Dr. Jun Ge received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University in 2004 and 2009. From 2009 to 2012, Dr. Ge did his postdoc in the Department of Chemistry, Stanford University. Dr. Ge is now an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University. His research interests include nanobiotechnology, enzyme immobilization, enzymatic catalysis, biosensing and biomedicine. Prof. Ge has published over 50 papers in scientific journals, including Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Catalysis, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, ACS Catalysis. Dr. Ge is the Yangtze River Scholars Young Professor. Dr. Ge was selected as the member of MIT Technology Review World 35 Innovators Under 35 in 2015.
● Education & Professional Career
2000~2004 B.Sc, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
2004~2009 Ph.D, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
2009~2012 Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
2012~present Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
● Research interest
Enzymatic catalysis, Enzyme immobilization, Nanobiotechnology, Biosensing, Biomedicine
● Selected publications
1) Li, X.#; Cao, Y.#; Luo, K.#; Sun, Y.; Xiong, J.; Wang, L.; Liu, Z.; Li, J.; Ma, J.; Ge, J. *; Xiao, H. *; Zare, R. N. * Highly active enzyme-metal nanohybrids synthesized in protein-polymer conjugates. Nat. Catal. 2019, 2, 718-725.
2) Wu, X.#; Yue, H.#; Zhang, Y.#; Gao, X.; Li, X.; Wang, L.; Cao, Y.; Hou, M.; An, H.; Zhang, L.*; Li, S.*; Ma, J.; Lin, H.; Fu, Y.; Gu, H.; Lou, W.; Wei, W.*; Zare, R. N.; Ge, J.* Packaging and delivering enzymes by amorphous metal-organic frameworks. Nat. Commun. 2019, accepted.
3) Hu, C.#; Bai, Y.#; Hou, M.; Wang, Y.; Wang, L.; Cao, X.; Chan, C.-W.; Sun, H.; Li, W.; Ge, J.*; Ren, K.* Defect-induced activity enhancement of enzyme-encapsulated metal-organic frameworks revealed in microfluidic gradient mixing synthesis. Sci. Adv. 2019, accepted.
4) Li, X.; Cao, X.; Xiong, J.; Ge, J.* Enzyme-metal hybrid catalysts for chemoenzymatic reactions. Small 2019, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201902751
5) Zhang, C.; Wang, X.; Hou, M.; Li, X.; Wu, X.; Ge, J.* Immobilization on metal-organic framework engenders high sensitivity for enzymatic electrochemical detection. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2017, 9, 13831-13836.
6) Wu, X.#; Ou, G.#; Yang, C.; Ge, J.*, Wu, H.* Enhanced enzymatic reactions by solar-to-thermal conversion nanoparticles. Chemical Communications 2017, 53, 5048-5051.
7) Zhang, Y.; Ge, J.*; Liu, Z.* Enhanced activity of immobilized or chemically modified enzymes. ACS Catalysis 2015, 5, 4503-4513.
8) Wu, X.; Hou, M.; Ge, J.* Metal-organic frameworks and inorganic nanoflowers: a type of emerging inorganic crystal nanocarriers for enzyme immobilization. Catalysis Science & Technology 2015, 5, 5077-5085.
9) Wu, X.; Yang, C.; Ge, J.*; Liu, Z. Polydopamine tethered enzyme/metal-organic framework composites with high stability and reusability. Nanoscale 2015, 7, 18883-18886.
10) Wu, X.; Ge, J.*; Yang C.; Hou, M.; Liu, Z. Facile synthesis of multiple enzyme-containing metal-organic frameworks in a biomolecule-friendly environment. Chemical Communications 2015, 51, 13408-13411.
11) Lyu, F.; Zhang, Y.; Zare, R. N.; Ge, J.*; Liu, Z.* One-pot synthesis of protein-embedded metal-organic frameworks with enhanced biological activities. Nano Lett. 2014, 14, 5761-5765.
12) Ge, J.#; Neofytou, E.#; Lei, J.; Beygui, R. E.; Zare, R. N.* Protein-polymer hybrid nanoparticles for drug delivery. Small 2012, 8, 3573-3578.
13) Ge, J. #; Neofytou, E. #; Cahill, III, T. J.; Beygui, R. E.; Zare, R. N.* Drug release from electric-field-responsive nanoparticles. ACS Nano 2012, 6, 227-233.
14) Ge, J.#; Lei, J.#; Zare, R. N.* Protein-inorganic hybrid nanoflowers. Nat. Nanotech. 2012, 7, 428-432.
15) Ge, J.; Lei, J. D.; Zare, R. N.* Bovine serum albumin-poly(methyl methacrylate) nanoparticles: an example of frustrated phase separation. Nano Letters 2011, 11, 2551-2554.