Principle Investigator
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Principle Investigator
Dr. Jie Zheng is a Regent Distinguished Research Professor at the Department of Dept. of Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio. He began his independent academic career in 2007 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012, Full Professor in 2016, and served as Department Chair from 2021 to 2025. In Fall 2025, he joined UTSA to begin a new chapter in his career.
Scientist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 2007 (with Prof. Ruth Nussinov)
Ph.D, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, 2005 (with Prof. Shaoyi Jiang)
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, 1999
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, 1995
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2023)
Top 3% of highly cited works from American Institutions (2021)
Top 2% of researchers worldwide (2020)
Top 2% of researchers worldwide (2019)
Louis A. Hill Faculty Award, University of Akron (2020)
Outstanding Research Award, University of Akron (2018)
Outstanding Research Award, University of Akron (2017)
NSF CAREER Award (2010)
Anton Award from National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing (2010)
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2009)
Firestone Research Award (2008)
Faculty Research Fellowship (2008, 2021)
NSF Nanotechnology Fellowship, University of Washington (2002-2004)
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PLoS One (2011-present), Academic Editor
J. of Colloid Science and Biotechnology (2012-present), Associate Editor
MRS Advances (2015-present), Principle Editor
Chinese J. Chemical Engineering (2017-present), Editorial board
J. Materials Chemistry B (2017-present), Editorial board
ACS Applied Bio Materials (2020-present), Editorial board
Materials Advances (2020-present), Editorial board
Supramolecular Materials (2023-present), Associate Editor
When I am not writing papers/grants/reports or not involving other education activities, I love to play badminton and trail run.
Research Associates
Graduate Students
Jialun Wei , PhD, earned his B.Eng. in Macromolecular Materials and Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2021 and his M.S. in Biomolecular Engineering and Health Informatics from HKUST in 2024. He joined the Zheng group in 2024, focusing his research on the design, synthesis, and discovery of smart and functional polymers.
Email: jialun.wei at my.utsa.edu
Nazmul Islam Shuzan, PhD, earned his B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from North South University in 2019 and his M.S. in Electrical, Electronic, and Systems Engineering from the National University of Malaysia in 2024. He joined the Zheng group in 2025, focusing his research on machine learning for antifreezing peptides, polyesters, and antimicrobial peptides with beta-sheeting properties.
Email: nazmul.shuzan at my.utsa.edu
Lijin Wang, PhD, earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Northeast Forestry University and her M.S. in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore. She joined the Zheng group in 2025, focusing her research on disease-related proteins, with an emphasis on antimicrobial peptides as amyloid inhibitors and AIE or fluorescent molecules as amyloid detectors.
Undergraduate Students
Visiting Scholars
Alumni
Graduate Students
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Xiang Yu (PhD) 08/2008-08/2012 FDA
Qiuming Wang (PhD, female) 08/2008-04/2013 DOE
Chao Zhao (PhD) 08/2009-08/2013 University of Alabama, Assistant Professor
Jun Zhao (PhD) 08/2009-12/2013 AstraZeneca
Jui-Chen Yang (MS) 08/2008-05/2010 Shen Zhen, China
Senthilram Subramanian (MS) 08/2008-05/2010
Rundong Hu (PhD) 08/2012-05/2017 Bei Jing, China
Mingzhen Zhang (PhD) 08/2013-05/2017 Eli Lilly
Hong Chen (PhD, female) 08/2013-05/2017 Sichuan University, China
Baiping Ren (PhD, female) 08/2015-05/2019 FDA
Fengyu Yang (PhD, female) 08/2015-05/2019 Hong Kong
Xia Lei (PhD, female) 08/2013-05/2019
Yongqing Cai (MS) 08/2017-05/2019 MDH Research
Gayatri Shrikhande (PhD, female) 08/2014-12/2019 Dantari Pharmaceuticals
Seyed Mostafa Razavi (PhD) 08/2015-05/2020 co-advisor of Prof. Richard Elliott
Jian He (MS) 08/2019-01/2021 Hang Zhou, China
Christopher Kelley (MS) 08/2018-12/2020
Kuanwu Chu (PhD) 08/2016-05/2021
Yonglan Liu (PhD, female) 01/2017-05/2021 NIH
Yanxian Zhang (PhD, female) 08/2017-05/2021 Stanford University
Ghadir Abu Helal (MS, female) 08/2019-04/2021 NeoGraf Solutions LLC
Rhett Meyer (MS) 08/2019-11/2021
Dong Zhang (PhD) 01/2019-01/2023 Georgia Institute of Technology
Yijing Tang (PhD, female) 08/2020-05/2024 Harvard Medical School
Jacob Ress (PhD) 08/2019-12/2024
Hongyu Mao (MS) 08/2024-08/2025
Gemini Ramlo (MS) 08/2024-08/2025
Visiting Professors
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Jingdai Wang 12/2008-10/2009 Zhejiang University, Professor and Dean, Distinguished Young Scholars
(杰青,长江,万人)
Guizhao Liang 06/2010-03/2011 Chongqing University, Professor
Qiang Chen 04/2012-04/2013 Henan Polytechnic University, Professor
Jintao Yang 04/2013-04/2014 Zhejiang University of Technology, Professor
Jie Ma 03/2015-08/2016 Tongji University, Professor
Fei Yu (female) 09/2015-09/2016 Shanghai Institute of Technology, Associate Professor
Bingbo Jiang 07/2015-09/2016 Zhejiang University, Associate Professor
Pei Wang 08/2016-08/2017 Dalian Maritime University, Associate Professor
Lijian Xu 10/2016-10/2017 Hunan University of Technology, Professor
Ting Wang 12/2017-12/2018 Southeast University, Associate Professor
Zhangqi Feng 12/2017-12/2018 Nanjing Univ. of Science and Technology, Associate Professor
Qinyuan Huang 12/2018-12/2019 Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
Visiting Students
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Qiang Gu (Ph.D) 02/2010-05/2010 Nanjing University
Yin Luo (Ph.D) 03/2011-09/2011 Fudan University
Jiang Wu (Ph.D, female) 09/2012-04/2013 Zhejiang University/Wenzhou Medical University
Associate Professor
Mingxuan Yang (MS) 08/2015-02/2016 Tongji University
Chunyang Chen (MS, female) 03/2016-09/2016 Tongji University
Shengwei Xiao (Ph.D) 10/2016-04/2017 Zhejiang University of Technology/Taizhou University
Assistant Professor
Li Tang (Ph.D) 08/2018-08/2019 Hunan University of Technology
Assistant Professor
Shaowen Xie (Ph.D) 08/2018-08/2019 Hunan University of Technology
Assistant Professor