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Zhangli Peng, PhD
Translational Oncology Research Program
Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Colleges of Engineering and Medicine
Email: zhpeng@uic.edu
Zhangli Peng, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Colleges of Engineering and Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). His research area is computational science and engineering. This includes multiscale modeling, such as coupling of continuum-based macroscale modeling with particle-based mesoscale/microscale simulations; biomechanics and biophysics of cells/organelles/molecules/tissues, such as red blood cells, cancer cells, primary cilia, nuclei, cytoskeletal proteins, DNA/RNA and blood vessel walls; and modeling of microfluidics/nanofluidics, such as acoustic microfluidics, inertial microfluidics, and nanopores. Specifically, an important goal of my group is to apply multiscale modeling to predict how protein mutations and modifications affect the biomechanics and mechanobiology of cells and tissues within in vitro and in vivo microenvironments. This will help understand the mechanisms of related diseases such as hematologic disorders, ciliopathies, laminopathies, malaria and cancer metastasis.
Education
- PhD, University of California, San Diego
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Research Focus
- Translational Oncology
- Biomechanics and Biophysics Of Cells
- Organelles
- Modeling Of Microfluidics
- Nanofluidics