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Fang Yang (Associate Professor since 2020)

Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering,

Chinese Academy of Sciences

No. 1219 Zhongguan West Road in Ningbo, 315201, China

Phone: (010) +86 18978842919

E-mail: yangf@nimte.ac.cn

 

Fang Yang, Ph.D., is the master supervisor as well as associate researcher at Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Physics and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Marburg, Germany, where he has won the DAAD Award for Excellent Doctoral Student and the Marburg University Award for Excellent Master's Thesis. So far, he has published more than 50 SCI papers, including Nano Today, Biomaterials, Materials Horizons, Small, ACS Nano, Angewandte Chemie, etc., of which 40 are first/corresponding (including co-authors). He also applied for 38 invention patents and 17 were authorized, including 1 US patent and 1 European patent. He is current a member of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS, international members of the European Cooperation In Science & Technology (E-COST) and of the Action CA19118 ESSENCE program. Besides, He was a visiting professor at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania and a visiting associate professor at the University of Oslo, Norway and was awarded as 2022 Emerging Investigators by the Journal of Materials Chemistry B. He is a reviewer for ACS Nano, the Advanced Healthcare Materials, the Journal of Nanobiotechnology, Nanoscale, and other prestigious journals. Dr. Yang is committed to the development of novel functional nanomaterials, their physical and chemical properties and biological applications, and based on the biological effects of nanomaterials, he built a dynamic real-time quantitative detection and analysis system for cytotoxicity. And he has successfully mentored (including co-supervised) over 20 Chinese and international graduate students, many of whom have been awarded scholarships at national, provincial (ministerial), municipal, and university levels, as well as received the "Three Good Student" honor (a comprehensive merit award). Several graduates have continued their academic pursuits abroad.

 

Professional Experience:

  1. 2020.01-Present   Associate Professor,

Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering,   

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

  1. 2019.07-2019.12  Assistant Professor,

Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  1. 2017.03-2019.06  Postdoctor,

Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

  1. 2012.03-2017.02  Senior Researcher

University of Marburg, Germany

  1. 2008.10-2012.05  Research Assistant

University of Marburg, Germany

 

Research Interests:

(1) Novel functional nanoparticles and their interaction with cells

(2) Real time quantitatively detection and analysis for the dynamic cytotoxicity

 

Education:

Ph.D.    Chemistry (2012.06-2016.12)

        University of Marburg, Germany

        Supervisor: Prof./Dr. Norbert Hampp

M. S.    Physics (2010.10-2012.05)

        University of Marburg, Germany

        Supervisor: Prof./Dr. Wolfgang Parak

B. S.      Physics (2007.10-2010.05)

        University of Marburg, Germany

Supervisor: Prof./Dr. Wolfgang Parak

 

Talent Program Support & Honors:

  1. Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry B (Royal Society of Chemistry), U
  2. Member, Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  3. Ningbo "3315 Plan" Innovation Individual Award
  4. NIMTE’s Rising Young Scientist, Materials Horizons (Royal Society of Chemistry), UK
  5. Ningbo Leading and Top Talent

 

Affiliations with Academic Organizations:

  1. International Committee Member, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
  2. Visiting Professor, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania
  3. Visiting Associate Professor, University of Oslo, Norway
  4. Committee Member, Integrated Diagnosis and Treatment Committee, China Anti-Cancer Association
  5. Young Committee Member, Nano-Oncology Committee, China Anti-Cancer Association
  6. Committee Member, Biomaterials Division, Chinese Society for Composite Materials
  7. Committee Member, Molecular Imaging & Materials Engineering Committee, Zhejiang Society of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering
  8. Committee Member, Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Committee, Zhejiang Anti-Cancer Association
  9. Graduate Supervisor, Wenzhou Medical University & Ningbo University
  10. Vice Principal for Science Education, Cixi Bihai School

 

Key Presentations at Academic Conferences:

  1. 3rd International Symposium on Nanoparticles/Nanomaterials and Applications

Invited Lecture, January 2018, Lisbon, Portugal

  1. 2nd International Conference on Materials Science and Nanotechnology

Invited Lecture, February 2018, Faisalabad, Pakistan

  1. 3rd Chinese-German Nanobiomaterials Symposium

Chair & Invited Lecture, November 2019, Ningbo, China

  1. Annual Meeting for Young Scholars, Materials Biology & Intelligent Diagnosis/Therapy Branch, Biophysical Society of China

Invited Lecture, December 2020, Ningbo, China

  1. 2023 Academic Annual Conference, Chemistry & Materials Branch, Youth Innovation Promotion Association (CAS)

