天津大学化工学院教授、博士生导师、生物化工系主任。入选国家自然科学基金委“优秀青年科学基金”、教育部“新世纪优秀人才支撑计划”、天津市“中青年科技创新领军人才”、“侯德榜化工青年奖”、“天津首届青年创新能手”等，担任《中国化工学报（英文版）》编委。开设了《生物材料及医疗器械》、《材料合成生物学》、《生物与制药工程前沿》等多门本硕博课程。已培养数十名硕士、博士研究生（已毕业9名博士、19名硕士）。其中已累计有10余人次获得国家奖学金，多人获评天津大学优秀毕业论文。2020年，获得天津大学第13届“我心目中的十佳好导师”称号。近年来主持科研项目10余项，在包括Nature Biotechnology, Nature Communication, Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Engineering, Research, Advanced Functional Materials等高水平期刊发表论文100余篇，授权中国专利10余项，已注册国际PCT专利1项。

生物化工，生物医药工程，酶催化，生物材料，防污材料，抗菌材料，细胞冻存

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering（SCI期刊）编委 十三五规划教材《医用材料概论》编委 美国化学工程师学会会员

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