2015年5月獲得美國斯蒂文斯理工學院生物醫學工程博士學位。主要研究方向有生物與醫學納米技術，藥物靶向輸送，腫瘤治療及檢測，組織工程，生物材料及其生物相容性等。相關研究成果在ACS Nano, Lab on a Chip, Chemical Communications, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Biomaterials等學術刊物上共已發表12篇文章，著作1部，國際會議和學術論壇報告8次。連續5年獲得美國斯蒂文斯創新與企業家博士獎學金，獲得2015年美國新澤西發明家名人堂獎。長期擔任International Journal of Nanomedicine, PLOS One, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Drug Design, Development and Therapy等學術期刊審稿人，為紐約科學院，美國無國界工程師協會會員。

PUBLICATIONS:

1.Y. Hu1, Y. Yang1, H. Wang and H. Du, Synergistic integration of layer-by-layer assembly of photosensitizer and gold

nanorings for enhanced photodynamic therapy in the near infrared, ACS Nano, 2015, 9(9):8744-54 (IF: 12.881)

2. Y. Yang, X. Yang, J. Zou, C. Jia, Y. Hu, H. Du, and H. Wang, Evaluation of photodynamic therapy efficiency using an in

vitro three-dimensional microfluidic breast cancer tissue model, Lab on a Chip, 2015, 15(3): 735-744 (IF: 6.1)

3. Y. Yang, N. Gao, Y. Hu, C. Jia, T. Chou, H. Du and H. Wang, Gold nanoparticle-enhanced photodynamic therapy:

effects of surface charge and mitochondrial targeting, Therapeutic Delivery, 2015, 6(3): 307-321

4. X. Lü, Y. Huang, Y. Qu, Y. Yang, and S. Wu, MicroRNA sequencing analysis of the molecular mechanisms of the

influence of gold nanoparticles on human dermal fibroblasts, Biomaterials, 2015, 37: 13-24 (IF: 8.557)

5. Y. Yang and H. Wang, Recent advances in nanomedicine for photodynamic therapy of cancer, invited book chapter,

Photodynamic Therapy: Fundamentals, Applications and Health Outcome Effects, 2015

6. Y. Yang, Y. Hu, H. Du, and H. Wang, Intracellular induced gold nanoaggregates by electrostatic interaction and their

applications in photodynamic therapy, Chemical Communications, 2014, 50 (55): 7287-7290 (IF: 6.834)

7. Y. Yang and H. Wang, Perspectives of nanotechnology in minimally invasive therapy of breast cancer, Journal of

healthcare engineering, 2013, 4(1): 67-86 (IF: 0.754)

8. Y. Yang and H. Wang, Applications of nanomaterials for cancer treatment: recent patents review, Recent patents on

nanomedicine, 2013, 3(2): 75-82

9. MKK. Oo, Y. Yang, Y. Hu, M. Gomez, H. Du, and H. Wang, Gold nanoparticle-enhanced and size-dependent

generation of reactive oxygen species from protophorphyrin IX, ACSNano, 2012, 6(3): 1939-1947 (IF: 12.881)

10. X. Lü, Y. Huang, Y. Yu, Y. Yang, Application of genomics/proteomics technologies in the research of biocompatibility

of biomaterials, Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2011, 28(1): 21-28 (IF: 0.565)

11. X. Lü, Y. Qu, Y. Yang, Y. Huang, Proteomic analysis of molecular mechanism of interactions between gold

nanoparticles and human dermal fibroblasts-fetal, Journal of Functional Materials, 2011, 42(6): 1016-1020

12. Y. Yang, X. Lü, Y. Qu. Global gene expression analysis of the effects of gold nanoparticles on human dermal

fibroblasts, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2010, 6:234-246 (IF: 5.338)

13. X. Lü, H. Lu, L. Zhao, Y. Yang, Z. Lu, Genome-wide pathways analysis of nickel ion-induced differential genes

expression in fibroblasts, Leading Opinion, Biomaterials, 2010, 31:1965-1973 (IF: 8.557)