Dr. Chong Zhang is a research assistant professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology. He was awarded the Shenzhen Overseas High-Level Talent Peacock Program Award in 2021. His research interests focus on medical dressings and surface modification for biomedical applications. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Polymer Materials and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology in 2010, and Ph. D. of chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2016. Dr. Chong Zhang has been a postdoctor at Peking University, IBS, and the University of Tokyo from 2016 to 2020. He published more than 10 papers in the Adv. Funct. Mater., Biomaterials, Nano Res. as the first or corresponding author.

Education：

Ph.D, Polymer Chemistry and Engineering, Sep 2010- Mar 2016, University of Science and Technology of China, China, Advisor: Prof. Yanmei Wang

Bachelor, Polymer Materials and Engineering, Sep 2006-Jun 2010, Anhui University of Technology, China

Work experience：

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Jun. 2019-Nov. 2020, Chemistry and Biotechnology, the University of Tokyo, Japan, Mentor: Prof. Takashi Kato

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Oct. 2018-May. 2019, Center for Soft and Living Matter, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), South Korea, Mentor: Prof. Bartosz A. Grzybowski

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Apr. 2016-Aug. 2018, Polymer Science and Engineering, Peking University, China, Mentor: Prof. Hua Lu

Research Interests：

Medical dressings

Surface modification for biomedical applications

Publications：

1. Kaiwen Zhang, Yiwen Xian, Ming Li, Zheng Pan, Ziran Zhu, Yu Yang, Hufei Wang, Licheng Zhang*, Chong Zhang*, Decheng Wu*. Gelable and adhesive powder for lethal non-compressible hemorrhage control. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 33, 2305222.

2. Shurong Li, Yiwen Xian, Gang He, Luyuan Chen, Zhihui Chen, Yonglong Hong, Chong Zhang*, Decheng Wu*. In situ injectable Tetra-peg hydrogel bioadhesive for sutureless repair of gastrointestinal perforation. Chinese Journal of Chemistry, 2023, 41, 3339-3348.

3. Ziran Zhu, Kaiwen Zhang, Yiwen Xian, Gang He, Zheng Pan, Hufei Wang, Chong Zhang*, Decheng Wu*. A choline phosphoryl-conjugated chitosan/oxidized dextran injectable self-healing hydrogel for improved hemostatic efficacy. Biomacromolecules, 2022, 24, 690-703. (Front Cover)

4. Huijun Ye, Yiwen Xian, Shurong Li, Chong Zhang*, Decheng Wu*. In situ forming injectable γ-poly(glutamic acid)/PEG adhesive hydrogels for hemorrhage control. Biomaterials Science, 2022, 10, 4218-4227.

5. Chong Zhang, Hua Lu*. Helical nonfouling polypeptides for biomedical applications. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2022, 40, 433-446.

6. Chong Zhang, Yingqin Hou, Hua Lu*, The secondary structure effect of poly(α-amino acid)s in materials sciences and biomedical applications. Chemistry, 2020,83, 343-348.

7. Wei Xiong‡, Chong Zhang‡, Xiaolin Lyu, Hantao Zhou, Wen-Ying Chang, Yu Bo, Er-Qiang Chen, Zhihao Shen, Hua Lu, Synthesis of modifiable photo-responsive polypeptides bearing allyloxylated azobenzene side-chains. Polymer Chemistry, 2020, 11, 439-448.

8. Shupeng Yan, Chong Zhang*, Hua Lu*, Advances in zwitterionic polymers, Journal of Functional Polymers, 2020, 33, 1-14.

9. Chong Zhang‡, Jianhua Lu‡, Falin Tian‡, Lindong Li, Yingqin Hou, Yaoyi Wang, Lingdong Sun, Xinghua Shi, Hua Lu*, Regulation of the cellular uptake of nanoparticles by the orientation of helical polypeptides. Nano Research, 2019, 12, 889-896.

10. Chong Zhang, Jingsong Yuan, Jianhua Lu, Yingqin Hou, Wei Xiong, Hua Lu, From neutral to zwitterionic poly(α-amino acid) nonfouling surfaces: effects of helical conformation and anchoring orientation. Biomaterials, 2018, 178, 728-737.

11. Chong Zhang, Jianhua Lu‡, Yingqin Hou, Wei Xiong, Kai Sheng, Hua Lu*, Investigation on the linker length of synthetic zwitterionic polypeptides for improved nonfouling surfaces. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 17463–17470.

12. Chong Zhang, Hua Lu*, Efficient synthesis and application of protein-poly(α-amino acid) conjugates. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2018, (1): 21-31.

13. Chong Zhang, Songtao Liu, Lin Tan, Haikun Zhu, Yanmei Wang*, Star-shaped poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline)-based films: rapid preparation and effects of polymer architecture on antifouling properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2015, 3, 5615-5628.

14. Chong Zhang, Lijuan Chen, Lin Tan, Xiajun Zheng, Yanmei Wang*, Poly(dopamine)-assisted preparation of star poly(ethylene glycol)-based coatings: A detailed study of their protein resistance and application in CE. Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2015, 93, 190-201.