Areas of Focus
- Molecular Imaging
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Pharmacology
Work Experience
- 2014-05~2019-03 - Stanford University Molecular Imaging Center - Associate Professor
- 2007-09~2014-04 - Stanford University Molecular Imaging Center - Assistant Professor
- 2003-09~2007-08 - Stanford University Molecular Imaging Center - Research Scientist
- 2001-09~2003-08 - Harvard Medical School - Postdoctoral Fellow
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1997-08--2001-08 PhD: University of Missouri-Columbia
Publications
- The first clinical verification of near-infrared fluorescence projection navigation technology in liver cancer surgery, Zhen Cheng, 2022
- Controlled Nano-Bio Interface of Functional Nanoprobes for in Vivo Monitoring Enzyme Activity in Tumors, Zhen Cheng, 2019
- Enhancing Photoacoustic Intensity of Upconversion Nanoparticles by Photoswitchable Azobenzene-Containing Polymers for Dual NIR-II and Photoacoustic Imaging In Vivo, Zhen Cheng, 2019
- Biodistribution, Radiation Dosimetry, and Clinical Application of a Melanin-Targeted PET Probe, 18F-P3BZA, in Patients, Zhen Cheng, 2019
- Polymethine Thiopyrylium Fluorophores with Absorption beyond 1000 nm for Biological Imaging in the Second Near-Infrared Subwindow, Zhen Cheng, 2019
- A PET imaging approach for determining EGFR mutation status for improved lung cancer patient management, Zhen Cheng, 2018
- Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based semiconducting polymer nanoparticles for in vivo second near-infrared window imaging and image-guided tumor surgery, Zhen Cheng, 2018
- A high quantum yield molecule-protein complex fluorophore for near-infrared II imaging, Zhen Cheng, 2017
- A small-molecule dye for NIR-II imaging, Zhen Cheng, 2016
