Shuailong Zhang

Shuailong Zhang, currently a Professor and Ph.D. advisor at the School of Integrated Circuits and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, specializes in research on bio-micro/nano operation systems, optoelectronic devices, and digital microfluidics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Strathclyde, UK, in 2015, under the mentorship of Professor Martin Dawson, a renowned scholar in the field of optoelectronic devices (Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, IEEE Fellow). From 2015 to 2016, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Glasgow with Professor Jonathan Cooper (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering) and Dr. Steven Neale. From 2017 to 2021, he continued his postdoctoral work at the University of Toronto under the guidance of Professor Aaron Wheeler (Canada's Chief Scientist, Editor-in-Chief of Lab on a Chip), collaborating closely with Professor Yu Sun from the University of Toronto (Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Engineering). In 2020, he was selected for the National Overseas High-Level Talent Program (16th batch, Youth Program).

Publications and Achievements

Professor Zhang has published 70 journal articles in the fields of micro/nano operations, optoelectronic devices, and microfluidics, including 35 as the first author or corresponding author. His works have appeared in prestigious international journals such as Nature Communications, PNAS, Science Advances, Chemical Society Reviews, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, and Lab on a Chip, with a total of 2750 citations and an H-index of 28. Several of his papers have been featured on journal covers. He has also co-authored two academic books: Field-Driven Micro-Nano Robots and Untethered Small-Scale Robots for Biomedical Applications. He has presented 36 conference papers, including 8 keynote or invited lectures at major international conferences such as MicroTas and SPIE Photonics West.

Representative Publications

• Chemical Society Reviews: 1 paper (first/corresponding author), Impact Factor 60.615
• Nature Communications: 1 paper (first/corresponding author), Impact Factor 17.694
• PNAS: 1 paper (first/corresponding author), Impact Factor 12.779
• Small: 3 papers (2 first/corresponding authors), Impact Factor 15.153
• ACS Nano: 1 paper (first/corresponding author), Impact Factor 18.027
• Lab on a Chip: 2 papers (1 first/corresponding author), Impact Factor 7.517
• Photonics Research: 1 paper (first/corresponding author), Impact Factor 7.254

National and Provincial Projects

Professor Zhang has led or participated in several key projects:

• Youth Thousand Talents Program (16th batch), Ministry of Organization, Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: 4 million RMB (Principal Investigator)
• Development and Application of Automated Detection Equipment for Respiratory Infectious Diseases Based on Digital Microfluidics, Ministry of Science and Technology: 2 million RMB (Principal Investigator)
• Development and Application of Automated Antibody Drug Cell Line Screening Platform Based on Optoelectronic Microfluidics, Ministry of Science and Technology: 19.48 million RMB (Principal Investigator)
• Design and Control Technologies of Nanorobots for High-Precision Localization of Tumor Embolization Chemotherapy, Ministry of Science and Technology: 5 million RMB (Co-Investigator)
• High-Throughput Monoclonal Antibody Drug Screening Key Technologies and Systems, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Precision Medical Institute: 8 million RMB (Co-Investigator)

Academic Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Young Expert Award, Engineering (Journal of the Chinese Academy of Engineering), 2024, Chinese Academy of Engineering (Principal Investigator)
• Capital Frontier Academic Achievements Award, 2023, Beijing Science and Technology Committee (Principal Investigator)
• Micro-System and Nano-Technology Summit Young Scientist Award, 2022, China Mechanical Engineering Society (Principal Investigator)
• Leading Talent in Zhongyuan Science and Technology City, 2021, Zhengdong New District, Henan Province (Principal Investigator)
• Outstanding Talent Award, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2021 (Principal Investigator)

Academic Positions and Editorial Roles

Professor Zhang serves as a Youth Corresponding Expert for Engineering (IF: 12.83), a Deputy Editor for Frontiers in Robotics and AI (IF: 4.33), a Guest Editor for Micromachines (IF: 3.53), and a Youth Editorial Board Member for Cyborg and Bionic Systems. He is also a council member of the Micro/Nano Devices and Systems Technology Division of the Chinese Instrument and Control Society, and a council member of the Micro/Nano Robotics Division of the Chinese Micro-Nano Technology Society.

Research Patents and Applications

Professor Zhang is the first inventor of a U.S. patent (granted) and five Chinese invention patents (currently under substantive examination). After returning to China, he led the development of locally upgraded and iterated products through the Zhengzhou Intelligent Technology Research Institute of Beijing Institute of Technology. These products received high praise from Lou Yangsheng, Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee, and Chen Xiangping, Director of the Henan Provincial Department of Science and Technology. （News Link: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/zhangshuailong/news/32965））