2015年5月获得美国斯蒂文斯理工学院生物医学工程博士学位。主要研究方向有生物与医学纳米技术，药物靶向输送，肿瘤治疗及检测，组织工程，生物材料及其生物相容性等。相关研究成果在ACS Nano, Lab on a Chip, Chemical Communications, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Biomaterials等学术刊物上共已发表12篇文章，著作1部，国际会议和学术论坛报告8次。连续5年获得美国斯蒂文斯创新与企业家博士奖学金，获得2015年美国新泽西发明家名人堂奖。长期担任International Journal of Nanomedicine, PLOS One, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Drug Design, Development and Therapy等学术期刊审稿人，为纽约科学院，美国无国界工程师协会会员。

PUBLICATIONS:

1.Y. Hu1, Y. Yang1, H. Wang and H. Du, Synergistic integration of layer-by-layer assembly of photosensitizer and gold

nanorings for enhanced photodynamic therapy in the near infrared, ACS Nano, 2015, 9(9):8744-54 (IF: 12.881)

2. Y. Yang, X. Yang, J. Zou, C. Jia, Y. Hu, H. Du, and H. Wang, Evaluation of photodynamic therapy efficiency using an in

vitro three-dimensional microfluidic breast cancer tissue model, Lab on a Chip, 2015, 15(3): 735-744 (IF: 6.1)

3. Y. Yang, N. Gao, Y. Hu, C. Jia, T. Chou, H. Du and H. Wang, Gold nanoparticle-enhanced photodynamic therapy:

effects of surface charge and mitochondrial targeting, Therapeutic Delivery, 2015, 6(3): 307-321

4. X. Lü, Y. Huang, Y. Qu, Y. Yang, and S. Wu, MicroRNA sequencing analysis of the molecular mechanisms of the

influence of gold nanoparticles on human dermal fibroblasts, Biomaterials, 2015, 37: 13-24 (IF: 8.557)

5. Y. Yang and H. Wang, Recent advances in nanomedicine for photodynamic therapy of cancer, invited book chapter,

Photodynamic Therapy: Fundamentals, Applications and Health Outcome Effects, 2015

6. Y. Yang, Y. Hu, H. Du, and H. Wang, Intracellular induced gold nanoaggregates by electrostatic interaction and their

applications in photodynamic therapy, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50 (55): 7287-7290 (IF: 6.834)

7. Y. Yang and H. Wang, Perspectives of nanotechnology in minimally invasive therapy of breast cancer, Journal of

healthcare engineering, 2013, 4(1): 67-86 (IF: 0.754)

8. Y. Yang and H. Wang, Applications of nanomaterials for cancer treatment: recent patents review, Recent patents on

nanomedicine, 2013, 3(2): 75-82

9. MKK. Oo, Y. Yang, Y. Hu, M. Gomez, H. Du, and H. Wang, Gold nanoparticle-enhanced and size-dependent

generation of reactive oxygen species from protophorphyrin IX, ACSNano, 2012, 6(3): 1939-1947 (IF: 12.881)

10. X. Lü, Y. Huang, Y. Yu, Y. Yang, Application of genomics/proteomics technologies in the research of biocompatibility

of biomaterials, Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2011, 28(1): 21-28 (IF: 0.565)

11. X. Lü, Y. Qu, Y. Yang, Y. Huang, Proteomic analysis of molecular mechanism of interactions between gold

nanoparticles and human dermal fibroblasts-fetal, Journal of Functional Materials, 2011, 42(6): 1016-1020

12. Y. Yang, X. Lü, Y. Qu. Global gene expression analysis of the effects of gold nanoparticles on human dermal

fibroblasts, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2010, 6:234-246 (IF: 5.338)

13. X. Lü, H. Lu, L. Zhao, Y. Yang, Z. Lu, Genome-wide pathways analysis of nickel ion-induced differential genes

expression in fibroblasts, Leading Opinion, Biomaterials, 2010, 31:1965-1973 (IF: 8.557)