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Name	Chao Zhong
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Name

Chao Zhong

Contact Information

chao.zhong@siat.ac.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Guangdong

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2004-09 to 2009-06 PhD: Cornell University 2001-09 to 2004-06 Master's: Beijing University of Chemical Technology 1997-09 to 2001-06 Bachelor's: Tianjin University
Work Experience	2020-02 to Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher 2014-07 to 2020-02 - ShanghaiTech University - Doctoral Supervisor 2012-01 to 2014-06 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Postdoctoral Researcher 2009-08 to 2011-12 - University of Washington (Seattle) - Postdoctoral Researcher
Awards	Shanghai Bioengineering Society 'Dongfulong' Outstanding Young Scientist Award, City Level, 2019 China Scientist of the Year (2018), City Level, 2019 Youth Talent Program, Ministry Level, 2015 Shanghai Dawn Scholar, City Level, 2015 Shanghai Pudong Talent Program, City Level, 2015 Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program, City Level, 2015 MIT Postdoctoral Award, Institute Level, 2013

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2004-09 to 2009-06 PhD: Cornell University
2001-09 to 2004-06 Master's: Beijing University of Chemical Technology
1997-09 to 2001-06 Bachelor's: Tianjin University

Work Experience

2020-02 to Present - Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
2014-07 to 2020-02 - ShanghaiTech University - Doctoral Supervisor
2012-01 to 2014-06 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Postdoctoral Researcher
2009-08 to 2011-12 - University of Washington (Seattle) - Postdoctoral Researcher

Awards

Shanghai Bioengineering Society 'Dongfulong' Outstanding Young Scientist Award, City Level, 2019
China Scientist of the Year (2018), City Level, 2019
Youth Talent Program, Ministry Level, 2015
Shanghai Dawn Scholar, City Level, 2015
Shanghai Pudong Talent Program, City Level, 2015
Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program, City Level, 2015
MIT Postdoctoral Award, Institute Level, 2013

