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Investigator

Ben Zhong Tang

Chair Professor, Division of Biomedical Engineering; Chair Professor, Dept of Chemistry; Stephen Kam Chuen Cheong Professor of Science, Dept of Chemistry; IAS Senior Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Research Interests

Papers

Modular Peptide Probe for Pre/Intra/Postoperative Therapeutic to Reduce Recurrence in Ovarian Cancer

Even with optimal surgery, 80% of patients with ovarian cancer will have recurrence. Adjuvant therapy can reduce the recurrence of tumors; however, the therapeutic effect is still not prominent. Herein, we designed a modular peptide probe (T

Exosome‐Mimetic Supramolecular Vesicles with Reversible and Controllable Fusion and Fission**

Abstract The fusion and fission behaviors of exosomes are essential for the cell‐to‐cell communication. Developing exosome‐mimetic vesicles with such behaviors is of vital importance, but still remains a big challenge. Presented herein is an artificial supramolecular vesicle that exhibits redox‐modulated reversible fusion‐fission functions. These vesicles tend to fuse together and form large‐sized vesicles upon oxidation, undergo a fission process and then return to small‐sized vesicles through reduction. Noteworthy, the aggregation‐induced emission (AIE) characteristics of the supramolecular building blocks enable the molecular configuration during vesicular transformation to be monitored by fluorescence technology. Moreover, the presented vesicles are excellent nanocarrier candidates to transfer siRNA into cancer cells.

970Works

2Papers

3Collaborators

NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorTumor MicroenvironmentBrain NeoplasmsFerroptosisBreast NeoplasmsApoptosis

Positions

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2021–

Dean

The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Shenzhen · School of Science and Engineering

2017–

Honorary Professor

Qingdao Normal University

2016–

Chair Professor (Adjunct)

HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute

2016–

Honorary Professor

Northeast Normal University

2016–

Editor-in-Chief

Materials Chemistry Frontiers, Royal Society of Chemistry

2016–

Member

Royal Society of Chemistry Cambridge · Editorial Advisory Board of Polymer Chemistry

2016–

Member

Wiley-VCH · Scientific Advisory Board of Small Methods

2016–

Member

Elsevier · Editorial Board of Materials Today Chemistry

2016–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society · Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Polymer Science

2016–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society · Editorial Board of Acta Polymerica Sinica

2015–

Director

Hong Kong Branch of National Engineering Research Center for Tissue Restoration & Reconstruction, Hong Kong, China

2015–

Honorary Professor

Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2015–

Associate Editor

Optoelectronics Science & Technology Frontiers Series, Science Press

2015–

Editor

Science China: Chemistry, Science China Press

2015–

Associate Editor

Progress in Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2015–

Member

Nature Publishing Group · Editorial Board of Scientific Reports

2015–

Member

Taylor & Francis Group · Editorial Advisory Board of Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications

2014–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society and Wiley · International Advisory Board of Chinese Journal of Chemistry

2014–

Member

Old City Publishing · International Editorial Board of Display and Imaging

2014–

Council Member

Gordon Research Conferences

2014–

Executive Council Member

Chinese Chemical Society

2014–

Council Member

Chinese Materials Research Society · Division of Nanomaterials and Devices

2013–

Chair Professor (Adjunct)

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology · Division of Life Science

2013–

Honorary Professor

Tongji University

2013–

Fellow

The Royal Society of Chemistry

2013–

Stephen Kam Chuen Cheong Professor of Science

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

2013–

Co-Editor

Aggregation-induced Emission: Phenomena, Materials and Application Wiley

2013–

Member

AIMS Press · Editorial Board of AIMS Materials Science

2013–

Editor

Advances in Polymer Science, Springer

2012–

Director

South China University of Technology · SCUT–HKUST Joint Research Laboratory

2012–

Chair Professor (Adjunct)

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology · Division of Biomedical Engineering

2012–

Co-Guest Editor

, Special Issue on Functional Polymers for Optoelectronic Applications in Polymer Bulletin

2012–

Member

Versita · Editorial Advisory Board of Click Chemistry

2012–

Member

World Scientific Publishing · Editorial Board of Journal of Molecular and Engineering Materials

2012–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society and Elsivier · Advisory Board of Chinese Chemical Letters

2011–

Fellow

Hong Kong Institution of Science

2011–

Senior Editor

Journal of Molecular Engineering & Systems Biology, Herbert Publications Limited

2011–

Member

Wiley-VCH · Executive Advisory Board of Macromolecular Symposia

2011–

Member

Wiley-VCH · Executive Advisory Board of Macromolecular Reaction Engineering

2011–

Member

Herbert Publications Ltd. · Editorial Board of Journal of Molecular Engineering and Systems Biology

2011–

Member

Dove Medical Press · Honorary Editorial Board of Nanobiosensors in Disease Diagnosis

