.      Zhang H^#, Xu D^#, Huang H^#, Jiang H, Hu L, Liu L, Sun G, Gao J, Li Y, Xia C, Chen S, Zhou H, Kong X^*, Wang M^*, Luo C^*, Discovery of a Covalent Inhibitor Selectively Targeting the Autophosphorylation Site of c-Src Kinase, ACS Chem Biol. 2024;19(4):999-1010.

7.      Wang H^#, Wang Z^#, Hu L, Yang B, Zong L, Xu D, Yu B^*, Kong X^*, Wang M^*, Discovery of KW0113 as a First and Effective PROTAC Degrader of DNMT1 Protein, ChemMedChem. 2024;19(24): e202400467.

8.      Li P, Xia C, Kong X^*, Zhang J^*, Enhancing nicotinamide N-methyltransferase bisubstrate inhibitor activity through 7-deazaadenosine and linker modifications, Bioorg Chem. 2024;143:106963.

9.      Zhu C, Liu J, Ni Y, Chen W, Rong W, Zhang X, Guo C, Kong X^*, Tang S^*, Synthesis of STM2457, a selective small-molecule inhibitor of METTL3, Tetrahedron Lett. 2024; 141, 155077

10.     Li E, Wang K, Zhang B, Guo S , Xiao S , Pan Q , Wang X , Chen W , Wu Y , Xu H, Kong X^*, Luo C, Chen S^*, Liu B^*, Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel carbazole derivatives as potent DNMT1 inhibitors with reasonable PK properties, J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2022;37(1):1537-55