Prof. Liangfang Zhang
Liangfang Zhang, Ph.D.
Professor of Nanoengineering
Director of Chemical Engineering
University of California San Diego
La Jolla 92093, California, USA
Tel: +1-858-246-0999
Email: zhang@ucsd.edu
Dr. Liangfang Zhang received his B.E. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University, and his Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006 under the supervision of Prof. Steve Granick. He was a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Langer at MIT during 2006-2008. He joined the Department of Nanoengineering at UC San Diego as an Assistant Professor in July 2008 and was promoted to an Associate Professor with tenure in March 2012 and to Professor in July 2014. Dr. Zhang’s research interests focus on biomimetic nanomedicine, with a particular interest in creating and evaluating nanostructured biomaterials for drug delivery, detoxification and vaccination for treatment of infectious diseases and cancer. He has published 182 peer-reviewed articles and holds 58 issued/pending patents. He received the ACS Victor K. LaMer Award (2009), UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering Best Teacher Award (2011), ACS Unilever Award (2012), MIT Technology Review’s TR35 Innovator Award (2013), AIChE Allan P. Colburn Award (2014), AIMBE Fellow (2015), Popular Science’s Brilliant 10 Award (2016), U.S. Department of State ASPIRE Award (2017), Kabiller Young Investigator Award (2017), and AAAS Fellow (2018).
Representative Publications:
1. Hu, C-M.; Fang, R.; Luk, B.; Zhang, L.* “Nanoparticle detained toxins for safe and effective vaccination”, Nature Nanotechnology 2013, 8, 933-938.
2. Hu, C-M.; Fang, R.; Wang, K-C.; Luk, B.; Thamphiwatana, S.; Dehaini, D.; Nguyen, P.; Angsantikul, P.; Wen, C.; Kroll, A.; Carpenter, C.; Ramesh, M.; Qu, V.; Patel, S.; Zhu, J.; Shi, W.; Hofman, F.; Chen, T.; Gao, W; Zhang, K.; Chien, S.; Zhang, L.* “Nanoparticle biointerfacing by platelet membrane cloaking”, Nature 2015, 526, 118-121.
3. Thamphiwatana, S.; Angsantikul, P.; Escajadillo, T.; Zhang, Q.; Olsan, J.; Luk, B.; Zhang, S.; Fang, R.; Gao, W.; Nizet, V.; Zhang, L.* “Macrophage-like nanoparticles concurrently absorbing endotoxins and proinflammatory cytokines for sepsis management”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017, 114, 11488-11493.
4. Kroll, A.; Fang, R.; Jiang, Y.; Zhou, J.; Wei, X.; Yu, C-L.; Gao, J.; Luk, B.; Dehaini, D.; Gao, W.; Zhang, L.* “Nanoparticulate delivery of cancer cell membrane elicits multi-antigenic antitumor immunity”, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1703969.
5. Zhang, Q.; Dehaini, D.; Zhang, Y.; Zhou, J.; Chen, X.; Zhang, L.; Fang, R.; Gao, W.; Zhang, L.* “Neutrophil membrane-coated nanoparticles inhibit synovial inflammation and alleviate joint damage in inflammatory arthritis”, Nature Nanotechnology 2018, 13, 1182-1190.
Professor of Nanoengineering
Director of Chemical Engineering
University of California San Diego
La Jolla 92093, California, USA
Tel: +1-858-246-0999
Email: zhang@ucsd.edu
Dr. Liangfang Zhang received his B.E. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University, and his Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2006 under the supervision of Prof. Steve Granick. He was a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Langer at MIT during 2006-2008. He joined the Department of Nanoengineering at UC San Diego as an Assistant Professor in July 2008 and was promoted to an Associate Professor with tenure in March 2012 and to Professor in July 2014. Dr. Zhang’s research interests focus on biomimetic nanomedicine, with a particular interest in creating and evaluating nanostructured biomaterials for drug delivery, detoxification and vaccination for treatment of infectious diseases and cancer. He has published 182 peer-reviewed articles and holds 58 issued/pending patents. He received the ACS Victor K. LaMer Award (2009), UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering Best Teacher Award (2011), ACS Unilever Award (2012), MIT Technology Review’s TR35 Innovator Award (2013), AIChE Allan P. Colburn Award (2014), AIMBE Fellow (2015), Popular Science’s Brilliant 10 Award (2016), U.S. Department of State ASPIRE Award (2017), Kabiller Young Investigator Award (2017), and AAAS Fellow (2018).
Representative Publications:
1. Hu, C-M.; Fang, R.; Luk, B.; Zhang, L.* “Nanoparticle detained toxins for safe and effective vaccination”, Nature Nanotechnology 2013, 8, 933-938.
2. Hu, C-M.; Fang, R.; Wang, K-C.; Luk, B.; Thamphiwatana, S.; Dehaini, D.; Nguyen, P.; Angsantikul, P.; Wen, C.; Kroll, A.; Carpenter, C.; Ramesh, M.; Qu, V.; Patel, S.; Zhu, J.; Shi, W.; Hofman, F.; Chen, T.; Gao, W; Zhang, K.; Chien, S.; Zhang, L.* “Nanoparticle biointerfacing by platelet membrane cloaking”, Nature 2015, 526, 118-121.
3. Thamphiwatana, S.; Angsantikul, P.; Escajadillo, T.; Zhang, Q.; Olsan, J.; Luk, B.; Zhang, S.; Fang, R.; Gao, W.; Nizet, V.; Zhang, L.* “Macrophage-like nanoparticles concurrently absorbing endotoxins and proinflammatory cytokines for sepsis management”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017, 114, 11488-11493.
4. Kroll, A.; Fang, R.; Jiang, Y.; Zhou, J.; Wei, X.; Yu, C-L.; Gao, J.; Luk, B.; Dehaini, D.; Gao, W.; Zhang, L.* “Nanoparticulate delivery of cancer cell membrane elicits multi-antigenic antitumor immunity”, Advanced Materials 2017, 29, 1703969.
5. Zhang, Q.; Dehaini, D.; Zhang, Y.; Zhou, J.; Chen, X.; Zhang, L.; Fang, R.; Gao, W.; Zhang, L.* “Neutrophil membrane-coated nanoparticles inhibit synovial inflammation and alleviate joint damage in inflammatory arthritis”, Nature Nanotechnology 2018, 13, 1182-1190.