2011–

Member

Wiley-VCH · Executive Advisory Board of Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics

2011–

Member

Wiley-VCH · Executive Advisory Board of Macromolecular Materials & Engineering

2011–

Member

Wiley-VCH · Executive Advisory Board of Macromolecular Rapid Communications

2011–

Member

Wiley-VCH · Executive Advisory Board of Macromolecular Bioscience

2011–

Member

Wiley-VCH · Executive Advisory Board of Macromolecular Theory & Simulations

2010–

Guest Professor

Hangzhou Normal University

2010–

Editor-in-Chief

RSC Polymer Chemistry Series, Royal Society of Chemistry

2010–

Member

Innovation China · Advisory Board of Innovation China

2010–

Member

Royal Society of Chemistry · Editorial Advisory Board of Polymer Chemistry

2009–

Member

Chinese Academy of Sciences

2009–

Member

Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH und Co KG · Editorial Board of Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry

2009–

Member

Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH · Editorial Board of Frontiers of Chemistry in China

2008–

Chair Professor of Chemistry

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology · Department of Chemistry

2008–

Member

Bentham Open · Editorial Advisory Board of The Open Macromolecules Journal

2008–

Member

Elsevier BV · Editorial Board of Polymer

2007–

Member

Elsevier BV · Editorial Board of Progress in Polymer Science

2005–

Member

Springer · Editorial Board of Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials

2003–

Member

the Asian and Oceania Photochemistry Association

2003–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society

2002–

Member

MD Publications Pvt Ltd · Advisory Board of Journal of Polymer Materials

2001–

Member

American Scientific Publishers Inc · Editorial Board of Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

1999–

Member

American Biographical Institute · Research Board of Advisors of the American Biographical Institute

1998–

Member

International Society for Optical Engineering

1997–

Researcher

the Hong Kong Chapter of the American Chemical Society · Member

1997–

Member

the Hong Kong Materials Research Society

1996–

Member

Materials Research Society

1995–

Member

the Hong Kong Institute of Science

1995–

Member

Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers

1994–

Member

the Hong Kong Chemical Society

1989–

Member

American Chemical Society

2018–

Researcher

Organizing Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Biomedical Applications of Nanomaterials · Member

2012–

Senior Fellow

HKUST Institute for Advanced Study

2017–

Chair

Program Committee of the 15th Pacific Polymer Conference

2017–

Member

Organizing Committee of the 1st World Congress on Nano Science and Nano Technology

2017–

Honorary Co-chair

Scientific Advisory Committee of the 8th National Meeting on Molecular Chirality

2017–

Co-Chair

the 3rd International Symposium on Aggregation-Induced Emission

2017–

Co-Chair

The 13rd International Symposium on Functional π-Electron Systems

2017–

Co-Chair

Organizing Committee of the 2017 International Academic Forum of Hybrid Materials

2017–

Member

Consulting Committees of the Fourth Annual Conference of Chinese Society of Micro- & Nanoscience and Technology

2016–

Co-Guest Editor

Shape-Responsive Fluorophores in Journal of Materials Chemistry C

2016–

Co-Chair

Xiangshan Science Conference on Aggregation-Induced Emission

2016–

Member

International Steering Committee of the 2nd International Conference on Nanomedicine

2016–

Member

Advisory Committee of EMN Meeting on Polymer

2016–

Member

International Advisory Committee of the 7th International Symposium on Polymer Chemistry

2016–

Member

International Organizing Committee of 2016 IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry

2016–

Member

International Organizing Committee of the 1st International Energy & Environmental Materials Forum and 3rd Inorganic & Nanomaterials Forum

2016–

Co-Director

The XIXth International Krutyn Summer School on Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE): Phenomenon, Principle and Application

2016–

Co-Chair

International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals

2016–

Member

Advisory Committee of the 2nd Conference on Organic Optoelectronics

2016–

Member

Academic Committee of International Organic Electronics Workshop

2015–

Science Writer

American Chemical Society · Cutting-Edge Chemistry

2007–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society · Editorial Board of Acta Polymerica Sinica

2007–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society · Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Polymer Science

2015–

Member

Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Biomedical Application of Nanomaterials

2015–

Member

Scientific Advisory Committee of the National Meeting of Biomaterials of China

2015–

Co-Chair

Pacifichem 2015 Chemical Congress (Symposium on Aggregation Induced Emission: Materials and Applications)

2015–

Member

Organizing Committee of the 10th National Meeting on Organic Solid Electronic Processes

2015–

Co-Chair

TSRC workshop on Shape-Responsive Fluorophores

2015–

Researcher

Scientific Advisory Committee of the 9th National Meeting on Luminescence from Organic Molecules and Polymers

2015–

Member

Local Organizing Committee of Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers and Organic Nanostructures

