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Principal Investigator
Dr. Liangfang Zhang
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Chancellor Professor
Chair, Department of NanoEngineering
Joan and Irwin Jacobs Chancellor Professor
Chair, Department of NanoEngineering
Prof. Liangfang Zhang received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) in 2006 under the supervision of Prof. Steve Granick. He was a postdoc in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Langer at MIT during 2006-2008. He holds B.E. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University. He joined the Department of Nanoengineering at UC San Diego as Assistant Professor in 2008 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2012 and to Professor in 2014. He was appointed as the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Chancellor Professor in 2021.
Our Research
Our research aims to create cutting-edge biomimetic nanotechnologies and exploit them to study and solve complex biological problems that are associated with human diseases.
One major research goal is to overcome the various therapeutic barriers in infectious disease and cancer treatment.
We also seek to understand the fundamental sciences at the interface of nanomedicine and biology. Overall, our research program covers a broad scope of multidisciplinary areas
including nanoengineering, bioengineering, chemcial engineering, materials science, chemistry, pharmacy and medicine.
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Spotlight [More news...]
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The first drug product candidate using our cell membrane-coated nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery was approved to enter a human clinical trial (11/30/23) |
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Nishta and Yao's paper was published in Nature Nanotechnology (10/30/23) |
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Fangyu and Jia's paper was published in Nature Materials (9/22/22) |
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The first drug product candidate using our cell membrane-coated nanoparticles for biological neutralization was approved to enter a human clinical trial (4/28/22) |
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Dr. Zhang was appointed as the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Chancellor's Endowed Chair Professor (4/27/21) |
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Dr. Zhang was inducted to the National Academy of Inventors (12/8/20) |
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Our COVID-19 research paper was published in Nano Letters (6/17/20) |
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Dr. Zhang was elected to the AAAS Fellows (11/27/18) |
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Qiangzhe's paper was published in Nature Nanotechnology (9/3/18) |
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Dr. Zhang was featured by Nature SPOTLIGHT (11/29/17) |
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Dr. Zhang received the 2017 Kabiller Young Investigator Award (9/27/17) |
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Dr. Zhang received the 2017 U.S. ASPIRE Award (4/25/17) |
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Dr. Zhang received Popular Science's 2016 Brilliant 10 Award (9/6/16) |
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Jack, Ronnie and Brian's paper was published in Nature (9/16/15) |
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Our collaboration paper was published in Nature (7/22/15) |
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Dr. Zhang was elected to the AIMBE's College of Fellows (1/15/15) |
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Dr. Zhang received the 2014 Allan P. Colburn Award from AIChE (7/1/14) |
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Dr. Zhang was promoted to Professor (7/1/14) |
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Our research was featured by Science Nation [video] (4/28/14) |
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Jack, Ronnie and Brian's paper was accepted for publication in Nature Nanotechnology (10/29/13) |
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Dr. Zhang received a 2013 TR35 Innovator Award (8/21/13) |
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Jack and Ronnie's paper was accepted for publication in Nature Nanotechnology (3/12/13) |