Invited Lecture, April 2023, Shanghai, China

  1. 3rd National Conference on Biomagnetism & Magnetic Nanomaterials

Invited Lecture, April 2023, Ningbo, China

  1. 2023 China Integrated Oncology Conference-Nano-Oncology Session

Excellent Presentation Award, November 2023, Tianjin, China

  1. ChinaNanomedicine 2023

Excellent Presentation Award, November 2023, Guangzhou, China

  1. 12th World Biomaterials Congress

Oral Presentation, May 2024, Daegu, South Korea

 

Research Project Involvement:

  1. National Key R&D Program of China – Young Scientists Project

Key Participant, Dec. 2024 – Nov. 2027

  1. National Key R&D Program of China

Key Participant, Nov. 2022 – Oct. 2025

  1. International Exchange and Cooperation Program (Ministry of Science and Technology)

Principal Investigator, May 2018 – Dec. 2019

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Principal Investigator, Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2021

  1. Zhejiang Provincial Key Natural Science Foundation Project

Principal Investigator, Jan. 2025 – Dec. 2027

  1. Special Exchange Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

Principal Investigator, Jan. 2024 – Dec. 2025

  1. Youth Innovation Promotion Association (CAS)

Principal Investigator, Jan. 2022 – Dec. 2025

  1. Ningbo "KeChuang Yongjiang 2035" Key Technology Breakthrough Program

Principal Investigator, May 2024 – Apr. 2027

  1. Ningbo "3315 Plan" Innovation Individual Grant

Principal Investigator, Nov. 2018 – Nov. 2023

 

  1. Ningbo Natural Science Foundation

Principal Investigator, Jun. 2019 – May 2021

 

Patents:

Applied for 38 Chinese and international patents, 17 patents authorized, including 1 U.S. patent and 1 European patent.

 

Book:

Fang Yang, Yuanyuan Ma, Stefan G. Stanciu, Aiguo Wu, Chapter-2 Transduction process based classification of biosensors, Nanobiosensors: From design to applications, Editors: Prof. Dr. Aiguo Wu and Prof. Dr. Waheed S. Khan, ISBN 9783527345106.

 

Publication (total 50+, where # stands for the co-first authors and * stands for the corresponding authors):

[1] Fang Yang#, Juan Li#, Tianxiang Chen, Wenzhi Ren, Changyong Gao, Jie Lin, Chen Xu, Xuehua Ma, Jie Xing, Hongying Bao, Bo Jiang, Lingchao Xiang, Aiguo Wu*. Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles for Boundarics in Biomedicine. Fundamental Research, 2025, In press.

[2] Mihaela Asaftei, Massimiliano Lucidi, Stefan R. Anton, Denis E. Tranca, Radu Hristu, Aiguo Wu, Yiqian Yang, George A. Stanciu, Veronica Lazar, Mariana Ionita, Gabriella Cincotti, Paolo Visca*, Alina Holban*, Fang Yang*, Stefan G. Stanciu*. Insights into the Antibacterial Properties of Cancer Theranostic Zinc-Dopped Iron Oxide ZnxFe3-xO4 Nanoparticles, Materials Today Communications, 2025, 111962.

[3] Yuxin Yao, Junlie Yao, Shiyi Xiong, Yabing Sun, Liangxue Lai, Chenglong He, Shaohua Jiang, K. Kareem Elsayad, Hao Peng*, Aiguo Wu, Fang Yang*. Borrow Strength to Exert: Low-Crystallinity Prussian Blue for Reduction Overload Enhanced Photothermal Therapy, Small, 2025, 2406145.

[4] Junlie Yao, Jie Xing, Yuxin Yao, Xiaoxia Wu, Yue Qiu, Zihou Li, Shiyi Xiong, Hao Peng*, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Ytterbium Doping-Retooled Prussian Blue for Tumor Metabolism Interference Therapy, ACS Nano, 2024, 18 (52): 35758-35770.

[5] Yiqian Yang, Shaohua Jiang, Stefan G Stanciu, Hao Peng*, Aiguo Wu*, Fang Yang*. Photodynamic therapy with NIR-II probes: review on state-of-the-art tools and strategies, Materials Horizons, 2024, 11: 5815-5842.

[6] Fang Yang#,*, Yaqi Ma#, Aoran Zhang#, Junlie Yao, Shaohua Jiang, Chenglong He, Hao Peng*, Guiping Ren, Yiqian Yang, Aiguo Wu*. Engineering magnetic nanosystem for TRPV1 and TRPV4 channel activation, WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 2024, 16(4): e1987.

[7] Junlie Yao, Aoran Zhang, Shiying Hou, Chenglong He, Yuxin Yao, Jie Xing, Xiaoxia Wu, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Fish in troubled water: Boosting magneto-mechanical force-mediated tumor suppression via zinc-calcium dual-ion interference, Nano Today, 2024, 56: 102306.

