Dr. Xiangqun Zeng
Title: (1) Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
(2) Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
E-mail: xzeng@mail.missouri.edu, zeng@oakland.edu
Web site: https://chemistry.missouri.edu/people/zeng www.oakland.edu/~zeng http://www2.oakland.edu/chemistry/faculty.cfm?ID=4620
Professor Xiangqun Zeng completed her Ph.D. ( in three years) and postdoc (one year) at State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) at Professor Stanley Bruckenstein’s laboratory. During her Ph.D. and Postdoc study, she also worked closely with Professor Robert Hillman at Leicester University in UK (ex-president of International Society of Electrochemistry) and Dr. Joseph Gardella, distinguish professor at SUNY Buffalo. Her academic grandfather Dr. Izaak Kolthoff is regarded as the father of Analytical Chemistry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Kolthoff).
Professor Zeng’s current research centers on bioanalytical, electroanalytical and electrochemistry at metal electrode interfaces with two active research programs: one focused on bioanalytical chemistry for clinical diagnosis and therapy, and another focused on fundamental and applied electrochemistry for sensors and energy storage device applications. She has obtained extramural funding totaling over $15 million from National Science Foundation (2018/2019/2020), Alpha foundation (2017/2019/2021), National Institute of Health (2023R21, 2021 R01 and R21, 2013 R01, 2002 R21/R33 and 2009 R21), Department of Energy (2021/2023), National Institute of Occupational and Safety Health (2009 R21 and 2010 R01), Office of Naval Research (2010), Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative/Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2005/2006/2007/ 2012), ACS PRF (2001) and Cottrell College Science Award from Research Corporation (2000). She has published more than 100 high quality peer reviewed journal papers, held 8 patents and written six book chapters.
Dr. Zeng has supervised ~ 30 postdocs, 10 visiting professors including one Fulbright scholar, 14 M.S. thesis and 11 Ph.D. thesis, ~30 undergraduate students and 13 high school student research projects, as thesis co-advisor for 5 Ph.D. and 2 M.S. students at other institutions. Seventeen of Dr. Zeng's former students or postdocs obtained very competitive academic positions in the US and other countries. Many of them are leaders in industries. She is an organizer for the 18th international meeting on chemical sensors in 2021, symposium chairs for Pittcon, the biggest analytical chemistry conference in US and an Editorial Board member of Journal of Electrochemistry and a regular grant and panel reviewer (served on more than 70 grant review panels for US, European and Israel funding agencies). She has successfully served as mentor for five junior faculty including one electrical engineering faculty. Her mentorship contributed to their success in advanced career with promotion and NSF career awards. She received the Oakland University Young Investigator Research Excellence Award in 2005, Academic Excellence Recognition Awards in 2011 and 2012, Research Excellence Award in 2015 and International Service Award in 2015, President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz Innovation Research Award, Oakland University, 2017, Frank Giblin Lifetime Achievement Award given to the PI with the most funding over the course of their career at Oakland University in 2020. Dr. Zeng also has strong interests in mentoring and education and she was featured in a book entitled “women who changed world” published by Sunbury press, http://www.sunburypressstore.com/Women-Who-Changed-the-World-9781620065976.htm.
EDUCATION
Ph. D. Electrochemistry and Surface Chemistry , State Univ. of New York at Buffalo
M.S. Electroanalytical Chemistry , Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
B.S. Analytical Chemistry , Chengdu Univ. of Sci. and Tech ( now Si Chuan Univ.), Chengdu, China
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024-present, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
2024-present, Emeritus distinguished professor, Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
2019- 2023, Distinguished Professor, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
08/11-2019, Professor of Chemistry, Oakland Univ. , Rochester, MI
8/05 – 08/11, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
02/09-present, Chair of chemistry’s graduate studies committee as well as program director for the PhD and MS programss
8/01 – 8/05, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
9/98 – 7/01, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
9/97 - 8/98, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chem. Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo.
8/94 - 8/97, Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Chem. Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo.
8/92 - 7/94, Lecturer, Chem. Dept., Beijing University of Chemical Technology.
8/89 - 7/92, Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Chem. Dept., Beijing Normal University.
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:
Research:
Analytical/Bioanalytical Chemistry: Design and characterization of chemical- and bio-interfaces using innovative materials for the recognition and analysis of molecules and species of chemical and biological significance.
Electrochemistry: Study of fundamental and applied interfacial electrochemistry for sensor and energy storage applications.
Chemical and Bioengineering: Develop miniaturized analysis platforms that combines high performance, chip-scale instrumentation electronics with multi-transduction-mode sensor array devices by collaboration with engineers.
