Bo Zhang's Group-Advanced Diagnostic Materials Lab

Bo Zhang

Bo Zhang received his Bachelor degree from College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University in 2010, under the supervision of Professor Jin Zhang, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his PhD degree from Department of Chemistry, Stanford University in 2016, under the guidance of Professor Hongjie Dai, Academician of the US National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine. Dr. Zhang joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Southern University of Science and Technology in 2021. He has published more than 40 high-level research papers, including Nature Medicine, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Materials, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, etc., with over 8800 total citations (Google Scholar) and H-factor of 27.

EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING BACKGROUND

Period University Stage Thesis Supervisor
2010-2016 Stanford University Ph.D. Novel nanomaterials for multiplexed, sensitive biomarker detection Professor Hongjie Dai, Fellow of National Academy of Science and Fellow of National Academy of Medicine
2006-2010 Peking University B.S. Controlled growth of single-walled carbon nanotubes Professor Jin Zhang, Fellow of China National Academy of Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Period Work Unit Position
2021-Present Southern University of Science and Technology Associate Professor
2017-2021 Apostle Inc. (CA, US and Shenzhen, China) Co-founder & VP
2016-2017 Nirmidas Biotech Inc. (CA, US) Director of R&D
2015 McKinsey & Company(Tokyo, Japan) Strategic Consultant

AWARDS

Years Honor and Award
2024 The Most Popular Course Teacher for Undergraduate Graduates
2024 Academic advisor of "Top 10 Undergraduate Graduates" of  SUSTech in 2024
2023 Secondary Award for Teaching competition of SUSTECH
2023 The 18th "Challenge Cup" Outstanding Supervisor
2021 First prize of 2021 Advanced Collective of Chongqing Enrollment Group of SUSTECH
2019 Shenzhen Nanshan District "Pilot Talent" Class B
2018 Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talents B Category
2017 Forbes China 30 under 30
2015 Excellent self-funded International Student Scholarship of Ministry of Education
2014 MRS Silver Award
2013 Mona M. Burgess Fellow, Stanford University
2010 William S. Johnson Fellow, Stanford University

CONFERENCES

Time Conferences Form
August 2024 The 5th China Forum on Biosensors / Biochips / Nanobiotechnology (BBN China 2024) Keynote Presentation
August 2024 2024 Octagon Bay Innovation Conference Invited Presentation
July 2024 International Congress on Separation and Purification Technology 2024 Oral Presentation
June 2024 The 34th Annual Conference of Chinese Chemical Society Oral Presentation
November 2023 Annual Conference of Clinical Laboratory Science and Technology Transformation Professional Committee Invited Presentation
November 2023 2023 Nano Frontier and Application Summit Forum Oral Presentation
November 2023 14th CCS National Conference on Analytical Chemistry Oral Presentation
October 2023 IMed journal youth forum Invited Presentation
October 2023 2023 Chinese Biomaterials Congress Session Chair
September 2023 SCCS2023 Invited Presentation
June 2023 The 33rd CCS Congress Oral Presentation
March 2023 1st Congress of Chinese Society for Biomaterials - IVD Biomaterials Chair
August 2022 2022 EBC Congress for Bio-industry Invited Presentation
April 2022 2021-2022 China Biomedical Engineering Conference & Medical Innovation Summit Invited Presentation
October 2021 23rd NSEC Invited Presentation
April 2021 The 13th National Conference on Micro-Total Analysis Systems Session Chair

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Work Unit Position
Chinese Society for Biomaterials - IVD Biomaterials Head of Secretary
Shenzhen Society of Biomedical Engineering Committee
Net work of Bay Area Youth Scholar Member
Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission Review Expert
The 13th National Conference on Micro-Total Analysis Systems Committee
2021-2022 China Biomedical Engineering Conference & Medical Innovation Summit Committee
Science Advances, Advanced Science, Nano Letters, Chemical Communications, Lab on a Chip, Nanoscale, Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Analytica Chimica Acta, Analyst, Analytical Methods, Antibody Technology Journal, Open Access Bioinformatics, International Journal of Nanomedicine Journal Reviewer
Chinese Chemical Society Member
Materials Research Society Member
American Chemical Society Member
American Diabetes Association Member