Biography
Zhaoqianqi Feng received her B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Nankai University in 2014, and Ph.D. in Chemistry at Brandeis University in 2019. From 2020 to 2023, she served as NCI K00 Fellow conducting postdoctoral research at Harvard. She joined School of Engineering at Westlake University in Spring 2024 as an assistant professor.
History
2023
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Westlake University
2020
NCI K00 Fellow, postdoctoral research at Harvard
2019
Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, Brandeis University
2014
B.S. degree in Pharmacy, Nankai University
Research
Dr. Zhaoqianqi Feng’s research interests involve employing chemistry, material, and molecular biology tools to develop novel bioactive materials to manipulate cell functions and cell-cell interactions in complex living systems. She has published over 30 research papers in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem, Chem. Soc. Rev, etc. Dr. Feng was the receipt of National Cancer Institute Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award.
Current research in the Feng lab mainly covers the following topics:
1）In-situ synthesis of functional biomaterials in living cells and animals
2）Trageting and shaping tumor immune microenvironment
3）In-situ engineering of immune cells and developing new platforms for cancer immunotherapies
Representative Publications
1. Feng Z. †, Wang H. †, Wang F., Oh Y., Berciu C., Cui Q., Egelman E., and Xu B., Artificial intracellular filaments. Cell Reports Physical Science, 2020.1 (7): 100085.
2. Feng Z. †, Han X. †, Wang H., Tang T., and Xu B., Enzyme-Instructed Peptide Assemblies Selectively Inhibit Bone Tumors. Chem, 2019. 5 (9): 2442-2449.
3. Feng Z., Wang H., and Xu B., Instructed Assembly of Peptides for Intracellular Enzyme Sequestration. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018. 140(48): 16433-16437.
4. Feng Z., Wang H., Wang S., Zhang Q., Zhang X., Rodal A. A., and Xu B., Enzymatic Assemblies Disrupt the Membrane and Target Endoplasmic Reticulum for Selective Cancer Cell Death. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2018. 140(30): 9566-9573.
5. Feng Z., Wang H., Chen X., and Xu B., Self-Assembling Ability Determines the Activity of Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly for Inhibiting Cancer Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017. 139(43): 15377-15384.
6. Feng Z., Wang H., Zhou R., Li J., and Xu B., Enzyme-Instructed Assembly and Disassembly Processes for Targeting Downregulation in Cancer Cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017. 139(11): 3950-3953.
7. Feng Z., Zhang T., Wang H., and Xu B., Supramolecular catalysis and dynamic assemblies for medicine. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2017. 46(21): 6470-6479.
Contact Us
In the Feng lab, we are committed to proactively increase diversity in STEM, and also to foster an inclusive environment.
We are actively hiring graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, technicians, research assistants, undergraduate students, and visiting scholars who are interested in interdisciplinary research projects with a focus on biomedical engineering, material science and engineering, immunology and immunotherapy, and neuroscience. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Feng at fengzhaoqianqi@westlake.edu.cn.