Executive Dean, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), College of Nano Science and Technology

Professor

Soochow University, Suzhou

China

Group Website: https://nano.suda.edu.cn/lz/

Dr. Zhuang Liu is a Changjiang Distinguished professor at Soochow University. His team is developing biomaterials and chemistry tools for novel therapies against cancer, autoimmune diseases and others. He has authored over 500 peer-reviewed papers, with a total citation of >110,000 times and an H-index at 180. He has been listed as one of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ since 2015. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), and a Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society (FCCS). He has received many awards, including the Xplorer Prize, the CCS-RSC Young Chemist Award, the Biomaterials Science Lectureship, etc. He has founded a start-up company, InnoBM, which is focused on the development of novel therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

Representative Publications

[1]    C. Wang, L. Zhong, J. Xu, Q. Zhuang, F. Gong, X. Chen, H. Tao, C. Hu, F. Huang, N. Yang, J. Li, Q. Zhao, X. Sun, Y. Huo, Q. Chen, Y. Zhao*, R. Peng*, Z. Liu*. Nat. Biomed. Eng., 2024, 8, 561–578.

[2]    Y. Li, X. Liu, L. Yu, X. Huang, X. Wang, D. Han,* Y. Yang,* Z. Liu*. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2023, 145, 45, 24506-24521.

[3]    Y. Chao,  Z. Liu*. Nat. Rev. Bioeng., 2023, 1, 125-138.

[4]    H. Zhang, W. Zhu, Q. Jin, F. Pan, J. Zhu, Y. Liu, L. Chen, J. Shen, Y. Yang*, Q. Chen*, and Z. Liu*. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 2021, 118(29): e2102957118.

[5]     J. Xu, J. Lv, Q. Zhuang, Z. Yang, Z. Cao, L. Xu, P. Pei, C. Wang, H. Wu, Z. Dong, Y. Chao, C. Wang, K. Yang, R. Peng*, Y. Cheng* and Z. Liu*. Nat. Nanotechnol., 2020, 15, 1043-1052.

[6]    Y. Chao, L.G. Xu, C. Liang, L.Z. Feng, J. Xu, Z.L. Dong, L.L. Tian, X. Yi, K. Yang*, Z. Liu*. Nat. Biomed. Eng., 2018, 2, 611-621.