Dr Wenbo Zhan
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Dr Wenbo Zhan
Lecturer
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R353, Fraser Noble Building
School of Engineering
King's College
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
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 Engineering2014 - Imperial College London
- MSc Thermal Energy and Power Engineering2010 - Harbin Institute of Technology
- BEng Thermal Energy and Power Engineering2008 - Xi'an Jiaotong University
- BEc Finance2008 - Xi'an Jiaotong Univerisity
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Overall coordinator of the School MSc individual projects
- Deputy coordinator of MSc Biomedical Engineering programme
- Member of School Postgraduate Education Committee
- External Memberships
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- Editorial Advisory Board member of Pharmaceutical Research, 12/2022-present
- Guest editor, special issue of Pharmaceutical Research, 2021
- Assistant to the guest editor, theme issue of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2017
- Adjunct to the chair, 18th CAOS Annual Conference, 2018
- Executive manager, 8th GCCES Conference, 2016
- Local organising committee member, 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.
- Grant reviewer for UKRI MRC, the French National Research Agency
- Research
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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
- Evaluation and optimisation of thermosensitive hydrogel for controllable drug delivery against brain tumour, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, PI, 01/02/2023 - 30/09/2023
- 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
- Pore-scale investigation of drug transport in brain tumour tissue, University of Aberdeen, PI, 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2025
- 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, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Co-I, 23/10/2020 - 30/12/2021
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Programme
MSc Biomedical Engineering programme
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)
- Publications
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Role of Tissue Hydraulic Permeability in Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Chemotherapy Drugs to Brain Tumour
Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 877-892Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-022-03261-7
Effect of particle size and surface charge on nanoparticles diffusion in the brain white matter
Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 39, pp. 767–781Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMathematical modelling of nanoparticle-mediated topical drug delivery to skin tissue
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, vol. 611, 121322Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffect of tissue permeability on drug transport in brain tumour after pressure-driven infusion
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] https://sfmm2022.org
Convection Enhanced Delivery of Light Responsive Antigen Capturing Oxygen Generators for Chemo-Phototherapy Triggered Adaptive Immunity
AIChE 2021Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsAnti-angiogenic effect on convection-enhanced delivery of cytotoxic drugs
BioMedEng21Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsEffect of brain tissue anisotropy on convection-enhanced delivery of nanoparticles encapsulated carmustine
BioMedEng21Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsConvection enhanced delivery of light responsive antigen capturing oxygen generators for chemo-phototherapy triggered adaptive immunity
Biomaterials, vol. 275, 120974Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharacterization of Transport Properties of Drugs in Brain Tissue Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsParticle velocity measurement of binary mixtures in the riser of a circulating fluidized bed by the combined use of electrostatic sensing and high-speed imaging
Petroleum Science, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 1159-1170Contributions to Journals: Articles