Areas of Focus	Biomaterials Bionanotechnology Synthetic Biology of Materials Biomedical Materials Microbiology
Publications	Engineering microbial systems for the production and functionalization of biomaterials, Huang, Yuanyuan, Zhang, Mingyi, Wang, Jie, Xu, Dake, Zhong, Chao, 2022 Bacterial biofilms as platforms engineered for diverse applications, Li, Zhong, Wang, Xinyu, Wang, Jie, Yuan, Xinyi, Jiang, Xiaoyu, Wang, Yanyi, Zhong, Chao, Xu, Dake, Gu, Tingyue, Wang, Fuhui, 2022 Functional amyloid-chitin hybrid ink coupled with flexible fabrication approaches for diverse macro and micro-structures, Wei, Shicao, Li, Yingfeng, Li, Ke, Kang, Anqi, Zhang, Siyu, Feng, Teng, Zhang, Hui, Zhong, Chao, 2022 Force Spectra of a Single CsgA Molecule and Amyloid Nanofibers Assembled from Chimeric Mfp5 and CBD Proteins: Implications for a Nanomaterial Testing Machine, Zhou, Kai, Liu, Yang, Li, Ke, Li, Yingfeng, Wei, Shicao, Zhou, Yule, Yu, Hong, Zhang, Yanru, Lv, Jingqi, Xiao, Botao, Zhong, Chao, 2022 Extensible and self-recoverable proteinaceous materials derived from scallop byssal thread, Zhang, Xiaokang, Cui, Mengkui, Wang, Shuoshuo, Han, Fei, Xu, Pingping, Teng, Luyao, Zhao, Hang, Wang, Ping, Yue, Guichu, Zhao, Yong, Liu, Guangfeng, Li, Ke, Zhang, Jicong, Liang, Xiaoping, Zhang, Yingying, Liu, Zhiyuan, Zhong, Chao, Liu, Weizhi, 2022 Photocatalyst-mineralized biofilms as living bio-abiotic interfaces for single enzyme to whole-cell photocatalytic applications, Xinyu Wang, Jicong Zhang, Ke Li, Bolin An, Yanyi Wang, Chao Zhong, 2022 生物材料创造可持续未来, 陈国强, 钟超, 2022 Living Materials Fabricated via Gradient Mineralization Of Light-Induced Biofilms, Zhong Chao, 2021 Materials design by synthetic biology, Tang, TzuChieh, An, Bolin, Huang, Yuanyuan, Vasikaran, Sangita, Wang, Yanyi, Jiang, Xiaoyu, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2021 Living materials fabricated via gradient mineralization of light-inducible biofilms, Wang, Yanyi, An, Bolin, Xue, Bin, Pu, Jiahua, Zhang, Xiuli, Huang, Yuanyuan, Yu, Yi, Cao, Yi, Zhong, Chao, 2021 Harnessing proteins for engineered living materials, Xu, Lianjie, Wang, Xinyu, Sun, Fei, Cao, Yi, Zhong, Chao, Zhang, WenBin, 2021 Virus Disinfection from Environmental Water Sources Using Living Engineered Biofilm Materials, Pu, Jiahua, Liu, Yi, Zhang, Jicong, An, Bolin, Li, Yingfeng, Wang, Xinyu, Din, Kang, Qin, Chong, Li, Ke, Cui, Mengkui, Liu, Suying, Huang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Yanyi, Lv, Yanan, Huang, Jiaofang, Cui, Zongqiang, Zhao, Suwen, Zhong, Chao, 2020 Genetic Engineering of Filamentous Fungi for Efficient Protein Expression and Secretion, Wang, Qin, Zhong, Chao, Xiao, Han, 2020 Spores hit the spot, Zhong, Chao, 2020 Conformable self-assembling amyloid protein coatings with genetically programmable functionality, Li, Yingfeng, Li, Ke, Wang, Xinyu, Cui, Mengkui, Ge, Peng, Zhang, Junhu, Qiu, Feng, Zhong, Chao, 2020 Programming Living Glue Systems to Perform Autonomous Mechanical Repairs, An, Bolin, Wang, Yanyi, Jiang, Xiaoyu, Ma, Conghui, Mimee, Mark, Moser, Felix, Li, Ke, Wang, Xinyu, Tang, TzuChieh, Huang, Yuanyuan, Liu, Yifan, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2020 Exploiting mammalian low-complexity domains for liquid-liquid phase separation-driven underwater adhesive coatings, Cui, Mengkui, Wang, Xinyu, An, Bolin, Zhang, Chen, Gui, Xinrui, Li, Ke, Li, Yingfeng, Ge, Peng, Zhang, Junhu, Liu, Cong, Zhong, Chao, 2019 Biofilm Nanofiber-Coated Separators for Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anode and Ultrahigh-Rate Lithium Batteries, Nie, Lu, Li, Yingfeng, Chen, Shaojie, Li, Ke, Huang, Yuanqi, Zhu, Yubo, Sun, Zhetao, Zhang, Jicong, He, Yingjie, Cui, Mengkui, Wei, Shicao, Qiu, Feng, Zhong, Chao, Liu, Wei, 2019 AAV-ie enables safe and efficient gene transfer to inner ear cells, Fangzhi Tan, Cenfeng Chu, Jieyu Qi, Wenyan Li, Dan You, Ke Li, Xin Chen, Weidong Zhao, Cheng Cheng, Xiaoyi Liu, Yunbo Qiao, Bing Su, Shuijin He, Chao Zhong, Huawei Li, Renjie Chai, Guisheng Zhong, 2019 Programmable and printable Bacillus subtilis biofilms as engineered living materials, Huang, Jiaofang, Liu, Suying, Zhang, Chen, Wang, Xinyu, Pu, Jiahua, Ba, Fang, Xue, Shuai, Ye, Haifeng, Zhao, Tianxin, Li, Ke, Wang, Yanyi, Zhang, Jicong, Wang, Lihua, Fan, Chunhai, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2019 Patterned Amyloid Materials Integrating Robustness and Genetically Programmable Functionality, Li, Yingfeng, Li, Ke, Wang, Xinyu, An, Bolin, Cui, Mengkui, Pu, Jiahua, Wei, Shicao, Xue, Shuai, Ye, Haifeng, Zhao, Yanhua, Liu, Minjie, Wang, Zuankai, Zhong, Chao, 2019 Modular genetic design of multi-domain functional amyloids: insights into self-assembly and functional properties, Cui, Mengkui, Qi, Qi, Gurry, Thomas, Zhao, Tianxin, An, Bolin, Pu, Jiahua, Gui, Xinrui, Cheng, Allen A, Zhang, Siyu, Xun, Dongmin, Becce, Michele, BriaticoVangosa, Francesco, Liu, Cong, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2019 Immobilization of functional nano-objects in living engineered bacterial biofilms for catalytic applications, Xinyu Wang, Jiahua Pu, Yi Liu, Fang Ba, Mengkui Cui, Ke Li, Yu Xie, Yan Nie, Qixi Mi, Tao Li, Lingli Liu, Manzhou Zhu, Chao Zhong, 2019 Engineered Bacillus subtilis biofilms as living glues, Zhang, Chen, Huang, Jiaofang, Zhang, Jicong, Liu, Suying, Cui, Mengkui, An, Bolin, Wang, Xinyu, Pu, Jiahua, Zhao, Tianxin, Fan, Chunhai, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2019 Directing curli polymerization with DNA origami nucleators, Xiuhai Mao, Ke Li, Mengmeng Liu, Xinyu Wang, Tianxin Zhao, Bolin An, Mengkui Cui, Yingfeng Li, Jiahua Pu, Jiang Li, Lihua Wang, Timothy K Lu, Chunhai Fan, Chao Zhong, 2019 Critical role of spectrin in hearing development and deafness, Liu, Yan, Qi, Jieyu, Chen, Xin, Tang, Mingliang, Chu, Cenfeng, Zhu, Weijie, Li, Hui, Tian, Cuiping, Yang, Guang, Zhong, Chao, Zhang, Ying, Ni, Guangjian, He, Shuijin, Chai, Renjie, Zhong, Guisheng, 2019 Programming Integrative Extracellular and Intracellular Biocatalysis for Rapid, Robust, and Recyclable Synthesis of Trehalose, Jiang, Ling, Song, Xiaogang, Li, Yingfeng, Xu, Qing, Pu, Jiahua, Huang, He, Zhong, Chao, 2018 Programming Cells

