Ass. Prof. Kong Jia     Tel: +86-29-15529293616    E-mail:kongjia@snnu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experiences：

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China，(2016 –2020)

Associate Professor, School of Food Science and Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China,(2020 –2023)

Hong Kong Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China, (2024 – 2026)

Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China，(2023 – Present)

Research Interests：

Structural engineering of amyloid proteins;

Amyloid-like proteins for sustainable agriculture

Awards and Honors：

(1) National Silver Award, 3rd National Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, 2025.

(2) Outstanding Presentation Award, IBT Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Exchange & CAS Postdoctoral Symposium. 2025.

(3) Hong Kong Scholars Award. Awarded by the National Postdoctoral Management Committee & Hong Kong Scholars Association. 2024.

(4) National First Prize (Faculty Advisor), National Undergraduate Life Sciences Competition. 2023.

(5) National Second Prize (Faculty Advisor), National Undergraduate Life Sciences Competition. 2023.

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

(1) Hong Kong Scholars Program, Ratiometric Two-Photon Probe for ROS-Responsive Detection and Monitoring of Oxidative Stress in Alzheimer's Disease, 2023-099. (01/01/2024 –12/31/2025)

(2) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scientist Fund), Molecular Design of Miniaturized Fluorescent peptides Based on Assembly Induced Luminescence and Their Research as Reporter Genes, 22208267. (01/01/2023 – 31/12/2025)

(3) Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Genetically Encoded Nucleopeptide Molecular Self-Assembly and Its Application as a Viral Nucleic Acid Detection Sensor, Project ID: GK202406024. (01/01/2024 – 31/12/2025).

(4) China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Special Grant), CRISPR-Cas12f and HIV-1 gp120-Based Recombinant Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles for Targeted AIDS Therapy, 2022TQ0262. (01/09/2022 – 31/08/2024).

(5) Shaanxi Provincial Key Research and Development Program, AIDS-targeted therapy technology based on lactobacillus membrane vesicles, 2022SF-258.  (01/01/2022 – 31/12/2024).

Representative Achievements:

(1) Kong, J.#; Zhang, J.#; Zhang, Y.#; Xue, H.; Guo, X.; Wang, N.; Gao, Z.; Sun, M.; Xia, Y.; Wang, Y.; Ren, H.; Yang, P.; Wong, M.S.. Hydrogen Bond-Driven N-Terminal Amyloid β Mimetics Attenuate Neurotoxic Aggregation. Chem. Mater. 2025, 37 (18), 7326-7336.

(2) Feng, N.; Zhang, J.; Tian, J.; Zhang, Y.; Li, M.; Guo, X.; Han, Q.; Wang, Y.; Gao, A.; Wang, Y.; Yan, L.; Kong, J.; Yang, P.* Preserving Fruit Freshness with Amyloid-Like Protein Coatings. Nat. Commun. 2025, 16(1), 5060.

(3) Kong, J.; Li, W.; Zhao, S.; Zhang, J.; Yue, T.; Wang, Y.; Xia, Y.; Li, Z.. Color-Tunable Fluorescent Hierarchical Nanoassemblies with Concentration-Encoded Emission. Small 2022, 18, 2201826.

(4) Feng, N.#; Guo, X.#; Chen, M.: Chen, X; Yan, L.*; Yang, P.*; Kong, J.*. Underwater Superpolymphobic Amyloid-Like Protein Coating for Polymer Separation. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2025,132965.

(5) Kong, J.; Zhao, S.; Han, X.; Li, W.; Zhang, J.; Wang, Y.; Shen, X.; Xia, Y.*; Li, Z.*, Quantitative Ratiometric Biosensors Based on Fluorescent Ferrocene-Modified Histidine Dipeptide Nanoassemblies. Anal. Chem. 2023, 95, 5053-5060.