Teaching: Curriculum development in Analytical Chemistry and Electrochemistry; program development in undergraduate research, interdisciplinary graduate education; K-12 science and engineering education using interdisciplinary based approaches.
Dr. Zeng's research interests focus on the area of electrochemistry and surface chemistry at solid electrodes; the development of new analytical techniques, chemical and biosensors, ionic liquid and electroactive polymers. Zeng's research direction is motivated by the increasing needs of new sensor technology for a broad range of applications relating to national security, health care, the environment, energy, food safety, and manufacturing. Although new and improved sensor technology will continue to be developed, the most crucial needs in any sensors are the recognition elements at the interface and the fundamental understanding of the molecular recognition events at the interfaces. This understanding would provide guidance for the improvement of the affinity, specificity, and mass production of recognition elements and could sometimes dictate the success or failure of detection technologies in both technical and commercial sensors. By collaboration with various scientists and engineers, Zeng's lab has identified new sensor recognition elements (i.e. recombinant antibody, carbohydrate, ionic liquid , biopolymers and cells) and demonstrated their use as chemical and biosensing materials for fabricating new sensor structures with strong potential capabilities including limited size, weight and power consumption by using label free transducers. Furthermore, the fundamental understanding of the interface properties of various chemical and biointerfaces allow us to explore new directions in Lithium ion battery electrolytes, electrocatalysis for fuel cells and solid state fuel cells and new research directions in biomedical research including cancer and infectious diseases.
COLLABORATORS:
Dr. Wei Lai, Michigan State University, Department of Material Science and Engineering for Li ion battery research.
Dr. Edzko Smid, portable QCM instrumental development. http://www.itrack-llc.com/index_files/qcminfo.htm
Dr. Joseph Stetter, Chemical and biosensor instrument and device development, KWJ engineering, Inc..( www.kwjengineering.com)
Dr. Andrew Mason, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University for microsensor developement for environmental and health applications
Dr. Yong Xu, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Wayne State University for microsensor design and fabrication
Dr. Ziming Yang, Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Analytical Application in Geochemistry
Dr. Daoqi Zhang, Eye Research Institute, Oakland University, Biosensor for retina neuroscience.
Dr. Jinsheng Zhang, Wayne State Univ. School of Medicine, Biosensors for Auditory Neuroscience Research
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
PROPOSAL REVIEW PANEL SERVICES
Served for over 70 US federal grant review panels , examples:
1. Served on both NIH tissue Engineering and Reparative Medicine Study Panels in March 2004.
2. Served on NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers Pre-proposal Review Panel on Nov. 16-17, 2004.
3. Served on NSF Course Curricular Laboratory Improvement Phase 1 Panel on July 25-26, 2005.
4. Served on NIBIB Quantum Grants Review Panel on July 17 and 18, 2006.
5. Served on NIAID “Partnerships to Improve Diagnosis and Treatment of Selected -Resistant Healthcare- Associated Infections (U01)” review panel on March 13, 2007.
6. Served on NIEHS “Environmental Sensors for Personal Exposure Assessment (U01)” Review Panel on March 22nd and March 23rd, 2007.
7. Served on NIEHS SBIR - Environmental Sensor Review Panel on June 12, 2007.
8. Served on NSF SBIR/STTR Phase I Review Panel- Assay Methods I Panel on August 14, 2008.
9. Serve on NIH SBIB Review Panel on Oct. 27, 2008.
10. Served on NIH ZRG1 F14 ( fellowships) Special Emphasis Panel on March 17-18, 2009.
11. Served on NIH National Center for Resources Special Emphasis Panel Biotechnology I ZRR1BT-7(01) on June 3-June 4, 2009.
12. Served on NIEHS SBIR Phase II ZES1 RAM-M (O1) B - Environmental Sensors for Personal Exposure Assessment Panel on July 9th, 2009.
13. Served on NSF Materials Research Fellowship Panel on July 20-21, 2009.
14. Served on NIH biotechnology Panel on March 8-9, 2010.
15. Served on NIH ZRG1 IMST-A(12) Small business: Devices and Detection Systems panel on Nov. 17-18, 2010.
16. Proposal mail reviewers for US Army, NSF, ACS PRF and Indiana 21st Century Research & Technology Fund and Jeffress Research Grant; The Point-of-Care Center for Emerging Neuro Technologies (POC-CENT), Florida International University Internal Grant Review.