[8] Fang Yang#,*, Yiqian Yang#, Xiaoxia Yan, Chenglong He, Hao Peng*, Aiguo Wu*. Zinc doping engineering in ZnxFe3-xO4 heterostructures for enhancing photodynamic therapy in the near-infrared-II region, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16(24): 31489-31499.

[9] Junlie Yao, Yue Qiu, Jie Xing, Zihou Li, Aoran Zhang, Kewei Tu, Minjie Peng, Xiaoxia Wu, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Highly-efficient gallium-interference tumor therapy mediated by gallium-enriched prussian blue nanomedicine, ACS Nano, 2024, 18(7): 5556-5570.

[10] Dongqi Wang, Kai Yang, Sisi Cheng, Meishan Fu, Zhihong Wang, Lixia Li, Xin Zhao, Lijing Han, Wenzhi Ren*, Fang Yang*, Ruoyu Zhang*. Harsh environment resistible and recyclable thermoplastic polyurea adhesive based on stable and density hydrogen bonds, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024, 482: 148663.

[11] Hamzah Al-madani, Yiqian Yang, Moath Refat, Qingxin He, Hao Peng, Aiguo Wu*, Fang Yang*. Quantification and biological evaluation of ZnxFe3-xO4 nanoparticle stiffness in a drug delivery system of MCF-7 cancer cells, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024, 12: 1636-1651.

[12] Junlie Yao, Zihou Li, Zhouhua Li, Xiaoxia Wu, Chunshu Pan, Jie Xing, Aoran Zhang, Bo Jiang*, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Engineering seed-like Fe-Mn nanomedicine with ultrasmall structure and ATP-responsive function for tumor metabolic and Redox subversion, ACS Materials Letters, 2023, 5(9): 2464–2472.

[13] Junlie Yao, Jie Xing, Fang Zheng, Zihou Li, Shunxiang Li, Xiawei Xu, Devrim Unay, Young Min Song, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Dual-infinite coordination polymers-engineered nanomedicines for dual-ions interference-mediated oxidative stress-dependent tumor suppression, Materials Horizons, 2023, 10: 2109-2119.

[14] Hao Peng, Guiping Ren, Norbert Hampp, Aiguo Wu*, Fang Yang*. The development of rare-earth combined Fe-based magnetic nanocomposites for use in biological theranostics, Nanoscale, 2023, 15: 10513-10528.

[15] Chenyang Yao#, Fang Yang#,*, Jiaji Zhang, Junlie Yao, Yi Cao, Hao Peng, Stefan G. Stanciu, Costas A Charitidis, Aiguo Wu*. Magneto-mechanical therapeutic effects and associated cell death pathways of magnetic nanocomposites with distinct geometries, Acta Biomaterialia, 2023,161: 238-249.

[16] Junlie Yao, Aoran Zhang, Yue Qiu, Zihou Li, Xiaoxia Wu, Zhouhua Li, Aiguo Wu*, Fang Yang*. Navigating zinc-involved nanomedicine in oncotherapy, Nanoscale, 2023, 15(9): 4261-4276.

[17] Hao Peng, Shunxiang Li, Jie Xing, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Surface plasmon resonance of Au/Ag metals for the photoluminescence enhancement of lanthanide ion Ln3+ doped upconversion nanoparticles in bioimaging, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023, 11: 5238-5250.

[18] Hui Du#, Fang Yang#,*, Chenyang Yao, Wenhao Lv, Hao Peng, Stefan G. Stanciu, Harald A. Stenmark, Young Min Song, Bo Jiang, Aiguo Wu*. “Double-punch” strategy against triple-negative breast cancer via a synergistic therapy of magneto-mechanical force enhancing NIR-II hypothermal ablation, Biomaterials, 2022, 291: 121868.

[19] Hui Du#, Fang Yang#,*, Chenyang Yao, Zhicheng Zhong, Peiheng Jiang, Stefan G. Stanciu, Hao Peng, Jiapeng Hu, Bo Jiang, Zihou Li, Wenhao Lv, Fang Zheng, Harald A. Stenmark, Aiguo Wu. Multifunctional modulation of high-performance ZnxFe3-xO4 nanoparticles by precisely tuning the zinc doping content, Small, 2022, 18: 2201669.

[20] Hongsen Wang, Yu Wang, Zhaohui Zheng, Fang Yang*, Xiaobin Ding*, Aiguo Wu*. Reasonable design of NIR AIEgens for fluorescence imaging and effective photothermal/photodynamic cancer therapy, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022, 10: 1418-1426.

[21] Chenyang Yao#, Fang Yang#,*, Li Sun#, Yuanyuan Ma, Stefan G. Stanciu, Zihou Li, Chuang Liu, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Lipeng Xu. Norbert Hampp, Huanming Lu, Aiguo Wu*. Magnetically switchable mechano-chemotherapy for enhancing the death of tumour cells by overcoming drug resistance, Nano Today, 2020, 35: 100967.

