On August the 27th, 2019, Prof. Xu Zhiping from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia visited our group at DICP for academic exchanges. During his visit, he gave an in-depth academic report and also attended our group meeting. Prof. Xu Zhiping's academic report entitled “Tailoring Clay Nanoparticles for Application in Biomedicine and Agriculture” was in the conference room on the third floor of the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis building. The academic report was chaired by Prof. Liu, the team leader of the 05T7 group.
In his report, Prof. Xu firstly emphasized the universality of cancer and the feasibility and importance of cancer nanotechnology in the treatment of the disease. Then, the lecture focused on layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanoparticles (NPs) catalysts for therapy and imaging techniques. Subsequently, the pathway mechanism of LDH NPs in the treatment of cancer were introduced. At the end of the presentation, Prof. Xu discussed his breakthrough discoveries in agriculture, in regards to the delivery of Anti-virus ds RNA for crop protection. A fruitful Q&A session was held following the presentation between the members of our group and Prof. Xu.
Professor Zhi Ping Xu is a senior group leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. His research focuses on control preparation of LDH nanomaterials, calcium phosphate nanoparticles, nanoemulsions, quantum dots, chemosensros and nanosensors, and their applications in biomedicine and agriculture. He has published over 250 journal papers with the total citations > 10,500 times and H index of 55. He has been awarded over $15 million grants for his research. Professor Zhi Ping (Gordon) Xu is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow (2013-2016) and UQ VC Senior Research Fellow (2017-2019). Since 2004, He has received a number of fellowships and awards, including an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005-2007), ARC Australian Research Fellowship (2008-2012), and UQ Foundation’s Research Excellence Award (2009). Professor Xu is an ARC and NHMRC referee, and a board member of 6 international journals
