Prof. WANG, Dongan
BEng & PhD (ZJU), FRSC (UK)
Professor
Research Interest Functional biomaterials for tissue engineering and therapeutic cell delivery;
Nucleic acid delivery for therapeutic engineering;
Applications of stem cells for regenerative medicine;
Engineered biomimetic and pathological tissue platforms for in vitro drug evaluation.


Phone: +852 3442-9542
Email: dwang229@cityu.edu.hk

Address: YEUNG-Y7523



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Professor, Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 2018-
Associate/Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, School Chemical & Biomedical Engineering (SCBE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU, Singapore), 2005-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tissue Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (US), 2002-2005
Postdoctoral Fellow, Gene Therapy, University of Tennessee Health Science Centre (US), 2001-2002
Head of Research (as a joint appointment), Ming Wai Lau Centre of Reparative Medicine (MWLC), Karolinska Institutet, 2020-
Program Director, Bioengineering, SCBE, NTU, 2016-2018
Associate Chair (Graduate Studies), SCBE, NTU, 2010-2014



EDUCATION
Ph.D. - Polymer Biomaterials, Zhejiang University (China)
B.Eng. - Polymer Materials, Zhejiang University (China)



AWARDS AND HONORS
2019 Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC, UK)
2017 Biomaterials Science Poster Prize by Royal Society of Chemistry
2013 Runners-Up, 2012 Materials Today Cover Competition, by Elsevier & Carl Zeiss.
2011 Best Paper Award by European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Elsevier
2009 Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching (2008), NTU, Singapore




SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Tao, C., Nie, X.L., Zhu, W.Z., Iqbal, J., Xu, C.J., Wang, D. A.*, “Autologous cell membrane coatings on tissue engineering xenografts for suppression and alleviation of acute host immune responses”, Biomaterials, 258 (2020): 120310.
Nie, X.L., Chuah, Y.J., Zhu, W.Z., He, P.F., Peck, Y., Wang, D. A.*, “Decellularized Tissue Engineered Hyaline Cartilage Graft for Articular Cartilage Repair”, Biomaterials, 235 (2020): 119821.
Nie, X.L., Yang, J., Chuah, Y.J., Zhu, W.Z., Peck, Y., He, P.F., Wang, D. A.*, “Full-Scale Osteochondral Regeneration by Sole Graft of Tissue-Engineered Hyaline Cartilage without Co-Engraftment of Subchondral Bone Substitute”, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 9 (2020) 2: 1901304.
Fu, J. Y., Wang, D. A.*, “In Situ Organ-Specific Vascularization in Tissue Engineering”, Trends in Biotechnology, 36 (2018) 8: 834-849. (Review)
Zhu, W. Z., Peck, Y., Iqbal, J., Wang, D. A.*, “A novel DOPA-albumin based tissue adhesive for internal medical applications”, Biomaterials, 147 (2017): 99-115.
Leong, W. Y., Wang, D. A.*, “Cell-laden Polymeric Microspheres for Biomedical Applications”, Trends in Biotechnology, 33 (2015), 11: 653-666. (Review)
Peck, Y., He, P. F., Chilla, G. S. V. N., Poh, C. L., Wang, D. A.*, “A preclinical evaluation of an autologous living hyaline-like cartilaginous graft for articular cartilage repair: a pilot study”, Scientific Reports, 5 (2015), 16225. doi: 10.1038/srep16225.
Peck, Y., Ng, L. Y., Goh, J. Y. L, Gao, C. Y., Wang, D. A.*, “A three-dimensionally engineered biomimetic cartilaginous tissue model for osteoarthritic drug evaluation”, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 11 (2014), 7: 1997-2008.
Lau, T. T., Ho, L. W., Wang, D. A.*, “Hepatogenesis of murine induced pluripotent stem cells in 3D micro-cavitary hydrogel system for liver regeneration”, Biomaterials, 34 (2013), 28: 6659-6669.
Lau, T. T., Lee, L. Q. P., Vo, B. N., Su, K., Wang, D. A.*, “Inducing ossification in an engineered 3D scaffold-free living cartilage template”, Biomaterials, 33 (2012), 33: 8406-8417.
Su, K., Lau, T. T., Leong, W.Y., Gong, Y.H., Wang, D. A.*, “Creating a Living Hyaline Cartilage Graft Free of Non-Cartilaginous Constituents: An Intermediate Role of Biomaterial Scaffold”, Advanced Functional Materials, 22 (2012), 5: 972-978.
Wang, C. M., Varshney, R. R., Wang, D. A.*, “Therapeutic Cell Delivery and Fate Control in Hydrogels and Hydrogel Hybrids”, In: “Therapeutic Cell Delivery for in situ Regenerative Medicine”, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 62 (2010), 7-8: 699-710. (Review)
Varshney, R. R., Zhou, R. J., Hao, J. H., Yeo, S. S., Chooi, W. H., Fan, J. B., Wang, D. A.*, “Chondrogenesis of Synovium-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Gene-Transferred Co-Culture System”, Biomaterials, 31 (2010), 26: 6876-6891.
Yao, Y. C., Zhang, F., Zhou, R. J., Su, K., Fan, J. B., Wang, D. A.*, “Effects of combinational adenoviral vector-mediated TGFβ3 transgene and shRNA silencing type I collagen on articular chondrogenesis of synovium-derived mesenchymal stem cells”, Biotechnology and Bioeningeering, 106 (2010), 5: 818-828.
Zhang, F., Yao, Y. C., Hao, J. H., Zhou, R. J., Liu, C. Z., Gong, Y. H., Wang, D. A.*, “A dual-functioning adenoviral vector encoding both transforming growth factor-β3 and shRNA silencing type I collagen: construction and controlled release for chondrogenesis”, Journal of Controlled Release, 142 (2010), 1: 70-77.
Wang, C. M., Adrianus, G. N., Sheng, N., Toh, S. K., Gong, Y. H., Wang, D. A.* “In vitro performance of an injectable hydrogel / microsphere based immunocyte delivery system for localised anti-tumour activity”, Biomaterials, 30 (2009), 36: 6986-6995.
Shi, X. T., Wang, Y. J., Varshney, R. R., Ren, L., Zhang, F., Wang, D. A.*, “In Vitro Osteogenesis of Synovium Stem Cells Induced by Controlled Release of Bisphosphate Additives from Microspherical Mesoporous Silica Composite”, Biomaterials, 30 (2009), 23-24: 3996-4005.
Wang, C. M., Gong, Y. H., Zhong, Y., Yao, Y.C., Su, K., Wang, D. A.*, “The control of anchorage-dependent cell behavior within a hydrogel / microcarrier system in an osteogenic model”, Biomaterials, 30 (2009), 13: 2259-2269.
Liu, Y., Ramanath, H. S., Wang, D. A.*, “Tendon Tissue Engineering Using Scaffold Enhancing Strategies”, Trends in Biotechnology, 26 (2008), 4: 201-209. (Review)
Wang, D. A., Varghese, S., Sharma, B., Strehin, I., Fermanian, S., Gorham J., Fairbrother, H.D, Cascio B, Elisseeff, J.H.*, “Multifunctional Chondroitin Sulphate for Cartilage Tissue-Biomaterial Integration”, Nature Materials, 6 (2007), 5: 385-392.
Wang, D. A., Williams, C. G., Yang, F., Elisseeff, J. H.*, "Enhancing the Tissue-Biomaterial Interface: Tissue-initiated Integration of Biomaterials
Synthesis, Photopolymerization and Characterization of a Novel Biodegradable Phosphate-containing Hydrogel
Novel Branched Poly(ethylenimine)-Cholesterol Water-Soluble Lipopolymers for Gene Delivery
Surface Coating of Stearyl Poly (ethylene oxide) Coupling-polymer on Polyurethane Guiding Catheters with Poly(ether urethane) Film Building Additive for Biomedical Applications
Analysis on Surface of Poly (ether urethane) Blending Stearyl Poly (ethylene oxide) Coupling-polymer", Macromolecules, 33 (2000), 22: 8472-8478.




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