Jianjun Cheng obtained a B.S. degree in Chemistry at Nankai University in 1993, a M.S. degree in Chemistry at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1996, and a Ph.D. degree in Materials Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2001 with Professor Timothy Deming. He was a Senior Scientist at Insert Therapeutics, Inc. from 2001 to 2004, and a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at MIT with Professor Robert Langer from 2004 to 2005. He joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2005, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011 and Full Professor in 2015 (distinguished promotion). In 2016, he was appointed as Hans Thurnauer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UIUC. He joined the Westlake University as Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Dean of School of Engineering in August, 2021.
Cheng is the co-inventor of 41 issued patents and co-authored over 200 publications. Cheng’s research has made translational impact. Two nanomedicine systems he co-developed has made to clinical trials. He received a Prostate Cancer Foundation Competitive Award in 2007, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2008, a Xerox Award for Outstanding Research at UIUC in 2010, a NIH Director’s New Innovator Award in 2010, the Willett Faculty Scholar Award in 2013, and the UIUC Distinguished Promotion Award in 2015. He was appointed as an Associate of Center for Advanced Study at UIUC in 2014. In 2015, he was selected as one of the four inaugural Faculty Entrepreneurial Fellows in the College of Engineering, UIUC. He has also been on the list of Teacher Ranked As Excellent By Students for five times at UIUC. Cheng is Editor-in-Chief of Biomaterials Science, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2015), a Fellow of American Chemical Society-Division of Polymer Chemistry (2015), a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2016), and a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (2020).
Current Members
Rui Sun
Research Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral Researcher
Jingsong Lu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Honggui Lv
Postdoctoral Researcher
Chengjie Sun
Postdoctoral Researcher
Chongyang Wu
Research Assistant Professor
Menghua Gao
Xueyan Zhang
Postdoctoral Researcher
Tingting Cao
Ph.D. Student
Jiafeng Zhong
Ph.D. Student
Buwei Hu
Ph.D. Student
Chenlin Ji
Ph.D. Student
Luyi Wang
Ph.D. Student
Xuetao Zheng
Ph.D. Student
Haonan Sheng
Visiting Student
Xiaona Hu
Research Assistant
Xiaoyang Liu
Research Assistant
Canli Qiang
Administrative Assistant
Xinyan Qin
Administrative Assistant
Ivan Song
Administrative Assistant
Suxuan Zheng
Administrative Assistant
Former Members
Former Ph.D. Graduate Students
Name
Year
Current Position
Current Affiliation
Contact
Yingfeng Yang
Ruibo Wang
Ziyuan Song
Kaimin Cai
Ryan Baumgartner
Hua Wang
Hanze Ying
Qian Yin
Nan Zheng
Jonathan Yen
Li Tang
Hua Lv
Yugang Bai
Rong Tong
Ph.D. 2021
Ph.D. 2018
Ph.D. 2017
Ph.D. 2017
Ph.D. 2017
Ph.D. 2016
Ph.D. 2016
Ph.D. 2015
Ph.D. 2015
Ph.D. 2015
Ph.D. 2012
Ph.D. 2011
Ph.D. 2010
Ph.D. 2010
Materials Scientist
Scientist
Professor
CTO
Assistant Professor
Research Scientist
Instructor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Triastek
Illumina, Inc
Soochow University
Surio Therapeutics Co. Ltd
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Dow Chemical
Stanford University
Dalian University of Technology
École polytechnique federale de Lausanne
Peking University
Hunan University
Virginia Tech
Former Postdoctoral Associates
Name
Year
Current Position
Current Affiliation
Contact
Yunjiang Jiang
Shixian Lv
Menghua Xiong
Li Shen
Yanfeng Zhang
Yang Liu
Lichen Yin
Chunlai Tu
Yun-Xiang Xu
Xueyun Gao
2018-2020
2016-2018
2013-2017
2016-2017
2010-2015
2013-2015
2010-2014
2012-2014
2009-2011
2005-2006
Senior Scientist
Research Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Research Director
Associate Professor
Professor
Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
Peking University
South China University of Technology
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Sun Yat-sen University
Soochow University
Shangha Jiao Tong University
Sichuan University
Beijing University of Technology
Visiting Scholars, Students and Others
Name
Lei Jiang
Yong Hu
Xu Wang
Yanming Wang
Yingchun Xia
Yunchao Jia
Xuefang Wang
Shujuan Wang
Zheng Wang
Li Chen
Chongyi Chen
Jade Zhiyu Wang
Yanjun Zhao
Yanrong Lu
Yuan Yao
Yan Li
Yanbing Lu
Year
2019-2020
2019-2020
2018-2020
2018-2019
2017-2019
2017-2019
2017-2019
2017-2018
2016-2018
2016-2017
2016-2017
2015-2017
2016
2011-2015
2013-2014
2013-2014
2010-2011
Current Position
Current Affiliation
Associate Professor
Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Postdoc
Lecturer
Lecturer
Associate Professor
Professor
Professor
Professor
Research Scientist
Professor
Laboratory Technician
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
China Pharmaceutical University
Nanjing University
Tianjin Medical University
Nankai University
Tsinghua University
Henan University of Technology
Qingdao University
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Tianjin University
Northeast Normal University
Ningbo University
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Tianjin University
Solenis
East China University of Science and Technology
Tongji University
Hunan University
Contact
wangyanming @nankai.edu.cn