Education

University of Houston                                                                                                                                                                         

PhD in Biomedical Engineering 

March, 2014-August, 2018                                                                                                                         

Research focus: Synthesized new materials to fabricate biosensors for diseases diagnosis, fabricate protein microarray chip for biomarkers discovery and disease diagnosis, as well as develop new drug delivery systems for disease therapy

Thesis title: Polymeric signal amplifiers in biosensing

Advisor: Professor Tianfu Wu

 

South China Agricultural University                                                                                                                                             

Bachelor of Engineering in Pharmaceutical Engineering

September 2006-June 2010                                                                                                      

Thesis title: Preparation and Characterization of Polymer Micelles Based on N-succinyl Chitosan Grafting with Long Chain Hydrophobic Groups

Advisor: Prof. Gang-Biao Jiang

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Awards

1. Third-class Outstanding Student Scholarship of South China Agricultural University (15%)                                                               2007

2. Second-class Outstanding Student Scholarship of South China Agricultural University (10%)                                                           2009

3. First prize in Guangdong Province 10th “Challenge Cup” Competition of College Students’ Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Achievements (as the team leader)                                                                                                                                                             2009

4. Third prize in 11th “Challenge Cup” National Competition of Chinese College Students’ Extracurricular Academic and Scientific Achievements (as the team leader)                                                                                                                                                             2009

5. First Prize in South China Agricultural University “Challenge Cup” College Students Business Plan Competition (as the team leader)                                                                                                                                                                                                                           2010

6. Second Prize in Guangdong Province “Challenge Cup” College Students Business Plan Competition (as the team leader)            2010

7. Second-class Outstanding Student Scholarship of South China Agricultural University (10%)                                                           2010

8. Third Prize in Science and Technology Award in the City of Yunfu                                                                                                          2012

9. UH BME Graduate student travel fund: 2015 AACC Annual Meeting                                                                                                        2015

10. Second Place in 2017 UH Graduate research & scholarship projects (GRASP)—Publications                                                             2017

11. Cullen Fellowship Travel Grant: 2018 MRS Spring Meeting                                                                                                                      2018

 

 Technical and Specialized Skills

1. Synthesis and development of biodegradable polymer, including functional nano-polymeric micelles,  superabsorbent polymer, and gold nanoparticle, as well as conductive polymer

2. Drug loading polymer and drug release analysis

3. Characterization of materials, including of FTIR, AFM, UV, 1H NMR, HPLC, confocal microscopy and XPS

4. Software: Solidwork, 3ds Max, ChemBioDraw Ultra 12.0, Origin 8.1, Adobe Photoshop, ImageJ, AmScope, GraphPad Prism 6 and Adobe Illustrate

5. 2D and 3D cell culture

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Academic Services

Reviewer for:

Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Heliyon

Biosensors

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