Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Professor of Biology,and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics at Hunan University in China.Prof.Tan’s research is in the general area of Bioanalytical Chemistry,Chemical Biology and Molecular Biology.He specializes in bioanalysis,molecular engineering and DNA nanotechnology as well as biosensors.He has published over 600 peer-reviewed scientific papers.According to Thomson Reuters,he has been a Highly Cited Researcher from 2014-2019.The total citations of his publications exceed 65,000 with an H index of 138.He is currently an Associate Editor for JACS(Journal of American Chemical Society)and an Associate Editor for Science China Chemistry(China).He served as the Associate Editor for Analytical Chemistry(USA).He is serving as either editorial or advisory board member for many journals,including ACS Nano,and Chemical Sciences etc.He has received over thirty awards and honors,including the Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015,Academician of the World Academy of Sciences in Developing Countries in 2016,the Award in Spectrochemical Analysis from American Chemical Society in 2018,the Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award and the Nalph N.Adams Award in Bioanalytical Chemistry which will be awarded at Pittcon 2019.

Address

Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China

Contact Information

tan@hnu.edu.cn

1993PHD

the University of Michigan

1990MS

Chinese Academy of Sciences

1986BS

Hunan Normal University

Selected Publications

[1]A programmable polymer library that enables the construction of stimuli-responsive nanocarriers containing logic gates

Penghui Zhang, Di Gao, Keli An, Qi Shen, Chen Wang, Yuchao Zhang, Xiaoshu Pan, Xigao Chen, Yifan Lyv, Cheng Cui, Tingxizi Liang, Xiaoman Duan, Jie Liu, Tielin Yang, Xiaoxiao Hu, Jun-Jie Zhu, Feng Xu, and Weihong Tan

Nature Chemistry: DOI: 10.1038/s41557-020-0426-3

[2]DNA probe for monitoring dynamic and transient molecular encounters on live cell membranes

Yongbo Peng, Zilong Zhao, Teng Liu, Xiong Li, Xiaoxiao Hu, Xiaoping Wei, Xiaobing Zhang and Weihong Tan

Nature Nanotechnology: DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2017.23

[3]A cascade reaction network mimicking the basic functional steps of acquired immune response

Ruowen Wang, Cheng Jin, Xiaoyan Zhu, Liyi Zhou, Wenjing Xuan, Yuan Liu, Qiaoling Liu, Weihong Tan

Nature Chemistry: DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2325

[4]An aptamer-nanotrain assembled from six-letter DNA delivers doxorubicin selectively to liver cancer cells

Da Han, Cuichen Wu, Mingxu You, Tao Zhang, Shuo Wan, Tao Chen, Liping Qiu, Zheng Zheng, Hao Liang & Weihong Tan

Angewandte Chemie International Edition: DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909691

[1]2019the Ralph N.Adams Award for Bioanalytical Chemistry and Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award

[2]2019the Ralph N.Adams Award for Bioanalytical Chemistry and Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award

[3]2016Hunan Guangzhao Technology Award

[4]20142nd Prize of National Natural Science

[5]20131st Prize of Natural Science in Hunan Province

[6]2012Florida Award-American Chemical Society

[7]20111st Prize of Natural Sciences Awards from Ministry of Education

[8]2004Pittsburgh Conference Achievement Award for Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy

[9]1997Beckman Young Investigator Award