Research Assistant Professor
Rice University
Houston, Texas, United States
EDUCATION
1. Peking University, Department of Chemical Biology, Beijing, China
PhD in Chemical Biology, July 2011
2. University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ
Visiting Student in Biomacromolecular NMR, Sept 2008 – Sept 2009
3. Shandong University, Department of Chemistry, Jinan, China
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, July 1999
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Jyotsana, N., Zhang, Z., Himmel, L., Yu, F., King, M.R., “Minimal dosing of leukocyte targeting TRAIL decreases triple-negative breast cancer metastasis following tumor resection”, Science Advances 2019, 5(7), eaaw4197.
2. Zhang, Z., Wang, J., Nie, X., Wen, T., Ji, Y., Wu, X., Zhao, Y., Chen, C., “Near Infrared Laser-Induced Targeted Cancer Therapy Using Thermoresponsive Polymer Encapsulated Gold Nanorods”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136 (20), 7317-26.
3. Zhang, Z., Wang, L., Wang, J., Jiang, X., Li, X., Hu, Z. Ji,Y., Wu, X., Chen, C., “Mesoporous silica-coated gold nanorods as a light-mediated multifunctional theranostic platform for cancer treatment”, Adv Mater. 2012, 24(11), 1418-23.
4. Zhang, Z., Dai, J., Veliath, E., Jones, R. A., Yang, D., “Structure of a two-G-tetrad intramolecular G-quadruplex formed by a variant human telomeric sequence in K+ solution: insights into the interconversion of human telomeric G-quadruplex structures”, Nucleic Acids Res. 2010, 38(3), 1009-21
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1. Research Assist. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 2018-now
2. Postdoc Researcher, Vanderbilt University, 2017-2018.
3. Postdoc Researcher, Chinese National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, 2011-2013.
4. Graduate Research Assistant, Peking University, 2006-2010.
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Control of TRAIL Avidity on the Surface of Nanoscale Liposomes via Lipid Phase Separation
Thursday, October 24, 2024
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM EST
Hydrogel-Based Drug Delivery Systems
Saturday, October 26, 2024
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM EST