Rongjun Chen, Ph.D.
Rongjun Chen, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Department of Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 75942070
Email: rongjun.chen@imperial.ac.uk
Dr Rongjun Chen is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. After obtaining his MSc degree in Materials Science from Tsinghua University in 2003, he studied for his PhD degree at the University of Cambridge during 2003 – 2007, with focus on polymer drug delivery. His postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge focused on manufacture of clinical-grade viral vectors for gene therapy. He started his tenure-track academic position at the University of Leeds in September 2009 and then moved to Imperial College London in May 2013. His research interests focus on biomaterials, nanomedicine, targeted drug delivery and cell therapy. He has received the BHRC Senior Translational Research Fellowship, IChemE Runner-Up Global Award for Biotechnology 2018, Pfizer Project Award, and CamBridgeSens Innovation Award,
Representative Publications:
1. Dong, R., Liu, R., Gaffney, P., Schaepertoens, M., Marchetti, P., Williams, C., Chen, R. and Livingston, A., “Sequence-defined multifunctional polyethers via liquid-phase synthesis with molecular sieving” Nature Chemistry, (2018), doi: 10.1038/s41557-018-0169-6.
2. Wang, S. and Chen, R., “pH-responsive, lysine-based, hyperbranched polymers mimicking endosomolytic cell-penetrating peptides for efficient intracellular delivery”. Chemistry of Materials 29, (2017), 5806-5815.
3. Chen, S., Wang, S., Kopytynski, M., Bachelet, M. and Chen, R., “Membrane-anchoring, comb-like pseudopeptides for efficient, pH-mediated membrane destabilization and intracellular delivery” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 (2017), 8021-8029.
4. Zhang, W., Wang, F., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Yu, Y., Guo, S., Chen, R. and Zhou, D., “pH and near-infrared light dual-stimuli responsive drug delivery using DNA-conjugated gold nanorods for effective treatment of multidrug resistant cancer cells” Journal of Controlled Release 232 (2016), 9-19.
5. Chen, S. and Chen, R., “A virus-mimicking, endosomolytic liposomal system for efficient, pH-triggered intracellular drug delivery” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8 (2016), 22457-22467.
Senior Lecturer
Department of Chemical Engineering
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 75942070
Email: rongjun.chen@imperial.ac.uk
Dr Rongjun Chen is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London. After obtaining his MSc degree in Materials Science from Tsinghua University in 2003, he studied for his PhD degree at the University of Cambridge during 2003 – 2007, with focus on polymer drug delivery. His postdoctoral work at the University of Cambridge focused on manufacture of clinical-grade viral vectors for gene therapy. He started his tenure-track academic position at the University of Leeds in September 2009 and then moved to Imperial College London in May 2013. His research interests focus on biomaterials, nanomedicine, targeted drug delivery and cell therapy. He has received the BHRC Senior Translational Research Fellowship, IChemE Runner-Up Global Award for Biotechnology 2018, Pfizer Project Award, and CamBridgeSens Innovation Award,
Representative Publications:
1. Dong, R., Liu, R., Gaffney, P., Schaepertoens, M., Marchetti, P., Williams, C., Chen, R. and Livingston, A., “Sequence-defined multifunctional polyethers via liquid-phase synthesis with molecular sieving” Nature Chemistry, (2018), doi: 10.1038/s41557-018-0169-6.
2. Wang, S. and Chen, R., “pH-responsive, lysine-based, hyperbranched polymers mimicking endosomolytic cell-penetrating peptides for efficient intracellular delivery”. Chemistry of Materials 29, (2017), 5806-5815.
3. Chen, S., Wang, S., Kopytynski, M., Bachelet, M. and Chen, R., “Membrane-anchoring, comb-like pseudopeptides for efficient, pH-mediated membrane destabilization and intracellular delivery” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 9 (2017), 8021-8029.
4. Zhang, W., Wang, F., Wang, Y., Wang, J., Yu, Y., Guo, S., Chen, R. and Zhou, D., “pH and near-infrared light dual-stimuli responsive drug delivery using DNA-conjugated gold nanorods for effective treatment of multidrug resistant cancer cells” Journal of Controlled Release 232 (2016), 9-19.
5. Chen, S. and Chen, R., “A virus-mimicking, endosomolytic liposomal system for efficient, pH-triggered intracellular drug delivery” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8 (2016), 22457-22467.