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Dr Wenbo Zhan

Dr Wenbo Zhan

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School of Engineering

King's College

University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK

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Biography

Wenbo Zhan is a Lecturer in Biological Engineering in the School of Engineering. He received his undergraduate degrees from Xi’an Jiatong University in 2008 and a master degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2010. He graduated from Imperial College London with his PhD degree in 2014 and then worked as a project consultant at Imperial College London and a postdoctoral research fellow at the National University of Singapore until 2016. Prior to joining the University of Aberdeen in 2019, he was a research associate at Imperial College London.

Qualifications

  • PhD Chemical Engineering 
    2014 - Imperial College London 
  • MSc Thermal Energy and Power Engineering 
    2010 - Harbin Institute of Technology 
  • BEng Thermal Energy and Power Engineering 
    2008 - Xi'an Jiaotong University 
  • BEc Finance 
    2008 - Xi'an Jiaotong Univerisity 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships
  • Coordinator of the School MSc individual projects
  • Deputy coordinator of MSc Biomedical Engineering programme
  • Member of School of Engineering Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Committee
External Memberships
  • Guest editor for special issue of Pharmaceutical Research, 2021/22
  • Grant reviewer for the French National Research Agency, 2021
  • Adjunct to the chair of the 18th CAOS Annual Conference, 2018 
  • Assistant to the editor for theme issue of Advanced Drug Delivery Review, 2017/18
  • Executive manager of the 8th GCCES Conference, 2016 
  • Local organising committee member of the 21st CLSS-UK Annual Conference, 2015
  • Reviewer for journals, including Journal of Controlled Release, Fuel, Applied Energy, Pharmaceutical Research, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Powder Technology, Scientific Reports, PLoS One, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of the Royal Society Interface and Materials Today Bio, etc.
Research

Research Overview

Wenbo Zhan's research centres on biological engineering and bioprocessing, with a particular focus on the biomechanics and transport processes in biological and physiological systems.

  •  Multiscale modelling of drug delivery processes 
  •  Soft tissue deformation
  •  Image-based analysis of cardiovascular fluid mechanics

Funding and Grants

  • Image-based modelling and optimisation of convection-enhanced delivery for combination therapy against heterogeneous human brain tumour, The Royal Society, PI, 12/08/2022 - 11/08/2024
  • Gender differences in sex hormone transport in abdominal aortic aneurysm, The Royal Society, PI, 31/03/2022 - 30/03/2024
  • Optimisation of infusion catheter posture for improving convection-enhanced drug delivery to brain cancer, Children's Brain Tumour Drug Delivery Consortium, Children with Cancer UK, PI, 01/03/2022 - 30/09/2022
  • Novel nanoparticle-embedded membranes for long-term bioactive SARS-CoV2 prevention, Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust, Co-I, 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2023
  • Multifunctional liquid crystals stabilised by hydrogen-bounding and their integration in new devices for energy harvesting, conversion and storage, Royal Society of Edinburgh Scotland Foundation, Co-I, 23/10/2020 - 30/12/2021 
Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Course coordinator

  • EG555L - Modelling of Biological Systems
  • EG504Q - Introduction to Engineering for Life Scientists
  • EG555N,EG59F1,EG59F2,EG59M2 - MSc Individual Project (all MSc programmes)

Course contributor  

  • EG555J - Research Methods for Bioengineers
  • EG4578 - Group Design Project (Chemical Engineering)
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