Yanjun Zhao ——Professor | 
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                             022-27407882 
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                             zhaoyj@tju.edu.cn 
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                             Room 412-1, Building 24, Tianjin University 
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                             School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology 
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| 2005-2010 | Ph. D. Pharmacy | King’s College London, UK | 
| 2002-2005 | M.S. Biochemical Engineering | Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS | 
| 1998-2002 | Bachelor Polymer | Dalian University of Technology | 
| 2009-2009 | Research Scientist | MedPharm Ltd. (UK) | 
| 2010-2012 | Lecturer | Tianjin University, China | 
| 2012-2018 | Associate Professor | Tianjin University, China | 
| 2018- | Professor | Tianjin University, China | 
| 2024, 2020: Mentor for Outstanding PhD Thesis, Tianjin University | 
| 2013: Tianjin University “Elite Scholar” | 
| 2009: Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad | 
| 2005: Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards | 
| CN Patent: ZL 2013 1 0755965.7 | 
| CN Patent: ZL 2014 1 0008911.9 | 
| CN Patent: ZL 2016 1 0364893.7 | 
| CN Patent: ZL 2016 1 0615003.7 | 
| Tian S, Zhou S, Wu W, Lin Y, Wang T, Sun H, Aniwan A, Li Y, Wang C, Li X, Yu P*, Zhao Y*, 2024. GLP-1 receptor agonists alleviate diabetic kidney injury via β-klotho-mediated ferroptosis inhibition. Adv Sci, in press. | 
| Luo J, Shang Y, Zhao N, Lv X, Wang Z, Li X*, Meng X*, Zhao Y*, 2025. Hypoxia-responsive micelles deprive cofactor of stearoyl-coA desaturase-1 and sensitize ferroptotic ovarian cancer therapy. Biomaterials, 314, 122820. | 
| Fan L, Du P, Li Y, Chen X, Liu F, Liu Y, Petrov AM, Li X*, Wang Z*, Zhao Y*, 2024. Targeted liposomes sensitize plastic melanoma to ferroptosis via senescence induction and coenzyme depletion. ACS Nano, 18(9): 7011-7023. | 
| Gao Z, Zhang J, Hou Y, Lu J, Liang J, Gao Y, Li B, Gao S, Zhao Y*, Gao M*, Chen J*, 2024. Boosting the synergism between cancer ferroptosis and immunotherapy via targeted stimuli-responsive liposomes. Biomaterials, 305: 122442. | 
| Luo J, Li Y, Li Y, Chen X, Du P, Wang Z, Tian A,* Zhao Y*, 2023. Reversing ferroptosis resistance in breast cancer via tailored lipid and iron presentation. ACS Nano, 17(24): 25257-25268. | 
| Li Y, Wang J, Li Y, Luo J, Liu F, Chen T, Ji Y, Yang H, Wang Z, Zhao Y*, 2023. Attenuating uncontrolled inflammation by radical trapping chiral polymer micelles. ACS Nano, 17(13): 12127-12139. | 
| Chen T, Qin Y, Li Y, Li Y, Luo J, Fan L, Feng M, Wang Z, Zhao Y*, 2023. Chiral polymer micelles alleviate adriamycin cardiotoxicity via iron chelation and ferroptosis inhibition. Adv Func Mater, 33(30): 2300689. | 
| Li Y, Qin Y, Shang Y, Li Y, Liu F, Luo J, Zhu J, Guo X, Wang Z, Zhao Y*, 2022. Mechano-responsive leapfrog micelles enable interactive apoptotic and ferroptotic cancer therapy. Adv Func Mater, 32(29): 2112000. | 
| Liu F, Zhu J, Dai P, Deng J, Qin J, Yuchi Z, Fan A, Wang Z, Zhao Y*, 2021. Double-lock nanomedicines enable tumor microenvironment-responsive selective anti-tumor therapy. Adv Func Mater, 31(38): 2009157. | 
| Guo X, Liu F, Deng J, Dai P, Qin Y, Li Z, Wang B, Fan A, Wang Z*, Zhao Y*, 2020. Electron-accepting micelles deplete reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate and impair two antioxidant cascades for ferroptosis-induced tumor eradication. ACS Nano, 14(11): 14715-14730. | 
| Zhu J, Dai P, Liu F, Li Y, Qin Y, Yang Q, Tian R, Fan A, Medeiros SF, Wang Z*, Zhao Y*, 2020. Upconverting nanocarriers enable triggered microtubule inhibition and concurrent ferroptosis induction for selective treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. Nano Lett., 20(9): 6235-6245. | 
| Meng X, Deng J, Liu F, Guo T, Liu M, Dai P, Fan A, Wang Z, Zhao Y*, 2019. Triggered all-active metal organic framework: ferroptosis machinery contributes to the apoptotic photodynamic antitumor therapy. Nano Lett., 19(11):7866-7876. | 
| Gao M#, Deng J#, Liu F, Fan A, Wang Y, Wu H, Ding D, Kong D, Wang Z, Peer D, Zhao Y*, 2019. Triggered ferroptotic polymer micelles for reversing multidrug resistance to chemotherapy. Biomaterials, 223: 119486. |