Areas of Focus

Biomaterials
Bionanotechnology
Synthetic Biology of Materials
Biomedical Materials
Microbiology

Publications

Engineering microbial systems for the production and functionalization of biomaterials, Huang, Yuanyuan, Zhang, Mingyi, Wang, Jie, Xu, Dake, Zhong, Chao, 2022
Bacterial biofilms as platforms engineered for diverse applications, Li, Zhong, Wang, Xinyu, Wang, Jie, Yuan, Xinyi, Jiang, Xiaoyu, Wang, Yanyi, Zhong, Chao, Xu, Dake, Gu, Tingyue, Wang, Fuhui, 2022
Functional amyloid-chitin hybrid ink coupled with flexible fabrication approaches for diverse macro and micro-structures, Wei, Shicao, Li, Yingfeng, Li, Ke, Kang, Anqi, Zhang, Siyu, Feng, Teng, Zhang, Hui, Zhong, Chao, 2022
Force Spectra of a Single CsgA Molecule and Amyloid Nanofibers Assembled from Chimeric Mfp5 and CBD Proteins: Implications for a Nanomaterial Testing Machine, Zhou, Kai, Liu, Yang, Li, Ke, Li, Yingfeng, Wei, Shicao, Zhou, Yule, Yu, Hong, Zhang, Yanru, Lv, Jingqi, Xiao, Botao, Zhong, Chao, 2022
Extensible and self-recoverable proteinaceous materials derived from scallop byssal thread, Zhang, Xiaokang, Cui, Mengkui, Wang, Shuoshuo, Han, Fei, Xu, Pingping, Teng, Luyao, Zhao, Hang, Wang, Ping, Yue, Guichu, Zhao, Yong, Liu, Guangfeng, Li, Ke, Zhang, Jicong, Liang, Xiaoping, Zhang, Yingying, Liu, Zhiyuan, Zhong, Chao, Liu, Weizhi, 2022
Photocatalyst-mineralized biofilms as living bio-abiotic interfaces for single enzyme to whole-cell photocatalytic applications, Xinyu Wang, Jicong Zhang, Ke Li, Bolin An, Yanyi Wang, Chao Zhong, 2022
生物材料创造可持续未来, 陈国强, 钟超, 2022
Living Materials Fabricated via Gradient Mineralization Of Light-Induced Biofilms, Zhong Chao, 2021
Materials design by synthetic biology, Tang, TzuChieh, An, Bolin, Huang, Yuanyuan, Vasikaran, Sangita, Wang, Yanyi, Jiang, Xiaoyu, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2021
Living materials fabricated via gradient mineralization of light-inducible biofilms, Wang, Yanyi, An, Bolin, Xue, Bin, Pu, Jiahua, Zhang, Xiuli, Huang, Yuanyuan, Yu, Yi, Cao, Yi, Zhong, Chao, 2021
Harnessing proteins for engineered living materials, Xu, Lianjie, Wang, Xinyu, Sun, Fei, Cao, Yi, Zhong, Chao, Zhang, WenBin, 2021
Virus Disinfection from Environmental Water Sources Using Living Engineered Biofilm Materials, Pu, Jiahua, Liu, Yi, Zhang, Jicong, An, Bolin, Li, Yingfeng, Wang, Xinyu, Din, Kang, Qin, Chong, Li, Ke, Cui, Mengkui, Liu, Suying, Huang, Yuanyuan, Wang, Yanyi, Lv, Yanan, Huang, Jiaofang, Cui, Zongqiang, Zhao, Suwen, Zhong, Chao, 2020
Genetic Engineering of Filamentous Fungi for Efficient Protein Expression and Secretion, Wang, Qin, Zhong, Chao, Xiao, Han, 2020
Spores hit the spot, Zhong, Chao, 2020
Conformable self-assembling amyloid protein coatings with genetically programmable functionality, Li, Yingfeng, Li, Ke, Wang, Xinyu, Cui, Mengkui, Ge, Peng, Zhang, Junhu, Qiu, Feng, Zhong, Chao, 2020
Programming Living Glue Systems to Perform Autonomous Mechanical Repairs, An, Bolin, Wang, Yanyi, Jiang, Xiaoyu, Ma, Conghui, Mimee, Mark, Moser, Felix, Li, Ke, Wang, Xinyu, Tang, TzuChieh, Huang, Yuanyuan, Liu, Yifan, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2020
