Professor Aiguo Wu

Personal Details
Telephone: +86 (0)574 8668 5039
E-mail: aiguo@nimte.ac.cn
Address: Department of Division of Functional Materials and Nano Devices
Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology &. Engineering
Chinese Academy of Sciences
519 Zhuangshi Street, Zhenhai District
Ningbo, Zhejiang
315201
China
Biography
Education:
Ph.D. 　 Analytical Chemistry State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jinlin Province, China
Dissertation: DNA, Nanoparticles and their interactions investigated by scanning probe microcopy (SPM)
B. S.　　Department of Chemistry Nanchang University, Nanchang, China, July 1998
Honor thesis: Simultaneous determination of halide and thiocyanate ions by potentiometric precipitation titration and multivariate calibration
Research Group Url: http://english.nimte.cas.cn/rh/rd/nb
Group Homepage URL: http://nano.nimte.ac.cn/pages/wuaiguo/en/index-En.htm
Professional Experience:
5/2006 – 6/2009　　 Professor, Division of Functional Materials and Nano Devices Ningbo Institute of Material Technology & Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, China　　　　　
5/2006 – 6/2009　　 Research Associate in Medical Sciences Department of Radiation Oncology & Department of Radiology Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, USA
7/2005- 4/2004　　 　　Postdoctoral Scholar/Research Associate in Chemistry Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Division California Institute of Technology, USA Supervisor: Prof. /Dr. Ahmed H. Zewail(Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry in 1999)　
2/2004-7/2005　　　　 Postdoctor Department of Chemistry University of Marburg, Germany 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　
9/1998 –12/2003　　 Research Assistant, PhD Candidate State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
Honors and Awards:
1. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University (2013-2016), USA, 2012
2. Award for Thousand Talents Program, Zhejiang Province, 2012
3. Award for Hundred Talents Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010
4. Award for Returnees Startup Program, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China, 2010
5. Award for Outstanding Talents Program, Ningbo City, 2010
6. YinGang Peng Outstanding Postgraduate Student Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2001
7. Outstanding Postgraduate Student Award, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, Jilin, China, 2001
8. Honor thesis, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, and July 1998
9. A Silver Prize of Mathematics Modeling Contest for Chinese University Student, JiangXi Contest Zone, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, 1997
10. Outstanding Undergraduate Student Awards in Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, 1995-1998
Research Interests:
I am interested in applications of various nanomaterials in biomedicine, bioanayltical chemistry/environmental sciences and nanostructures fabricated based on biomacromolecules at NIMTE, CAS in Ningbo.
l　　 Applications of Nanomaterials in Biomedicine:
Multimodal Contrast Agents for Biomedical Imaging and Targeting Therapy
X-ray fluorescence maps of two whole MCF-7/WS8 cells transfected with TiO2-DNA oligonucleotide-Gd contrast agent nanoconjugates (NCs). Elemental maps of P, S, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Cu, Zn, and Gd in two cells treated with nanoconjugates for 24 hours and then“washed”for 24 hours in nanoconjugate-free medium. Elemental maps show the range of concentrations in the sample in a rainbow color scale from highest (red) matching the number indicated to lowest signal (black). Elemental concentrations are given in micrograms per cm2. NCs were functionalized with R18 rDNA oligonucleotide at ratio of 1 NP: 30-600 Gd :10 oligonucleotides.
(Reference: Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, (2008), 4(3), 201-207.)
l　Applications of Nanomaterials in Bioanalytical Chemistry/ Environmental Sciences:
We are developing a simple way to detect out toxic cations in aqueous solutions.
(Reference:Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46, 2007, 4093.)
l　Applications of Nanomaterials in Nanostructures Fabricated Based on Biomacromolecules:
We are fabricating nanostructures based on biomacromolecules and various nanoparticle materials.
(References:Nano, 2008, 3, 27-36; Langmuir, 2006, 22, 5213.)