2015–

Member

Local Organizing Committee of Molecular Electronics

2013–

Associate Editor

Polymer Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry

2010–

Associate Editor

Progress in Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2010–

Member

Science China Press · Editorial Board of Science China: Chemistry

2007–

Science News Contributor

American Chemical Society · Noteworthy Chemistry

2014–

Member

International Advisory Board of the 1st Asian Forum on Clean Energy & Advanced Materials

2014–

Member

International Advisory Board of National Meeting of Nano Biomedicine

2014–

Co-Chair

Cross-Strait Symposium on Macromolecular Liquid Crystals and Supramolecular Ordered Systems

2014–

Co-Chair

Workshop of UGC AoE on Institute of Molecular Functional Materials

2014–

Co-Chair

Gordon Research Conference on Hybrid Electronic & Photonic Materials and Phenomena

2014–

Member

International Advisory Board of the 1st International Conference on Organic Optoelectronics

2014–

Member

International Advisory Board of SETCOR International Conference on Smart Materials and Surfaces

2014–

Chair

The 5th Unilever–RSC International Symposium on Functional Materials Science

2014–

Member

the 1st International Electronic Conference on Polymers

2009–

Member

Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Switzerland · Editorial Advisory Board of Polymers

2010–

Guest Professor

Sun Yat-sen University

2010–

Honorary Professor

South China University of Technology

2013–

Co-Guest Editor

Special Issue on Fluorescent Biosensors in Macromolecular Rapid Communications

2013–

Member

Organizing Committee of the National Meeting of Polymer Science of the Chinese Chemical Society

2013–

Member

Scientific Committee of International Conference in Biomedical Engineering

2013–

Researcher

Scientific Advisory Board of the 8th National Meeting on Luminescenmt and Optoelectronic Properties of Organic Molecules and Polymers

2013–

Member

International Advisory Board of the 1st International Symposium on Nature product, Biotechnology and Catalysis

2013–

Member

Local Organizing Committee of the 25th International Symposium on Chirality

2013–

Co-Chair

TSRC workshop on Shape-Responsive Fluorophores

2013–

Chair

The 1st International Symposium on Aggregation-Induced Emission

2013–

Member

Academic Committee/Advisory Board of Advanced Materials World Congress

2012–

Associate Editor

Journal of Molecular and Engineering Materials, World Scientific

2011–

Honorary President

Chinese Advanced Materials Society

2006–

Cao Guangbiao Chair Professor

Zhejiang University

2012–

Member

Local Organizing Committees of EL2012 Conference, the 16th International Workshop on Inorganic and Organic Electroluminescence, and the 2012 International Conference on Science and Technology of Emissive Display and Lighting

2012–

Co-Chair

Organizing Committee of the Cross-Strait Symposium on Macromolecular Liquid Crystals and Supramolecular Ordered Systems

2011–

Honorary Editor

Journal of Chinese Advanced Materials Society, Chinese Advanced Materials Society

2010–

Editor

Polymer Bulletin, Springer

2008–

Guest Professor

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2011–

Member

American Nano Society

2011–

Member

Local Organizing Committee of the 10th International Symposium on Functional -Electron Systems

2011–

Co-Chair

Advisory Committee of the 1st International Congress on Advanced Materials

2011–

Member

Organizing Committee of the National Congress of Polymer Science

2011–

Member

Organizing Committee of the 2nd FAPS Polymer Congress

2011–

Member

Advisory Committee of the 7th National Meeting on Organic and Polymeric Luminescent and Optoelectronic Materials

2011–

Chair

Symposium on Aggregation-Induced Emission

2011–

Co-Chair

Symposium on Superconductive and Magnetic Materrials, the 1st International Congress on Advanced Materials

2010–

Co-Guest Editor

Special Article Series on Functional Polymers (Part 3: Polymers for Organic Electronics) in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Volumes 211–212, 2010–211.

2010–

Guest Editor

Special Article Series on Functional Polymers (Part 3: Polymers for Organic Electronics) in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Volumes 211–212

2007–

Member

Wiley VCH Verlag GmbH und Co KG · International Advisory Board of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

2010–

Member

International Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Polymer Chemistry

2010–

Co-Chair

Pacifichem 2010 Chemical Congress (Symposium on Electron Transfer and Electrochemistry of Transition Metal-Containing Inorganic and Organometallic Materials)

2010–

Co-Chair

Organizing Committee of the Cross-Strait Symposium on Macromolecular Liquid Crystals and Supramolecular Ordered Systems

2010–

Member

International Advisory Committee of the International Conference on Recent Frontiers in Applied Spectroscopy

2009–

Guest Editor

Special Article Series on Functional Polymers (Part 2: Luminogenic Polymers) in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Volumes 210–211

