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Canada
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
22816
World Ranking
3599
National Ranking
89

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Gang Zheng is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has established a significant presence in engineering and medicine research fields. Their scholarly contributions span numerous subfields, including biomedical engineering, civil and structural engineering, molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and materials chemistry.

Their research primarily focuses on a variety of topics, with notable emphasis on nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, photodynamic therapy research studies, geotechnical engineering and underground structures, geotechnical engineering and analysis, photoacoustic and ultrasonic imaging, RNA interference and gene delivery, as well as geotechnical engineering and soil stabilization.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • Cancer Research
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Acta Geotechnica
  • Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are:

  • Juan Chen
  • Lili Ding
  • Michael S. Valic
  • Maneesha A. Rajora
  • Yulin Mo

Selected recent publications by Gang Zheng include:

  • "Photodynamic and Photothermal Therapies: Synergy Opportunities for Nanomedicine", 2023, ACS Nano
  • "The dose threshold for nanoparticle tumour delivery", 2020, Nature Materials
  • "Activating Drugs with Sound: Mechanisms Behind Sonodynamic Therapy and the Role of Nanomedicine", 2020, Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • "N6-Methyladenosine Reader YTHDF1 Promotes ARHGEF2 Translation and RhoA Signaling in Colorectal Cancer", 2021, Gastroenterology
  • "Tumor-Tailored Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles Facilitate IL-12 Circular RNA Delivery for Enhanced Lung Cancer Immunotherapy", 2024, Advanced Materials

Gang Zheng has been recognized with the distinction of Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) since 2016.

Best Publications

  • Activatable photosensitizers for imaging and therapy

    Jonathan F. Lovell;Tracy W. B. Liu;Juan Chen;Gang Zheng

  • Porphysome nanovesicles generated by porphyrin bilayers for use as multimodal biophotonic contrast agents

    Jonathan F. Lovell;Cheng S. Jin;Cheng S. Jin;Elizabeth Huynh;Elizabeth Huynh;Honglin Jin;Honglin Jin

  • Investigating the impact of nanoparticle size on active and passive tumor targeting efficiency.

    Edward A. Sykes;Juan Chen;Gang Zheng;Warren C.W. Chan

  • Molecular Interactions in Organic Nanoparticles for Phototheranostic Applications

    Kenneth K. Ng;Gang Zheng

  • The dose threshold for nanoparticle tumour delivery.

    Ben Ouyang;Wilson Poon;Yi-Nan Zhang;Zachary P. Lin

  • Ablation of hypoxic tumors with dose-equivalent photothermal, but not photodynamic, therapy using a nanostructured porphyrin assembly.

    Cheng S. Jin;Jonathan F. Lovell;Juan Chen;Gang Zheng

  • Advancing porphyrin's biomedical utility via supramolecular chemistry

    M. A. Rajora;M. A. Rajora;J. W. H. Lou;J. W. H. Lou;G. Zheng;G. Zheng

  • Advanced Photosensitizer Activation Strategies for Smarter Photodynamic Therapy Beacons.

    Benjamin M. Luby;Benjamin M. Luby;Connor D. Walsh;Connor D. Walsh;Gang Zheng;Gang Zheng

  • Overcoming obstacles in the tumor microenvironment: Recent advancements in nanoparticle delivery for cancer theranostics.

    Marta Overchuk;Gang Zheng;Gang Zheng

  • In situ conversion of porphyrin microbubbles to nanoparticles for multimodality imaging

    Elizabeth Huynh;Ben Y. C. Leung;Brandon L. Helfield;Mojdeh Shakiba

  • Photodynamic molecular beacon as an activatable photosensitizer based on protease-controlled singlet oxygen quenching and activation

    Gang Zheng;Juan Chen;Klara Stefflova;Mark Jarvi

  • Lipoprotein-inspired nanoparticles for cancer theranostics.

    Kenneth K. Ng;Jonathan F. Lovell;Gang Zheng

  • Tailoring nanoparticle designs to target cancer based on tumor pathophysiology

    Edward A. Sykes;Qin Dai;Christopher D. Sarsons;Juan Chen

  • Effect of removing Kupffer cells on nanoparticle tumor delivery.

    Anthony J Tavares;Wilson Poon;Yi-Nan Zhang;Qin Dai

  • Rerouting lipoprotein nanoparticles to selected alternate receptors for the targeted delivery of cancer diagnostic and therapeutic agents

    Gang Zheng;Juan Chen;Hui Li;Jerry D. Glickson

  • An MRI-Sensitive, Non-Photobleachable Porphysome Photothermal Agent

    Thomas D. MacDonald;Tracy W. Liu;Gang Zheng

  • Lipoprotein-Based Nanoparticles Rescue the Memory Loss of Mice with Alzheimer’s Disease by Accelerating the Clearance of Amyloid-Beta

    Qingxiang Song;Meng Huang;Lei Yao;Xiaolin Wang

  • Pyropheophorbide 2-deoxyglucosamide: a new photosensitizer targeting glucose transporters.

    Min Zhang;Zhihong Zhang;Dana Blessington;Hui Li

  • Photochemical and electrochemical properties of zinc chlorin-C60 dyad as compared to corresponding free-base chlorin-C60, free-base porphyrin-C60, and zinc porphyrin-C60 dyads.

    Shunichi Fukuzumi;Kei Ohkubo;Hiroshi Imahori;Jianguo Shao

  • On the issue of transparency and reproducibility in nanomedicine

    Hon S Leong;Kimberly S Butler;C Jeffrey Brinker;May Azzawi

  • Porphyrin Shell Microbubbles with Intrinsic Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Properties

    Elizabeth Huynh;Jonathan F. Lovell;Jonathan F. Lovell;Jonathan F. Lovell;Brandon L. Helfield;Brandon L. Helfield;Mansik Jeon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry D. Glickson
Jerry D. Glickson University of Pennsylvania
Britton Chance
Britton Chance University of Pennsylvania
Ravindra Pandey
Ravindra Pandey Michigan Technological University
Shaf Keshavjee
Shaf Keshavjee University Health Network
Pui-Chi Lo
Pui-Chi Lo City University of Hong Kong
Warren C. W. Chan
Warren C. W. Chan University of Toronto
Mauro Ferrari
Mauro Ferrari Houston Methodist
Qingming Luo
Qingming Luo Hainan University
Chuanbin Mao
Chuanbin Mao University of Oklahoma
Xavier Intes
Xavier Intes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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