Ass. Res. Zhao Jian         Tel: +86-29-        E-mail:zhaojian@snnu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experiences：

Ph.D., Sichuan University (2013–2016)

M.A., Sichuan University (2010–2013)

B.A., Sichuan University (2006–2010)

Research Interests：

Controlled Processing of Protein Materials

Protein-Based Materials for Resource Separation and Recovery

Awards and Honors：

Special Prize of the Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions Science and Technology Research Outstanding Achievement Award (4/8), 2025

Second Prize of the Shaanxi Provincial Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award for Graduate Education (2/5), 2025

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. Sub-project of the National Key R&D Program of China, Ministry of Science and Technology, Grant No. 2020YFA0710403, “Preparation and Structure–Function Relationship of Biomimetic Assembled Dental Restoration Materials,” December 2020–December 2025, RMB 420,000.

2. Young Scientists Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant No. 51903146, “Construction and Application of Protein-Based Biocompatible Gene Vectors,” January 2020–December 2022, RMB 250,000.

3. Key Project of the Shaanxi Provincial Key R&D Program, Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province, Grant No. 2024SF2-GJHX-44, “Multifunctional Protein Coating Technology for Biomimetic Tooth Regeneration,” August 2024–July 2026, RMB 160,000.

4. Key Project for Agricultural Key Technology Research, Xi’an Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Grant No. 25NJSZD00024, “Protein-Based Nanocarriers for Pesticide Delivery,” October 2025–October 2028, RMB 200,000.

Representative Achievements:

1. Xingyu Zhou#, Chunzhao Yang#, Jian Zhao*, YuLian Xia, Chengyu Fu, Bowen Hu, Shuo Wei, Wandi Cui, Yinlan Luo, Ke Li* and Peng Yang*. Amyloid-like Nanocoatings for Enhanced Hemoperfusion Materials. Adv. Mater., 2026, 38, e73480.

2. Quanji Zhu#, Yujun Zhang#, Jian Zhao*, Mengjie Li, Facui Yang, Yongchun Liu, Jia Xu*, Peng Yang*. Engineering Protein-based Nanofiltration Membranes with Sub-nanometer Pores via Amyloid-like Aggregation. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, 138, e23946.

3. Chengyu Fu#, Yanyun Pang#, Jinrui Zhang#, Xingyu Zhou, Yongchun Liu, Min Li, Jinhua Song, Yingtao Gao, Zhengge Wang, Bowen Hu, Wenrui Ji, Ziling Hui, Jinglin Wang, Jianing Ma, Zhaofang Huang, Xu Zhang*, Jian Zhao*, Peng Yang*. 3D Printing of Proteins via Temperature-Dependent Amyloid Aggregation. Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, 35, 2420569.

4. Qingmin Yang, Jian Zhao*, Yujia Zhang, Xingyu Zhou, Hao Ren, Bowen Hu, Zhongli Lei, Lixin Chen, Peng Yang*. Transforming waste particles into valuable adsorbents via amyloid-mediated molecular engineering. Sci. China: Chem., 2025, 68, 317-328.

5. Qingmin Yang, Jian Zhao*, Arif Muhammad, Rongrong Qin, Juanhua Tian, Ling Li, Qianhui Zhang, Lixin Chen* and Peng Yang*, Amyloid-like proteinaceous adsorbent for uranium extraction from aqueous medium. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2022, 10, 14906-14916.

6. Peng Yang, Qingmin Yang, Jian Zhao, and Xingyu Zhou. “Method for Transforming Waste Particles into Highly Efficient Adsorbents Based on Amyloid-Like Protein-Mediated Surface Engineering,” Chinese Invention Patent, Patent No. ZL 202310821597.5.