Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, May 2004, New York University

M.S. in Organic Chemistry, July 1996, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

B.S. in Chemistry, July 1990, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Professional Experience

2013 – present Professor, College of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University

2010 – 2013Professor, College of Basic Medical Science, Tianjin Medical University

2009 – 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, USA

2007 – 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Marshall University, USA

2006 – 2007 Associate Professor, College of Chemistry, Nankai University

2004 – 2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, USA

1996 – 1998Research Chemist, Tianjin Toyo Ink Co., Tianjin, China

1990 – 1993Research Chemist, Xinxiang Institute of Chemical Engineering, Xinxiang, China,

Publications

1. L. Sun, L. Yu, andW. Shen, DNA Nanotechnology and Its Applications in Biomedical Research, J. Biomed. Nanotechnol., 10, 2350-2370, 2014.

2. B.S. Day, L.R. Fiegland, E.S. Vint, W. Shen, J.R. Morris, and M.L. Norton, Thiolated Dendrimers as Multi-Point Binding Headgroups for DNA Immobilization on Gold, Langmuir, 27, 12434-12442, 2011

3. W. Shen, H. Zhong, D. Neff, M. L. Norton. “NTA Directed Protein Nanopatterning on DNA Origami Nanoconstructs”.J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 6660-6661.

4. W. Shen, M. F. Bruist, S. D. Goodmanand N. C. Seeman. “A Protein-Driven DNA Device That Measures the Excess Binding Energy of Proteins that Distort DNA”. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 4750-4752. This work is later reported by Nature journal in its September 23, 2004 issue, Page 412 research highlight section.

Book

1. W. Shen, DNA Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery, DNA Nanotechnology-From Structure to Function, Chapter 15, Page 321-334, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013

Founding

National Science Foundation China (21373151)
Tianjin Medical University (TMU start-up fund)