ZHENPENG QIN

zhenpeng.qin@utdallas.edu
Phone: 972-883-4440
Mail Box: ECW 31
Office: BSB 13.826
800 West Campbell Rd.
Richardson, TX 75080-3021

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND FELLOW, EUGENE MCDERMOTT PROFESSOR

PhD, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2014

MS, Mechanical Engineering, The University of Akron, 2009

BS, Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2007

Biotransport, Neuro Nanotechnology, Point-of-Care Diagnostics.

Li, X., Xiong, H., Rommelfanger, N., Xu, X., Youn, J., Slesinger, P., Hong, G. and Qin. Z.* Nanotransducers for Wireless Neuromodulation. Matter. 4(5), 1484-1510, 2021.
Ye, H., Liu, Y. Liu, Y., Zhan, L., and Qin, Z.* Signal Amplification and Quantification on Lateral Flow Assays by Laser Excitation of Plasmonic Nanomaterials. Theranostics. 10(10): 4359-4373. 2020 (invited review for special issue: Noble-metal Nanostructures for Theranostics).
Xiong H.#, Li X.#, Neuhaus F., Perish J., Ploski J., Kroener S., Wang, H., Ogunyankin M.O., Shin J.E., Zasadzinski J.A., Slesinger P., Zumbuehl A. and Qin Z.***, Near-infrared light triggered-release in deep brain regions using ultra-photosensitive nanovesicles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 132 (22), 8686-8693, 2020 (# co-first authors)
Kang, P., Li, X., Liu, Y., Shiers S.I., Xiong, H., Giannotta, M., Dejana, E., Price, T.J., Randrianalisoa, J., Nielsen, S.O. and Qin, Z.* Transient Photo-inactivation of Proteins without Genetic Modification by Molecular Hyperthermia. ACS Nano. 13 (11), 12487-12499 (2019)
Sarkar, D., Kang, P., Nielsen, S.O. and Qin, Z.*, Non-Arrhenius Reaction-Diffusion Kinetics for Protein Unfolding over a Large Temperature Range. ACS Nano. 13 (8), 8669-8679 (2019)

Federal Research Innovation ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) award, UTD Office of Research 2020
Faculty Research Award, Eric Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science, UT Dallas 2020
Discovery Award, Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, Department of Defense 2019
NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators (MIRA) (R35) 2019
Collaborative Science Award, American Heart Association 2019
CPRIT Individual Investigator Award 2019