KUNYU ZHANG Associate Professor(PI)
E-mail：
kyuzhang@scut.edu.cn
2021 — present South China University of Technology, Associate Professor
2019 — 2021 Johns Hopkins University, Postdoctoral Fellow
2018 — 2019 Nanyang Technological University, Postdoctoral Fellow
2014 — 2018 The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D.
2010 — 2014 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and SunYat-sen University, B.Sc.
Biomaterials, Mechanobiology, Cell Engineering, Regenerative medicine
Dr. Zhang is enthusiastic about the design of functional biomaterials to reproduce the biochemical and biophysical signals existing in the natural cellular microenvironment. He is particularly interested in their unique ability to regulate cellular behaviors and promote tissue regeneration. Dr. Zhang has published more than 30 academic articles in top journals including Chemical Reviews, Science Translational Medicine, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, Biomaterials, Small. He has been awarded the Young Scholar Award of Chinese Biomaterials Congress, the Student Award of Hong Kong Medical and Health Device Industry Association, and the STAR award of Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting.
+Zhang, K.; +Feng, Q.;Fang, Z.; *Gu, L.; *Bian, L. “Structurally dynamic hydrogels for biomedicalapplications: pursuing a fine balance between macroscopic stability andmicroscopic dynamics”, Chemical Reviews, 2021.
+Xu, X.; +Xia, X.; +Zhang, K.; Rai, A.; Li, Z.; Zhao, P.; Wei, K.; Zou, L.; Yang, B.;Wong, W. K.; *Chiu, P. W. Y.; *Bian, L. “Bioadhesive hydrogels demonstratingpH-independent and ultrafast gelation promote gastric ulcer healing in pigs”, Science Translational Medicine, 2020,12, eaba8014.
+Zhang, K.; +Chooi, W.H.; Liu, S.; Chin, J. S.; Murray, A.; Nizetic, D.; Cheng, D.; *Chew, S. Y.“Localized delivery of CRISPR/dCas9 via layer-by-layer self-assembling peptidecoating on nanofibersfor neural tissue engineering”, Biomaterials, 2020, 120225.
+Zhang,K.; +Yuan, W.; Wei, K.; Yang, B.; Chen, X.; Li, Z.; *Zhang, Z.; *Bian, L.“Highly dynamic nanocompositehydrogels self-assembled by metal ion-ligand coordination”, Small, 2019, 1900242.
+Kang, H.;+Zhang, K.; Jung, H. J.; Yang, B.; Chen, X.; Pan, Q.; Li, R.; Xu, X.; Li,G.; Dravid, V. P.; *Bian, L. “An in situ reversible heterodimeric nanoswitchcontrolled by metal ion-ligand coordination regulates the adhesion, release,and differentiation of stem cells”, AdvancedMaterials, 2018, 201803591.
+Zhang,K.; +Jia, Z.; Yang, B.; Feng, Q.; Xu, X.; Yuan, W.; Li, X.; Chen, X.;Duan, L.; *Wang, D.; *Bian, L. “Adaptable hydrogels mediate cofactor-assistedactivation of biomarker-responsive drug delivery via positive feedback forenhanced tissue regeneration”, AdvancedScience, 2018, 201800875.
+Kang, H.;+Zhang, K.; Pan, Q.; Lin, S.; Wong, D. S. H.; Li, J.; Lee, W. Y. W.; Yang,B.; Han, F.; Li, G.; *Li, B.; *Bian, L. “Remote control of intracellularcalcium using upconversion nanotransducers regulates stem cell differentiationin vivo”, Advanced FunctionalMaterials, 2018, 201802642.
+Kang, H.;+Zhang, K.; Wong, D. S. H.; Han, F.; *Li, B.; *Bian, L. “Near-infraredlight-controlled regulation of intracellular calcium to modulate macrophagepolarization”, Biomaterials,2018, 178, 681.
Zhang,K.; Feng, Q.; Xu, J.; Xu, X.; Tian, F.; Yeung, K. W. K.; *Bian, L. “Self-assembled injectable nanocomposite hydrogels stabilized bybisphosphonate-magnesium (Mg2+) coordination regulates thedifferentiation of encapsulated stem cells via dual crosslinking”, Advanced Functional Materials, 2017,1701642.
+Zhang, K.; +Lin, S.;Feng, Q.; Dong, C.; Yang, Y.; *Li, G.; *Bian, L. “Nanocomposite hydrogelsstabilized by self-assembled multivalent bisphosphonate-magnesium nanoparticlesmediate sustained release of magnesium ion and promote in-situ boneregeneration”, Acta Biomaterialia,2017, 64, 389. (Featured by MaterialsToday)
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