Research Areas

The primary focus of Dr. Wang’s group is to develop optical approaches for cancer detection and therapy, with a particular emphasis on three areas:

1. Nanomaterial based optical strategies for cancer theranostics;

2. Micro-structured optical fiber sensors;

3. Optical micro-cavity based lasers for intracellular sensing.

Selected recent publications

1. P Qiao, XH Wang, S Gao, X Yin，Y Wang，P Wang. Integration of black phosphorus and hollow-core anti-resonant fiber enables two-order magnitude enhancement of sensitivity for bisphenol A detection, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Volume 149, 1st. February 2020, 111821.

2. J Yu, XH Wang, J Feng, X Meng, X Bu, Y Li, N Zhang, and P Wang.Antimonene Nanoflakes: Extraordinary Photoacoustic Performance for High-Contrast Imaging of Small Volume Tumors.Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2019, 8，1900378.

3. X Meng, XH Wang, Z Cheng, N Tian, MC. Lang, W Yan, D Liu, Y Zhang, and P Wang. Photoluminescence lifetime of black phosphorus nanoparticles and applications in live cell imaging, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2018, 10, 31136−31145.

4. W Yan, XH Wang, J Yu, X Meng, P Qiao, H Yin, Y Zhang and P Wang. Precise and label-free tumour cell recognition based on a black phosphorus nanoquenching platform. Journal of Material Chemistry B, 2018, 6, 5613-5620, DOI: 10.1039/c8tb01275j.

5. Q Yao，F Cao，C Feng，Z Zhang，Q Liu，YZhao, XH Wang. Rituxan nanoconjugation prolongs drug/cell interaction and enables simultaneous depletion and enhanced Raman detection of lymphoma cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2017,5, 5165 – 5175.

Personal statement

Dr. Wang obtained her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Sydney in 2001. She was then awarded an Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and a Discovery grant from ARC (Australian Research Council) to embark on her independent research. She moved to Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre in 2003 working on molecular mechanisms of cancer. Shewas a scientific editor from 2009 to 2012 in a bio-companyin Beijing. Moving her career to bio-photonics research in July 2012, she joined the Institute of Laser Engineering at Beijing University of Technology. She is currently working on the development of strategies for assisting the diagnosis and treatment of challenging diseases, especially cancer. Dr. Wang has authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers.