Prof. Huaqiang Zeng

College of Chemistry

Fuzhou University

Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China

Email: hqzeng@fzu.edu.cn    

Google Scholar:

https://0-scholar-google-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/citations?user=4DzjlW0AAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

Professional experience

2022-present: Professor, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University

2021-2022: Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University

2019-2020: Team Leader and Principal Research Scientist, NanoBio Lab (NBL), Singapore

2014-2018: Team Leader and Principal Research Scientist, Institute of  Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN)

2006-2014: Assistant Professor of Chemistry with a joint appointment in MedChem Programme at  National University of Singapore (NUS)

2002-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Scripps Research Institute, California, USA

2000-2002: Ph.D., The State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA

1997-2000: Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA

1991-1996: B.S., The University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, PRC.

Research interests

We have long-standing interests on developing artificial versions of channel proteins, that is, artificial transmembrane transporters to simplify the complex structure of natural counterparts while mimicking and diversifying their functions for important applications at the interface of chemistry, materials and biology, including but not limited to seawater desalination, third-generation single-molecule gene sequencing technology and anti-cancer drug development.

·Supramolecular Organic Chemistry     ·Foldamers     ·Synthetic Ion/Water Channels

·Nanochannels for DNA Transport and Sequencing    ·Channel-Based Anticancer Agents

·Water Channel-Based Membrane for Water Desalination and Purification