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功能有机分子化学国家重点实验室学术报告—张瑾 副教授

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加拿大西安大略大学张瑾博士来我校进行学术交流并作学术报告,欢迎参加。

 

报告人: 张瑾 副教授

报告题目:Development of Bioluminescent Sensor for Rapidly Detecting Thrombin报告时间:  2015年04月30日(星期四)上午10:00

报告地点:  第二化学楼101报告厅

 

张瑾博士 简历

Dr. Zhang earned her PhD degree from the National University of Singapore in 2003. From 2003 to 2005, she worked with the National Research Council Canada as a NSERC visiting fellow. Jin accepted the prestigious NSERC post-doc fellowship in 2006, and worked with the Department of Molecular & Cellular Medicine of the University of Ottawa. In the January of 2008, she joined in the University of Western Ontario as a Principal Investigator. Jin Zhang is now a tenured Associate Professor of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at the University of Western Ontario (Western). She is also cross-appointed to the Department of Ophthalmology, the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, and the Medical Biophysics Graduate Program at Western.

 

Her research activities are related to the development of new biocompatible nanocomposites with enhanced multifunctional properties. In particular, her interests lie in the interface between hybrid nanostructures and biological systems. Dr. Zhang has published over 40 peer-reviewed journal papers, 15 peer-reviewed proceedings, and has 3 filed patents. In 2014, Dr. Zhang was rewarded the Early Research Award of Ontario. She was recently recognized as the Grand Challenges Canada-Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health for her research work on "Non-invasive Diagnostic Tool for Diabetes". Her research work was reported by the worldwide media, including the Discovery Channel, CTV, the Institute of Nanotechnology (IoN), and Nanotechnology Now, etc. In addition, Jin Zhang is a Regional Editor of the International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials. She has/had served as a guest editor for different journals, e.g. Journal of Nanomaterials.