2008–

Member

American Chemical Society · Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules

2008–

Chair Professor

Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology

2009–

Member

Academic Committee, International Conference on Advanced Fibers and Polymer Materials

2005–

Professor

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology · Department of Chemistry

2008–

Guest Editor

Special Article Series on Functional Polymers (Part 1: Construction of Functional Polymers from Triple-Bond Bricks) in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Volume 209

2008–

Chair

The 4th International Conference on Photoresponsive Organics and Polymers

2008–

Co-Chair

Organizing Committee of the Cross-Strait Symposium on Macromolecular Liquid Crystals and Supramolecular Ordered Systems

2008–

Member

International Advisory Committee, International Symposium on Polymer Chemistry

2008–

Member

Program Committee, The 5th East Asian Polymer Conference (2008)

2008–

Member

Scientific Advisory Committee of the Cross-Strait Symposium on Macromolecular Liquid Crystals and Supramolecular Ordered Systems

2008–

Member

Committee for Poster Prizes, IUPAC World Polymer Congress

2008–

Member

CAS International Symposium on Advanced Polymer Materials · Acedemic Committee

2008–

Member

CAS International Symposium on Advanced Polymer Materials · Acedemic Committee

2004–

Guest Professor

Wuhan University

2007–

Guest Editor

Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials, Volume 17, Issue 1

2007–

Member

National Polymer Conference of the Chinese Chemical Society · Organizing Committee

2007–

Member

Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Optoelectronics and Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Thin Films and Materials

2007–

Member

The International Conference on Advanced Fibers and Polymer Materials · Academic Committee

2007–

Member

The 9th International Symposium on Polymers for Advanced Technologies · International Program Committee

2007–

Member

The International Conference on Advanced Fibers and Polymer Materials · Academic Committee

2007–

Member

National Polymer Conference of the Chinese Chemical Society · Organizing Committee

2007–

Member

Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Optoelectronics and Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Thin Films and Materials

2003–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society · Editorial Board of Acta Polymerica Sinica

2002–

Science News Contributor

American Chemical Society · Heart Cut

2005–

Cao Guangbiao Professor

Zhejiang University

2004–

Guest Professor

Zhejing University

2006–

Member

Society of Chemical Industry

2006–

Member

16th International Symposium on Fine Chemistry and Functional Polymers & IUPAC 2nd International Symposium on Novel Materials and Synthesis · International Advisory Board

2006–

Member

2nd International Symposium on Polymer Chemistry · International Advisory Committee

2006–

Conference Review Committee Member

SPIE

2006–

Co-Chair

Symposium on Electroactive and Photoresponsive Metal-Containing Polymers at the 231st ACS National Meeting in San Francisco

2006–

Member

4th International Symposium on High-Tech Polymer Materials · International Advisory Committee

2006–

Member

International Cooperation Committee of the Asia Polymer Symposium

2003–

Associate Professor (A)

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology · Department of Chemistry

2003–

Adjunct Associate Professor

Peking University

2005–

Deputy Chair

Organizing Committee of the Cross-Strait Symposium on Macromolecular Liquid Crystals and Supramolecular Ordered Systems

2005–

Member

National Polymer Conference of the Chinese Chemical Society · Organizing Committee

2005–

Member

Cross-Strait Symposium on Macromolecular Liquid Crystals and Supramolecular Ordered Systems · Scientific Committee

2003–

Member

Polymer Society of Korea · International Editorial Advisory Board of Polymer (Korea)

2000–

Guest Professor

Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology

2000–

Associate Professor (B)

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology · Department of Chemistry

1999–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society · Editorial Board of Acta Polymerica Sinica

1998–

Guest Professor

Anhui University

2001–

Science News Contributor

American Chemical Society · Chemical Innovation

1994–

Assistant Professor

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology · Department of Chemistry

1997–

Member

Chinese Chemical Society · Editorial Board of Acta Polymerica Sinica

1982–

Member

the Japanese Polymer Society

Education

1994

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Toronto · Department of Chemistry and Faculty of Pharmacy

1994

Senior Research Scientist

Neos Co., Ltd. · Central Research Laboratory

1989

Visiting Scientist

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. · Synthetic Chemistry Group, Osaka Research Laboratory

1988

Ph.D.

Kyoto University · Department of Polymer Chemistry

1985

Kyoto University · Department of Polymer Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering

1983

Kyoto University · Department of Polymer Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering

1982

B.S.

South China University of Technology · Department of Polymer Science and Engineering

Country

Keywords

Fluorescent biosensorsHyperbranched polymersLight-emitting moleculesMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOptical materialsPolymer chemistry

Links & IDs

0000-0002-0293-964X https://sse.cuhk.edu.cn/en/faculty/tangbenzhong

Scopus: 55701833100

Researcher Id: B-3556-2009