Dr. Hao Cheng is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Drexel University. He received his B.E. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 1999 and 2001, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from Northwestern University in 2005. Prior to joining Drexel University in 2012, he was a postdoctoral associate at Northwestern University and MIT. His laboratory focuses on cell membrane-derived hydrogels, long circulating nanoparticles, and biomaterials/biological materials for inducing antigen-specific immune tolerance. As a corresponding author, Dr. Cheng has published in journals such as ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Nature Communications, and Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. He is a recipient of the inaugural Nano Research Young Innovators Award in Nanobiotechnology in 2018. DEGREES / EDUCATION PhD Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2005 MS Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2001 BE Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1999

Biomaterials, immunoengineering, drug delivery, nanomedicine, cell engineering

Fan Z.,1 Deng J.,1 Li P.Y., Chery D.R., Su Y.,Zhu P., Kambayashi T., Blankenhorn E.P., Han L., Cheng H.* A new class of biological materials: Cell membrane-derived hydrogel scaffolds. Biomaterials 197, 244-254 (2019) (1 authors contribute equally) Zhou H., Fan Z., Li P.Y., Deng J., Arhontouslis D.C., Li. C.Y., Bowne W.B., Cheng H.* Dense and dynamic polyethylene glycol shells cloak nanoparticles from uptake by liver endothelial cells for long blood circulation. ACS Nano 12, 10130-10141 (2018). (Cover) Qi H.,1 Zhou H.,1 Tang Q., Lee J.Y., Fan Z., Kim S., Staub M.C., Zhou T., Mei S., Han L., Pochan D.J. Cheng H.*, Hu W., Li. C.Y.* Block copolymer crystalsomes with an ultrathin shell to extend blood circulation time. Nature Communications 9, 3005 (2018).(1 authors contribute equally). Zhou H., Fan Z., Lemons P.K., Cheng H.* A facile approach to functionalize cell membrane-coated nanoparticles. Theranostics 6, 1012-1022 (2016). (Cover) Zhou H., Fan Z., Deng J., Lemons P.K., Arhontouslis D.C., Bowne W.B., Cheng H.* Hyaluronidase embedded in nanocarrier PEG shell for enhanced tumor penetration and highly efficient antitumor efficacy. Nano Letters 16, 3268-3277 (2016).