Ying Zhu

Researcher Professor

Deputy Director

Email: zhuying331@shu.edu.cn

Research Interests: Multimodal probe development, and AI-empowered X-ray brain imaging

Education

2003.9 - 2008.6: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Inorganic Chemistry, Master's and Ph.D.

1999.9 - 2003.6: Nanjing Normal University, Biology, Bachelor's

Work Experience

2023.6 - Present: Institute of Materiobiology, Shanghai University, Research Professor.

2018.10 - 2023.6: Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Professor.

2008.7 - 2018.10: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant/Associate/Research Professor.

Representative Publications

1. Qiaowei Tang, Xiaoqing Cai, Yu Liu, Yu Zhang, Xin Yan, Feng Zhou, Jichao Zhang, Qian Li, Ke Li, Biao Deng, Lihua Wang, Jiang Li*, Ying Zhu*, Chunhai Fan*,

   Jun Hu*. High-pressure Golgi-Cox neuronal staining for X-ray whole-brain imaging. Cell Biomaterials, 2025, in press.

2. Xia Liu, Ben Shi, Yue Gao, Shitai Zhu, Qinglong Yan, Xiaoguo Liu, Jiye Shi, Qian Li, Lihua Wang, Jiang Li, Chunchang Zhao*, He Tian, Itamar Willner, Ying Zhu*, 

   Chunhai Fan*. Ultra-bright near-infrared fluorescent DNA frameworks for near-single-cell cancer imaging. Nature Photonics, 2025, 19, 79–88.

3. Jing Chen, Peilin Gu, Guangliu Ran, Yu Zhang, Mingqiang Li, Bin Chen, Hui Lu, Ying-Zi Han, Wenkai Zhang, Zichao Tang, Qinglong Yan, Rui Sun, Xiaobin Fu, 

   Guorui Chen, Zhiwen Shi, Shiyong Wang, Xiaoguo Liu, Jiang Li, Lihua Wang, Ying Zhu*, Jianlei Shen*, Ben Zhong Tang*, Chunhai Fan*. Atomically Precise 

   Photothermal Nanomachines. Nature Materials. 2024, 23, 271-280.

4. Yan Zhao, Junjun Hou, Linjie Guo, Shitai Zhu, Xiaoling Hou, Shuting Cao, Mo Zhou, Jiye Shi, Jiang Li, Kai Liu, Hongjie Zhang, Lihua Wang*, Chunhai Fan*, 

   Ying Zhu*. DNA-engineered degradable invisibility cloaking for tumor-targeting nanoparticles. JACS, 2024, 146, 25253−25262.

5. Yuhan Wei, Yueyue Feng, Kaizhe Wang, Yuhui Wei, Qian Li, Xiaolei Zuo, Bin Li, Jiang Li, Lihua Wang*, Chunhai Fan*, Ying Zhu*. Directing Encapsulation 

   of Single Cells with DNA Framework Nucleator-Based Hydrogel Growth. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024,63, e202319907.

6. Fangfei Yin, Min Li, Xiuhai Mao, Fan Li, Xuelin Xiang, Qian Li, Lihua Wang, Xiaolei Zuo, Chunhai Fan, Ying Zhu*. DNA Framework-Based Topological Cell 

   Sorters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2020, 59, 10406-10410.

(Last updated: Sep. 10th, 2025)