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Huan Zhang
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese
Nanomaterials
Dna Nanostructures
Gene Editing
Sirna Delivery
Disease Treatment
Sensing
Imaging
Genetic Transformation
Rna Mechanisms
Biological Functions
Areas of Focus
- Nanobiotechnology in plant science
- Precision biobreeding
Work Experience
- 2022-present: Associate Professor, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 2020-2022: Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Jinan University
- 2017-2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley (Collaborator: Markita Landry)
- 2014-2017: Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2014: PhD, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Supervisor: Chunhai Fan)
- 2005-2009: Bachelor, Ludong University
- Published over 20 SCI papers, including in prestigious journals like Nature Nanotechnology and PNAS
Publications
- Nanoparticle Cellular Internalization is Not Required for RNA Delivery to Mature Plant Leaves, Huan Zhang, Natalie S Goh, Jeffrey Wang, Gozde S Demirer, Salwan Butrus, So-Jung Park, Markita Landry, 2022
- Gold Nanocluster Mediated Delivery of siRNA to Intact Plant Cells for Efficient Gene Knockdown, Huan Zhang, Yuhong Cao, Dawei Xu, Natalie S Goh, Gozde S Demirer, Stefano Cestellos-Blanco, Yuan Chen, Markita P. Landry, Peidong Yang, 2021
- Engineering DNA nanostructures for siRNA delivery in plants, Huan Zhang, Honglu Zhang, Gozde S. Demirer, Eduardo González-Grandío, Chunhai Fan, Markita P. Landry, 2020
- DNA Nanostructures Coordinate Gene Silencing in Mature Plants, Huan Zhang, Gozde S. Demirer, Honglu Zhang, Tianzheng Ye, Natalie S. Goh, Abhishek J. Aditham, Francis J. Cunningham, Chunhai Fan, Markita P. Landry, 2019
- Carbon nanotube-mediated DNA delivery without transgene integration in intact plants, Gozde S. Demirer, Huan Zhang, Natalie S. Goh, Markita P. Landry, 2019
- Programming chain-growth co-polymerization of DNA hairpin tiles for in-vitro hierarchical supramolecular organization, Honglu Zhang, Yu Wang, Huan Zhang, Xiaoguo Liu, Antony Lee, Jie Chao, Huajie Liu, Jiang li, Jiye Shi, Lihua Wang, Lianhui Wang, Xiaoyu Cao, Carlos Bustamante, Zhongqun Tian, Chunhai Fan, 2019
- High Aspect Ratio Nanomaterials Enable Delivery of Functional Genetic Material Without Transgenic DNA Integration in Mature Plants, Gozde S. Demirer, Huan Zhang, Juliana L. Matos, Natalie Goh, Francis Cunningham, Younghun Sung, Roger Chang, Abhishek J. Aditham, Linda Chio, Myeong-Je Cho, Brian Staskawicz, Markita P. Landry, 2019
- Nanotubes effectively deliver siRNA to intact plant cells and protect siRNA against nuclease degradation, Gozde S. Demirer, Huan Zhang, Natalie S. Goh, Markita P. Landry, 2020
Awards
- Shanghai Pujiang Talent Plan (2022)
