Jian Zhang

Address:

Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy (CFS)
University of Maryland School of Medicine at Baltimore
Bio Park 1, N270

Research Interests:

• My research interest is on developing fluorescence metal nanoprobes as a new class of nanoparticle probes for fluorescence cell imaging. 
• Optical properties of fluorescent metal nanoparticles are greatly improved by near-field interactions between organic dyes and plasmon resonances from metal nanoparticles. 
• The developed fluorescent metal nanoprobes are used to detect target receptors on cell surfaces or genomic targets within cells by fluorescence intensity or lifetime cell imaging on time-resolved confocal microscopy. 
• So far, these novel nanoparticle probes are used for determining HIV- or tumor-associated targets on cells or tissues.

Biography:

• Dr. Jian Zhang received his Ph.D. degree from University of Ibaraki of Japan in 1999. 
• After completing his postdoctoral training in North Carolina State University with Dr. M. A. Fox and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with Dr. R. W. Murray.
• I currently work as an assistant professor in The Center for Fluorescence Spectrascopy (CFS), University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).
• He has authored over 70 peer-review scientific papers. 
• My research interest is on developing fluorescence metal nanoprobes as a new class of nanoparticle probes for fluorescence cell imaging. 
• Optical properties of fluorescent metal nanoparticles are greatly improved by near-field interactions between organic dyes and plasmon resonances from metal nanoparticles. 
• The developed fluorescent metal nanoprobes are used to detect target receptors on cell surfaces or genomic targets within cells by fluorescence intensity or lifetime cell imaging on time-resolved confocal microscopy. 
• So far, these novel nanoparticle probes are used for determining HIV- or tumor-associated targets on cells or tissues.