Areas of Focus
- Nanoparticle material chemical synthesis
- Surface modification and biomedical applications
Work Experience
- 1994 - Pennsylvania State University, Materials Science, Particle Research Center
- 2008 - Present - Director of the Nanobiomedical Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1992 - PhD in Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
- Significant contributions in nanomaterials, surface functionalization, and biomedical applications
Publications
- Dual-Encoded Microbeads through a Host-Guest Structure: Enormous, Flexible and Accurate Barcodes for Multiplexed Assays, Hongchen Gu*, 2016
- Encoding through Host/Guest Structure: Construction of Multiplexed Fluorescent Beads, Hongchen Gu*, 2014
- Core–Shell-Type Magnetic Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites for Bioimaging and Therapeutic Agent Delivery, Hongchen Gu*, 2015
- Plasmonic multi-shell nanomatryoshka particles as highly tunable SERS tags with built-in reporters, Hongchen Gu*, 2015
- Highly effective inhibition of lung cancer growth and metastasis by systemic delivery of siRNA via multimodal mesoporous silica-based nanocarrier, Hongchen Gu*, 2014
