Meet the people behind the science

Lei Zhang received his bachelor's and PhD degrees from Nanjing Tech University. During his doctoral studies, he spent four years as a jointly trained doctoral researcher at the University of Waterloo, and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Waterloo and McMaster University. He has more than ten years of study and professional experience in Canada.

The group pursues interdisciplinary research across bioengineering, pharmaceutics and food science under the theme of “Peptide+”. Research spans peptide and lipopeptide design and assembly, microfluidic delivery systems, mRNA/siRNA and drug delivery, and the delivery of functional-food and bioactive components.

He has published more than 60 SCI-indexed papers, including 38 as corresponding author, with work published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. He has filed 19 international and Chinese invention-patent applications, including 6 granted patents. His academic service includes editorial roles across drug delivery, biomaterials and food biotechnology journals.