ZHENG Jianping
Professor
Group Leader
Group:Genetic Diagnostics and Treatment Materials
zhengjianping@nimte.ac.cn
Research Interests
Advanced Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies Based on novel enzyme engineering, Inorganic Luminescent Materials and functional Exosome Nantechology
Biography
2010: Ph.D. in Chemistry, New York University, USA
Advisor: Prof. Nadrian Seeman (founder of DNA nanotechnology)
Achieved breakthrough in 3D DNA self-assembly: realized the research group's 30-year goal by constructing the first self-assembled 3D DNA lattice. This milestone work, published in Nature, enabled controllable assembly from micro- to macro-scale.
2010-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
Focus: Protein-based drug development
2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Focus: DNA vector-based pharmaceuticals
2013-2015: Lead Research Scientist, MCLAB (Silicon Valley DNA sequencing company)
Developed innovative technologies for first- and second-generation DNA sequencing
2015-2018: Senior Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Led R&D of immunotherapy monitoring products on Ion Torrent™ NGS platform
2019-present: Professor, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (CNITECH), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research focus: Advanced genetic diagnostics technology and its applications for major human diseases