Dr. Zhiqiang Luo obtained his Ph.D. in physics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, studying the synthesis and spectroscopy characterization of low dimensional carbon materials. After five years' postdoctoral research on organic electronics and bioelectronics in the James Franck Institute, the University of Chicago, he joined Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2016 as a professor in biomedical engineering. The research interests in Luo Lab mainly focus on exploration of the interface between nanotechnology and biomedical science, placing an emphasis on the development of novel material synthesis methods, innovative device concepts, advanced processing of soft materials and devices, for the applications in cell physiology study as well as wearable and implantable soft biomedical devices. Current research projects include innovative bio-interfaced electronic/optoelectronic/piezoelectric materials and devices for cellular probing/stimulation and precise manipulation of cell behaviors, integration of functional nanomaterials and soft bionic devices with biological system for exploring new generation biomedical tools with physiology-monitoring and diseases-therapy functions.

Selected Publications

(1) Chao Xu, Yin Xu, Ming Yang, Yukai Chang, Anmin Nie,* Zhongyuan Liu, Jianglin Wang, Zhiqiang Luo*; Black-Phosphorus-Incorporated Hydrogel as a Conductive and Biodegradable Platform for Enhancement of the Neural Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2020, 30, 2000177. 

(2) Xiaoning Ren, Lisi Shi, Xiaofeng Yu, Wenliang Liu, Jianyong Sheng, Jiangling Wan, Yu Li, Ying Wan, Zhiqiang Luo*, Xiangliang Yang; Multifunctional hierarchical mesoporous silica and black phosphorus nanohybrids as chemophotothermal synergistic agents for enhanced cancer therapy, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 12578-12588.

(3) Taotao Yang, Xiaoning Ren, Ming Yang, Xing Li, Kaikai He, Ai Rao, Ying Wan, Hai Yang, Shenqi Wang, Zhiqiang Luo*; A highly sensitive label-free electrochemical immunosensor based on poly (indole-5-carboxylicacid) with ultra-high redox stability, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2019, 141, 111406.

(4) Zhiqiang Luo*, Dara E. Weiss, Qingyun Liu, Bozhi Tian*; Biomimetic approaches toward smart bio-hybrid systems, Nano Research, 2018, 11,  3009–3030.

(5) Zhiqiang Luo, Yuanwen Jiang, Benjamin D. Myers, Dieter Isheim, JinsongWu, John F. Zimmerman, Zongan Wang, Qianqian Li, YucaiWang, Xinqi Chen, Vinayak P. Dravid, David N. Seidman Bozhi Tian*; Atomic Gold Enabled Three-dimensional Lithography for Silicon Mesostructures, Science, 2015, 348, 1451-1455.