Professor Chengzhong (Michael) Yu

Research overview:

Professor Chengzhong (Michael) Yu is an internationally recognised expert in materials science. His group has focused on the synthesis of functional nanomaterials specifically nanoporous materials and their applications in drug delivery, diagnostics and energy storage.

Professor Yu has over 400 publications, which have been cited over 27,890 times and resulted in an H-index of 87 (Google Scholar).

He is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow (2009). He is the recipient of the 2015 Le Févre Memorial Prize for Chemistry (The Australian Academy of Science), the 2015 UQ Vice-Chancellor’s Research Focused Fellowship, and 2004 the second prize of the National Science Award of China 2004. He has been invited to give more than 70 plenary, keynote and invited talks. Professor Yu is a referee for more than 60 international journals and a reviewer for the ARC and NHMRC.

Industry Engagement & Collaborations

• 2014 ARC linkage project- Scalable and applicable nanostructured adsorbents for arsenic removal with high performance
• 2015 ARC linkage project-Nano-Pesticides for Animal Healthcare
• 2017 ARC linkage project-A Nano-platform for Affordable and Ultra-sensitive Bio-marker Detection
• 2018 Advance Queensland Innovation Partnerships Nanotechnology for next-generation termiticides
• 2019 ARC linkage project-Enabling Next-generation Rechargeable Aluminium-ion Batteries
• 2020 ARC linkage project- Development of a market relevant DNA nano-vaccine platform
• 2018 Baosteel-Australia Joint Research & Development

Professor Yu has wide collaborations with scientists and industrial partners. He has conducted many contract research projects with industry partners such as GMG, N4 Pharma, Ridley.

Funding

Professor Yu has attracted seven Discovery Projects, five Linkage Projects and three LIEF grants from the ARC, and grants from the Cancer Council Queensland; Diabetes Australia, Australian Wool Innovation, Queensland Government and other funding agencies.

Key Publications

Xu, C.; Lei, C.; Wang, Y.; Yu, C. Z. Dendritic Mesoporous Nanoparticles: Structure, Synthesis and Properties. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 134 (12), e202112752

Janjua, T. I.; Cao, Y. X.; Yu, C. Z.; Popat, A. Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles. Nat. Rev. Mater, 2021, 6, 1072.

Yang, Y. N.; Zhang, M.; Song, H.; Yu, C. Z. Silica-Based Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications: From Nanocarriers to Biomodulators. Acc. Chem. Res.2020, 53, 1545.

Wang, Y.; Yu, C. Emerging concepts of nanobiotechnology in mRNA delivery. Angew. Chem. 2020,  59 (52), 23374.

Tang, J.; Meka, A. K.; Theivendran, S.; Wang, Y.; Yang, Y.; Song, H.; Fu, J.; Ban, W.;  Gu, Z. Y.; Lei, C.; Li, S.;  Yu, C. Z. Openwork@Dendritic Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Lactate Depletion and Tumor Microenvironment Regulation. Angew. Chem. 2020, 132 (49), 22238-22246.

Xu, C.; Lei, C.; Wang, Y.; Yu, C. Z. Dendritic Mesoporous Nanoparticles: Structure, Synthesis and Properties. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 134 (12), e202112752

Janjua, T. I.; Cao, Y. X.; Yu, C. Z.; Popat, A. Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles. Nat. Rev. Mater, 2021, 6, 1072.

Yang, Y. N.; Zhang, M.; Song, H.; Yu, C. Z. Silica-Based Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications: From Nanocarriers to Biomodulators. Acc. Chem. Res.2020, 53, 1545.

Wang, Y.; Yu, C. Emerging concepts of nanobiotechnology in mRNA delivery. Angew. Chem. 2020,  59 (52), 23374.

Tang, J.; Meka, A. K.; Theivendran, S.; Wang, Y.; Yang, Y.; Song, H.; Fu, J.; Ban, W.;  Gu, Z. Y.; Lei, C.; Li, S.;  Yu, C. Z. Openwork@Dendritic Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Lactate Depletion and Tumor Microenvironment Regulation. Angew. Chem. 2020, 132 (49), 22238-22246.

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