Nanoscale Horizons Emerging Investigator Series
Congratulations to our latest Emerging Investigator Dr Yinan Zhang (Tongji University, China)!
Since the launch of Nanoscale Horizons, the journal has had a clear vision to publish exceptionally high-quality work whilst acting as a resource to researchers working at all career levels. We continue to be impressed by the quality of the research published and at the same time are looking for new ways of recognising and promoting the outstanding authors behind articles published in the journal.
We launched our Emerging Investigator Series to showcase the exceptional work published by early-career researchers in the journal and regularly select a recently published Communication article to feature in an interview-style Editorial article with the corresponding author. We hope that the series will also benefit the nanoscience community by highlighting the exciting work being done by its early-career members.
We are excited to share our latest Emerging Investigator, Dr Yinan Zhang (Tongji University, China)!
Read our interview with Yinan here
Dr Yinan Zhang is a Distinguished Researcher and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Chemical Science and Engineering and the Advanced Research Institute, Tongji University. He received his BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Shandong University (2012) and his PhD from the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2017) under the supervision of Academician Chunhai Fan. Dr Zhang conducted postdoctoral research at the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (2017–2019) with Academician Chunhai Fan and Prof. Nadrian Seeman (NAS member), and at Arizona State University (2020–2021) with Prof. Hao Yan (NAI/AIMBE Fellow). Before joining Tongji University in 2022, he served as Senior Manager for Drug Delivery at Henlius Biopharma.
Dr Zhang’s research focuses on developing nucleic acid-based nanostructures and molecular machines. Utilizing DNA/RNA as engineering materials and harnessing principles of nucleic acid self-assembly, his group constructs precise nanoscale architectures to address specific biomedical and nanotechnological challenges.
He has published about 40 research papers, including approximately 30 as first or corresponding author in leading journals such as Science Advances, Nature Communications, J. Am. Chem. Soc. and Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. His contributions have been recognized with the CAS President’s Award (2017) and selection as a Shanghai High-Level Overseas Talent (2020). Dr Zhang also serves as a Youth Editorial Board Member for Nano-Micro Letters, Research, Exploration, and Molecules.
Congratulations to Yinan for his excellent work! You can read his featured Emerging Investigator article from Nanoscale Horizons below.
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Structure-based DNA memory with Boolean random access, Yanyu Zhou, Lanyang Gao, Chu Jiang, Yuxi Li, Qi Liu, Chengguo Xu, Yingying Liu, Huajie Liu and Yinan Zhang, Nanoscale Horiz., 2025, 10, 3447-3452, 10.1039/D5NH00502G. |
We hope you enjoy reading our interview and featured article and are looking forward to sharing our future Emerging Investigators with you!
Do you publish innovative nanoscience and nanotechnology research? Submit your latest work to Nanoscale Horizons now. If you are eligible for the Emerging Investigators series, you could be considered to feature in one of our future interviews! Find out more about the eligibility criteria and the process in this editorial introducing the series.