17. Served on NIH panel member ZRG1 SBIB-Q (02) M on Feb. 18, 2011.
18. Served on NCRR Biotechnology Special Emphasis Panel (SEP), February 23-24, 2011.
19. Served on NIH BTSS and SAT Member Conflict Review Panel, ZRG1 SBIB-Q 02, June 09, 2011.
20. Served on NSF Medical Diagnostic Assays and Platforms SBIR Phase I Review Panel on August 9-10, 2011
21. Served on NIH IMST-12 Small Business Panel (Basic and Integrative Bioengineering) on Oct., 2011
22. Served on NIH ZRR1 BT-7 (01) Panel Feb.20-22, 2012
23. Served on NIH ZRG1 IMST-A (12) B Mail panel, 2012.
24. Served on NSF CMI Panel, March 1-2, 2012
25. Served as mail reviewer for Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation R&D Excellence Awards, April 2012.
26. Served as mail reviewer on Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2012/10 ZRG1 IMST-S (12) B meeting, July 24, 2012.
27. Served on NIH Instrumentation and Systems Development (ISD) Study Panel, February 13-14, 2013.
28. Served as Oak Ridge Associated Universities (DOE contractor) mail reviewer for Nazarbayev University Review, Feb. 2013.
29. Served as NSF RUI program proposal mail reviewer, March 2013.
30. Served on NIH Instrumentation and Systems Development (ISD) Study Panel (internet panel), Dec. 9-10, 2013.
31. Served on NIH Instrumentation and Systems development (ISD) Study Panel, Feb. 18-19, 2014, Washington D.C.
32. Served on NIH Biomedical Instrumentation Special Emphasis Panel (SEP): ZGM1 BBCB-A(BI), on March 5, 2014, Washington D.C.
33. NSF Chemical Measurement and Imaging division mail reviewer, March 2014.
34. NIH ZRG1 BST-A 50 (Single Cell Analysis) Panel for RFAs: “Exceptionally Innovative Tools and Technologies for Single Cell Analysis (R21)” and “Validation and Advanced Development of Technologies for the Study of Biological Properties of Single Cells (R33)), July 1-2, 2014, Washington D.C.
35. ACS Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, Mail Reviewer, July , 2014
36. NIH Instrumentation and Systems development (ISD) Study Panel, Oct. 8-9, 2014, Washington D.C.
37. NIH IMST-13 Small Business SBIR Bioengineering study section, Nov. 13-14, 2014, Washington D.C.
38. NIH SBIR panel “Online Real Time Metals Analysis at Low ppm Level”, March 31, 2015, Washington D.C.
39. Cell Biology-6 (CBY6) peer review panel of the 2014 Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) for the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP), March 15-17, 2015, Washington D.C.
40. NSF MRI Scanning Force Microscopes Panel, Major Research Instrumentation proposals in the Division of Materials Research (DMR), Virtual Panel review, April 21, 2015.
41. NIH Instrumentation and Systems Development (ISD) Study Section standing panel member 2015-2021, regular ad hoc reviewer for NIH, NSF and DOD etc.
PEER REVIEWING FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS
Journal of American Chemical Society, Science, Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Langmuir,, Cancer Research, The Analyst,, Biotechnology & Bioengineering; Journal of Electrochemical Society; Electrochimica Acta,, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry,, Electrochemical communication,, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,, IEEE,, Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis,, Chemical Communications,, Advanced Materials, Analytical methods,, Sensors & Actuators: B Chemical,, Measurement Science and Technology, ACSS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemical Society Reviewss etc.
OTHER REVIEWING ACTIVITIESOTHER REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
1. Book: Modern Analytical Chemistry, David Harvey, First edition. 2000
2. Tenure promotion outside reviewer for David A. Dobberpuhl, Ph.D., Creighton University, 2000.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Science Fair Judge, 19thhAnnual Michigan Science & Engineering Fair, Kettering University, Flint MI, April 13, 2013..
2. Section Chair for Symposium 3- Electroanalysis and Electrochemical Sensors, the 60th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry, Beijing, China, August 20, 2009.
3. Conference Session Co-Chair for Symposium: Sensors and Actuators, Ionic Liquids: From Knowledge to Application, Philadelphia American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting, August 17-21, 2008.
4. Conference Session Chair, First Annual MANSE Symposium Michigan Alliance in Nano Science & Engineering, Oakland University, May 14, 2007,
5. Science Fair Judge, Michigan State Science Fair, Oakland University, April 12, 2003 .
6. Organizer, 30th Annual Wisconsin Undergraduate Research Symposium in Chemistry, April 29, 2000.
7. Invited Speaker for LEAD program workshop (UW Oshkosh) on Oct.17, 1999.