Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Nanoengineering
Moores Cancer Center
Prof. Liangfang Zhang received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) in 2006 under the supervision of Prof. Steve Granick. He was a postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Langer at MIT during 2006-2008. He holds B.E. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University in China. He joined the Department of Nanoengineering at UC-San Diego as Assistant Professor in July 2008.
Our Research
We work on the design, synthesis, characterization and evaluation of lipid- and/or polymer-based
nanostructured biomaterials. One specific interest lies in developing nanomaterials
for healthcare and other medical applications, for example, drug delivery to improve
or enable treatments of human diseases. In addition, we also seek to
understand the fundamental sciences underlying the arenas of nanomedicine.
Overall, our research covers a broad scope of multidisciplinary areas including
chemical & molecular engineering, materials science, chemistry, nanotechnology, biotechnology and medicine.
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Group News
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Darren Yang wins the Huppert Memorial Scholarship. Congratulations! (6/16/09) |
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Dr. Zhang receives a UCSD Hellman Faculty Fellow Award. (5/5/09) |
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Marta Sartor receives a San Diego Fellowship. Congratulations! (4/14/09) |
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Darren Yang receives an Amgen Scholarship. Congratulations! (4/13/09) |
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Dr. Zhang wins the 2009 Victor K. LaMer Award from the American Chemical Society. (4/6/09) |
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Welcome Zeling Xu and Linh Ton to join the group! (3/1/09) |
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4 provisional patent applications have been filed to the US patent office. (2/18/09) |
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Welcome Dr. Santosh Aryal to join the group! (2/1/09) |
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Welcome Dissaya Pornpattananangkul to join the group! (1/6/09) |
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Welcome Jack Hu, David Nguyen, and Darren Yang to join the group! (10/24/08) |
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Welcome Corbin Clawson to join the group! (9/15/08) |
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Welcome Marta Sartor to join the group! (9/12/08) |
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Dr. Zhang was accepted as a participating member by the Moores Cancer Center at UCSD. (9/10/08) |
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Dr. Zhang was appointed as a Founding Scientific Adviser of the Nanotechnology Research Foundation. (8/28/08) |
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Dr. Zhang was accepted as a participating faculty member by the newly founded Institute of Engineering in Medicine at UCSD. (8/12/08) |
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Zhang Research Group focusing on Nanomaterials and Nanomedicine was founded in the NanoEngineering Department at UCSD. (7/1/08) |