Zhongwenying

Dr. Zhong is a leading expert in pharmaceutical analysis at China Pharmaceutical University and a recipient of the Outstanding Backbone Teacher Award from the Jiangsu Qinglan Project. She earned her Ph.D. from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Nanjing University and served as a visiting scholar at Brandeis University, USA. Dr. Zhong has led and contributed to over 10 significant projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation, the New Drug Creation major project, Jiangsu Province’s Six Talent Peaks, and the Jiangsu Province Natural Science Foundation. Her primary research areas include: (1) innovative hydrogel materials and their applications in drug delivery, integrated diagnosis, and treatment; (2) drug quality control; and (3) the development and evaluation of functional cosmetics. She has authored over 80 research papers in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Acta Biomaterialia, and Analytical Chemistry.

[1] “Ultrasmall Cu2O@His with Laccase- and Catechol Oxidase-Like Activity: Applications in Phenolic Drug Identification and Degradation” - Published in Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024.

[2] “Enzyme-Mediated Fabrication of Nanocomposite Hydrogel Microneedles for Tunable Mechanical Strength and Controllable Transdermal Efficiency” - Published in Acta Biomaterialia, 2024.

[3] “Peptide-Containing Nanoformulations: Skin Barrier Penetration and Activity Contribution” - Published in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023.

[4] “A Dual-Responsive Morphologically-Adaptable Nanoplatform for Targeted Delivery of Activatable Photosensitizers in Precision Photodynamic Therapy” - Published in Small, 2023.

[5] “Self-Assembling NBD-Tripeptide as a Dual-Mode Colorimetric Platform for Naked Eye and Smartphone Joint Detection of Micro to Nanomolar Copper(II) Ions” - Published in Talanta, 2023.

[6] “Cascade-Activated AIEgen-Peptide Probe for Noninvasively Monitoring Chymotrypsin-like Activity of Proteasomes in Cancer Cells” - Published in Analytical Chemistry, 2023.

[7] “Nanofibrillar Peptide Hydrogels for Self-Delivery of Lonidamine and Synergistic Photodynamic Therapy” - Published in Acta Biomaterialia, 2023.

[8] “Triple Enzyme-Regulated Molecular Hydrogels for Carrier-Free Delivery of Lonidamine” - Published in Advanced Functional Materials, 2021.

(1) Peptide self-assembly and their use in drug delivery and cancer therapy

(2) Development of analytic method towards various pharmaceutics

the Outstanding Backbone Teacher Award from the Jiangsu Qinglan Project