Guangjun Nie

Prof. Guangjun Nie is a Principal Investigator at National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST), China and an Associate Editor of Nano Letters. He received his B.S. degree from Northeast Normal University in 1996, followed by an M.S. degree from Jilin University in 1999. In 2000, he was a Visiting Scholar of the Institute of Food Research, UK. In 2002, he obtained his PhD degree from the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 2002 to 2008, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Canada. Currently, he is a Full Professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). Professor Nie was awarded the National Distinguished Youth Scientist award in 2013. Dr. Nie was a Chief Scientist of the MoST National Basic Research Program from 2012-2016 and will hold this title again from 2018-2022.

1. Suping Li, Qiao Jiang, Shaoli Liu, Yinlong Zhang, Yanhua Tian, Chen Song, Jing Wang, Yiguo Zou, Gregory J Anderson, Jing-Yan Han, Yung Chang, Yan Liu, Chen Zhang, Liang Chen, Guangbiao Zhou, Guangjun Nie*, Hao Yan*, Baoquan Ding* & Yuliang Zhao*, A DNA nanorobot functions as a cancer therapeutic in response to a molecular trigger in vivo, Nature Biotechnology, 2018, 36(3):258-264. (Highlighted by Nature Biotechnology, Nature Reviews Cancer, Science Translational Medicine, Trends in Molecular Medicine, Science China Chemistry, F1000 and over 100 news agencies).
2. Suping Li, Yinlong Zhang, Jing Wang, Ying Zhao, Tianjiao Ji, Xiao Zhao, Yanping Ding, Xiaozheng Zhao, Ruifang Zhao, Feng Li, Xiao Yang, Shaoli Liu, Zhaofei Liu, Jianhao Lai, Andrew K. Whittaker, Gregory J Anderson, Jingyan Wei, Guangjun Nie, Nanoparticle-enabled local depletion of tumor-associated platelets enhances anti-tumor efficacy of chemotherapeutics, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 1, 667–679, 2017 (Highlighted by Nature Biomedical Engineering).
3. Xuexiang Han, Yiye Li*, Xiao Zhao, Yinlong Zhang, Xiao Yang, Yongwei Wang, Ying Xu, Ruifang Zhao, Gregory J. Anderson, Yuliang Zhao*, Guangjun Nie*, Reversal of pancreatic desmoplasia by re-educating stellate cells with a tumour microenvironment-activated nanosystem, Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 3390.
4. Xuexiang Han, Keman Cheng, Ying Xu, Huan Min, Yinlong Zhang, Xiao Zhao, Yuliang Zhao, Guangjun Nie*, Yiye Li*, A Targeted Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxygenase Nanoinhibitor Augments Anti-Tumor Immunity of PD-L1 Checkpoint Blockade, J Am Chem Soc, 2020, 142, 2490-2496.
5. Shanshan Guo, Gang Liu, David Frazer, Tianqing Liu, Linhao You, Jiaqi Xu, Yongwei Wang, Gregory J. Anderson* and Guangjun Nie*, Polymeric nanoparticles enhance the ability of deferoxamine to deplete hepatic and systemic iron, Nano Letters, 2018, 18, 5782-5790.