Zheng Wenshu, PI, Assistant Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Dr. Zheng Wenshu received his Ph.D. from Peking University/National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (2018), and subsequently served as a Postdoctoral Fellow (2019–2022), Project Scientist (2022), and Assistant Professor (2023–2026) at Arizona State University and Tulane University. In January 2026, he returned to China full-time and joined the Department of Biomedical Engineering at SUSTech. He has published nearly 50 papers in internationally renowned journals such as Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Communications, Analytical Chemistry, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Science Advances, and The Lancet Microbe. His first-author work has been featured in journals including Nature, and several research outcomes have been successfully transferred into products now used in multiple hospitals in China and abroad. He has received honors including the NACCCA Innovation Award and the Tulane University Lavin-Bernick Faculty Award. He also serves as a Youth Editorial Board Member for journals such as BMEMat (IF 15.3).

Education Background
2013–2018 | Ph.D., Peking University/National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
2009–2013 | B.S., Zhengzhou University

Work Experience
01/2026–Present | Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
07/2019–01/2026 | Postdoctoral Fellow, then Research Scientist, and then Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Tulane University
09/2018–07/2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University

Research Interests
Multi-omics Biomarker Screening; Single Molecule/Particle Detection; High-throughput Medical Analysis

 Publications：

1. Saliba, J., Zheng, W.* (Corresponding author), Shu, Q., Li, L., Wu, C., Xie, Y., Lyon, C., Qu, J., Huang, H., Ying, B., Hu, T.* Enhanced diagnosis of multi-drug-resistant microbes using group association modeling and machine learning. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16, 2933

2. Zheng, W., LaCourse S., Song B., Singh D., Khanna, M., Olivo J., Stern J., Escudero J., Vergara, C., Zhang, F., Li, S., Wang, S., Cranmer, L., Huang, Z., Bojanowski, C., Bao, D,, Njuguna, I., Xiao, Y., Wamalwa, D., Nguyen, D., Yang, L., Maleche-Obimbo E., Nguyen, N., Zhang, L., Phan, H., Fan, J., Ning, B., Li, C., Lyon, C., Graviss, E., John-Stewart, G., Mitchell, C., Ramsay, A., Kaushal, D., Liang, R., Pérez-Then, E., Hu, T. Diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis by optically detecting two virulence factors on extracellular vesicles in blood samples. Nat. Biomed. Eng. 2022, 6, 979-991

3. Huang, G., Zheng, W.* (Corresponding Author), Zhou, Y., Wan, M.*, Hu, T*. Recent advances to address challenges in extracellular vesicle-based applications for lung cancer. Acta Pharm. Sin. B. 2024, 14, 3855-3875

4. Zheng, W., Hu, T. Using extracellular vesicles in blood to diagnose paediatric tuberculosis. Nat. Biomed. Eng. 2022, 6, 930-931

5. Zheng, W., Saliba, J. G., Wei, X., Shu, Q., Pierson, L. M., Mao, L., Liu, C., Lyon, C. J., Li, C.-Z. Wimley, W. C., Hu, T.Y. Nanopore-based disease diagnosis using pathogen-derived tryptic peptides from serum. Nano Today 2022, 45, 101515

6. Amrollahi, P., Zheng, W. (co-first author), Monk, C., Li, C., Hu, Y. Nanoplasmonic sensor approaches for sensitive detection of disease-associated exosomes, ACS Appl. Bio Mater. 2021, 4, 6589-6603 (封面)

7. Zheng, W., Jia, Y., Zhao, Y., Zhang, J., Xie, Y., Wang, L., Zhao, X., Liu, X., Tang, R., Wang, L., Jiang X. Reversing bacterial resistance to gold nanoparticles by size modulation. Nano Lett., 2021, 21, 1992-2000

8. Zheng, W., Zeng, L., Chen, Y. Bioorthogonal Reactions Amplify Magnetic Nanoparticles Binding and Assembly for Ultrasensitive Magnetic Resonance Sensing. Anal. Chem., 2020, 92, 2787-2793

9. Sun, Z., Zheng, W. (co-first author), Zhu, G., Lian, J., Wang, J., Hui, P., He, S., Chen, W., Jiang, X. Albumin Broadens the Antibacterial Capabilities of Nonantibiotic Small Molecule-Capped Gold Nanoparticles. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 2017, 11, 45381-45389

10. Dong, Y., Zheng, W. (co-first author), Chen, D., Li, X., Wang, J., Wang, Z., Chen, Y. Click Reaction-Mediated T2 Immunosensor for Ultrasensitive Detection of Pesticide Residues via Brush-like Nanostructure-Triggered Coordination Chemistry. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2019, 67, 9942-9949

11. Zheng, W., Li, H., Chen, W., Zhang, J., Wang, N., Guo, X., Jiang, X. Rapid detection of Cu ions in biological systems using click chemistry. Small, 2018, 14, 1703857

12. Ran, B., Zheng, W. (Co-first author), Dong, M., Xianyu, Y., Chen, Y., Wu, J., Qian, Z., Jiang, X. Peptide-mediated controllable crosslinking of gold nanoparticles for immunoassay with tunable detection range. Anal. Chem., 2018, 90, 8234–8240

13. Dong, M., Zheng, W. (Co-first author), Chen, Y., Xiangyu, Y., Ran, B., Qian, Z., Jiang, X. Fe-T1 sensor based on coordination chemistry for sensitive and versatile bioanalysis, Anal. Chem., 2018, 90, 9148–9155

14. Liu, Z., Xianyu, Y., Zheng, W. (Co-first author), Zhang, J., Chen, Y., Dong, M., Wu, J., Luo, Y., Jiang, X. T1-mediated nanosensor for immunoassay based on activatable MnO2 nano-assembly. Anal. Chem., 2018, 90, 2765−2771

15. Zheng, W., Jia, Y., Chen, W., Wang, G., Guo, X., Jiang, X. Universal coating from electrostatic self-assembly to prevent multi-drug resistant bacteria colonization on medical devices/solid surfaces. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2017, 9, 21181-21189

16. Yin, B., Zheng, W. (Co-first author), Dong, M., Yu, W., Chen, Y., Joo, S., Jiang, X. An enzyme-mediated competitive colorimetric sensor based on Au@Ag bimetallic nanoparticles for highly sensitive detection of disease biomarkers. Analyst, 2017, 142, 2954-2960

17. Zheng, W., Li, H., Chen, W., Ji, J., Jiang, X. Recyclable colorimetric detection of trivalent cations in aqueous media using zwitterionic gold nanoparticles. Anal. Chem., 2016, 88, 4140-4146