[22] Yuanyuan Ma, Jianbi Xia, Chenyang Yao, Fang Yang*, Stefan G. Stanciu, Peng Li, Yinhua Jin, Tianxiang Chen*, Jianjun Zheng, Guoping Chen, Hongxin Yang, Liqiang Luo*, Aiguo Wu*. Precisely tuning the contrast properties of ZnxFe3-xO4 nanoparticles in magnetic resonance imaging by controlling their doping content and size, Chemistry of Materials, 2019, 31(18): 7255-7264.      

[23] Junlie Yao#, Fang Yang#,*, Fang Zheng#, Chenyang Yao, Jie Xing, Xiawei Xu, Aiguo Wu*. Boosting chemodynamic therapy via a synergy of hypothermal ablation and oxidation resistance reduction, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13: 54770-54782.

[24] Junlie Yao#, Fang Zheng#, Fang Yang#,*, Chenyang Yao, Jie Xing, Zihou Li, Sijia Sun, Jia Chen, Xiawei Xu, Yi Cao, Norbert Hampp, Aiguo Wu*. An intelligent tumor microenvironment responsive nanotheranostic agent for T1/T2 dual-modal magnetic resonance imaging-guided and self-augmented photothermal therapy, Biomaterials Science, 2021, 9: 7591-7602.

[25] Hui Du, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Chenyang Yao, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Transition metal ion-doped ferrites nanoparticles for bioimaging and cancer therapy, Translational Oncology, 2022, 15, 101264.

[26] René Riedel, Natalie Frese, Fang Yang, Martin Wortmann, Raphael Dalpke, Daniel Rhinow, Norbert Hampp, Armin Gölzhäuser*. Fusion of purple membranes triggered by immobilization on carbon nanomembranes, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2021, 12: 93-101.

[27] 彭皓#, 杨方#, 杜慧, 姜波, 姚晨阳, 姚俊列, 郑方, 吴爱国*. 基于Er3+掺杂上转换纳米粒子的生物成像研究进展, 分析化学, 2021, 49(7): 1106-1120.

[28] 杜慧, 姚晨阳, 彭皓, 姜波, 李顺祥, 姚俊列, 郑方, 杨方*, 吴爱国*. 过渡金属掺杂磁性纳米粒子在生物医学领域中的研究进展, 应用化学, 2021, 39(3): 391-406.

[29] Junlie Yao, Fang Zheng, Chenyang Yao, Xiawei Xu, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Rational design of nanomedicine for photothermal-chemodynamic bimodal cancer therapy, WIREs Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology, 2020, 13(3): e1682.

[30] René Riedel, Nora Mahr, Chenyang Yao, Aiguo Wu, Fang Yang*, Norbert Hampp*. Synthesis of gold-silica core-shell nanoparticles by pulsed laser ablation in liquid and their physico-chemical properties towards photothermal cancer therapy, Nanoscale, 2020, 12(5):3007-3018 (Back Cover).

[31] Chenyang Yao, Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, Stefan G. Stanciu, Norbert Hampp, Yinhua Jin, Jianjun Zheng, Guoping Chen, Fang Yang*, Aiguo Wu*. Effect of elasticity on the phagocytosis of micro/nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020, 8: 2381-2392. 

[32] Yuanyuan Ma, Tianxiang Chen, Muhammad Zubair Iqbal, Fang Yang*, Norbert Hampp, Aiguo Wu*, Liqiang Luo*. Applications of magnetic materials separation in biological nanomedicine, Electrophoresis, 2019, 40: 2011-2028.

[33] Li Sun, René Riedel, Fang Yang*, Norbert Hampp, Li Xu*, Aiguo Wu*. Investigations on the elasticity of functional gold nanoparticles using single-molecule force spectroscopy, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2018, 6: 2960-2971.

[34] Fang Yang, René Riedel, Pablo del Pino, Beatriz Pelaz, Alaa Hassan Said, Mahmoud Soliman, Shashank R. Pinnapireddy, Neus Feliu, Wolfgang J. Parak, Udo Bakowsky, Norbert Hampp*. Real-time, label-free monitoring of cell viability based on cell adhesion measurements with an atomic force microscope, Journal of Nanobiotechnology, 2017, 15(1): 23.

[35] Pablo del Pino#,*, Fang Yang#, Beatriz Pelaz#, Qian Zhang, KarstenKantner, Raimo Hartmann, Natalia Martinez de Baroja, Marta Gallego, Marco Möller, Bella Manshian, StefaanSoenen, Norbert Hampp, Wolfgang J. Parak*. Basic physicochemical properties of polyethylene glycol coated gold nanoparticles that determine their interaction with cells, Angewandte Chemie international edition, 2016, 128: 5483-5487.