Exploiting mammalian low-complexity domains for liquid-liquid phase separation-driven underwater adhesive coatings, Cui, Mengkui, Wang, Xinyu, An, Bolin, Zhang, Chen, Gui, Xinrui, Li, Ke, Li, Yingfeng, Ge, Peng, Zhang, Junhu, Liu, Cong, Zhong, Chao, 2019
Biofilm Nanofiber-Coated Separators for Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anode and Ultrahigh-Rate Lithium Batteries, Nie, Lu, Li, Yingfeng, Chen, Shaojie, Li, Ke, Huang, Yuanqi, Zhu, Yubo, Sun, Zhetao, Zhang, Jicong, He, Yingjie, Cui, Mengkui, Wei, Shicao, Qiu, Feng, Zhong, Chao, Liu, Wei, 2019
AAV-ie enables safe and efficient gene transfer to inner ear cells, Fangzhi Tan, Cenfeng Chu, Jieyu Qi, Wenyan Li, Dan You, Ke Li, Xin Chen, Weidong Zhao, Cheng Cheng, Xiaoyi Liu, Yunbo Qiao, Bing Su, Shuijin He, Chao Zhong, Huawei Li, Renjie Chai, Guisheng Zhong, 2019
Programmable and printable Bacillus subtilis biofilms as engineered living materials, Huang, Jiaofang, Liu, Suying, Zhang, Chen, Wang, Xinyu, Pu, Jiahua, Ba, Fang, Xue, Shuai, Ye, Haifeng, Zhao, Tianxin, Li, Ke, Wang, Yanyi, Zhang, Jicong, Wang, Lihua, Fan, Chunhai, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2019
Patterned Amyloid Materials Integrating Robustness and Genetically Programmable Functionality, Li, Yingfeng, Li, Ke, Wang, Xinyu, An, Bolin, Cui, Mengkui, Pu, Jiahua, Wei, Shicao, Xue, Shuai, Ye, Haifeng, Zhao, Yanhua, Liu, Minjie, Wang, Zuankai, Zhong, Chao, 2019
Modular genetic design of multi-domain functional amyloids: insights into self-assembly and functional properties, Cui, Mengkui, Qi, Qi, Gurry, Thomas, Zhao, Tianxin, An, Bolin, Pu, Jiahua, Gui, Xinrui, Cheng, Allen A, Zhang, Siyu, Xun, Dongmin, Becce, Michele, BriaticoVangosa, Francesco, Liu, Cong, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2019
Immobilization of functional nano-objects in living engineered bacterial biofilms for catalytic applications, Xinyu Wang, Jiahua Pu, Yi Liu, Fang Ba, Mengkui Cui, Ke Li, Yu Xie, Yan Nie, Qixi Mi, Tao Li, Lingli Liu, Manzhou Zhu, Chao Zhong, 2019
Engineered Bacillus subtilis biofilms as living glues, Zhang, Chen, Huang, Jiaofang, Zhang, Jicong, Liu, Suying, Cui, Mengkui, An, Bolin, Wang, Xinyu, Pu, Jiahua, Zhao, Tianxin, Fan, Chunhai, Lu, Timothy K, Zhong, Chao, 2019
Directing curli polymerization with DNA origami nucleators, Xiuhai Mao, Ke Li, Mengmeng Liu, Xinyu Wang, Tianxin Zhao, Bolin An, Mengkui Cui, Yingfeng Li, Jiahua Pu, Jiang Li, Lihua Wang, Timothy K Lu, Chunhai Fan, Chao Zhong, 2019
Critical role of spectrin in hearing development and deafness, Liu, Yan, Qi, Jieyu, Chen, Xin, Tang, Mingliang, Chu, Cenfeng, Zhu, Weijie, Li, Hui, Tian, Cuiping, Yang, Guang, Zhong, Chao, Zhang, Ying, Ni, Guangjian, He, Shuijin, Chai, Renjie, Zhong, Guisheng, 2019
Programming Integrative Extracellular and Intracellular Biocatalysis for Rapid, Robust, and Recyclable Synthesis of Trehalose, Jiang, Ling, Song, Xiaogang, Li, Yingfeng, Xu, Qing, Pu, Jiahua, Huang, He, Zhong, Chao, 2018
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