Department of Chemistry

College of Letters & Science
Shaoqin Sarah Gong

Research Description   |  Awards |  Publications

Email address: shaoqingong@wisc.edu

Room Number: 
4166 Discovery Building
Telephone Number: 
608-316-4311
Research Website: 
Gong Laboratory
Group Affiliation: 
Gong Group
Position Name: 
Professor
Path: 
Materials
Education: 

B.S. 1991, Tsinghua University (China)
M.S. 1994, Tsinghua University (China)
Ph.D. 1999, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Also: Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering; BIONATES theme faculty member at Wisconsin Institute for Discovery; Affiliate of UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, UW Eye Research Institute

Winner of the 2018-19 Kellett Mid-Career Award.

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Research Description

Professor Gong's research group focuses on the design, synthesis/fabrication, and characterization of novel materials and devices. Many of the group's ongoing projects are multidisciplinary, bridging engineering with materials science, chemistry, and the life sciences. Some on-going efforts include:

  • Multifunctional nanocarriers (e.g., unimolecular micelles, polymer vesicles, functionalized inorganic nanoparticles) for combined delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents which can be used to treat and diagnose various types of diseases (e.g., cancers, vascular diseases, liver diseases, and eye diseases)
  • Multifunctional polymer nanocomposites for various applications including flexible electronics, supercapacitors, nanogenerators, actuators, and sensors.
  • Cellulose nanofibril (CNF)-based aerogels
  • Biobased plastics

Awards and Honors

Kellett Mid-Career Award 2018
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering 2017
Board of Directors, Chinese American Society of Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology 2016
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, UW-Madison 2014
Vilas Associate Award, UW-Madison 2014

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Selected Publications

Jung YH, Phillips MJ, Lee J, Xie R, Ludwig AL, Chen G, et al.. 3D Microstructured Scaffolds to Support Photoreceptor Polarization and Maturation. Advanced Materials. 2018;30(39):e1803550.
Wang Y, Ma B, Abdeen AA, Chen G, Xie R, Saha K, et al.. Versatile Redox-Responsive Polyplexes for the Delivery of Plasmid DNA, Messenger RNA, and CRISPR-Cas9 Genome-Editing Machinery. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2018/09/18th ed. 2018;10(38):31915-31927.
Wang BW, Chen GJ, Urabe G, Xie RS, Wang YY, Shi XD, et al.. A paradigm of endothelium-protective and stent-free anti-restenotic therapy using biomimetic nanoclusters. Biomaterials. 2018;178:293-301.
Liu FB, Ma FF, Wang YY, Hao L, Zeng H, Jia CX, et al.. PKM2 methylation by CARM1 activates aerobic glycolysis to promote tumorigenesis. Nature Cell Biology. 2017;19:1358-1370.
Chen GJ, Jaskula-Sztul R, Esquibel CR, Lou I, Zheng QF, Dammalapati A, et al.. Neuroendocrine Tumor-Targeted Upconversion Nanoparticle-Based Micelles for Simultaneous NIR-Controlled Combination Chemotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy, and Fluorescence Imaging. Advanced Functional Materials. 2017;27:1604671.

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