Name：Ping Wen

Position：Assistant Professor

E-mail：pingwen@szu.edu.cn

Personal Statement:

Dr. Wen received her Ph.D. from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2021, participated in a China Scholarship Council (CSC)-sponsored joint training program at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF, Germany), and then joined the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University for postdoctoral training. In 2025, Dr. Wen joined the School of Pharmacy of Shenzhen University as “Hundred Talents Program” assistant professor.

Biomolecular condensates play crucial roles in biological processes such as cellular structure assembly and material transport. Additionally, dysregulation of biomolecular condensates is closely linked to the development and progression of diseases, including neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Dr. Wen has been dedicated to investigating the intrinsic structural composition and physicochemical characteristics of these condensates, as well as the determinants mediating phase separation. Her work focuses on developing novel drug delivery platforms while simultaneously deciphering disease-associated molecular pathways, thereby providing potential therapeutic targets. Dr. Wen has published many papers in high impact academic journals such as Nature Chemistry, Journal of Controlled Release, Small, Chinese Journal of Chemistry, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Nanotechnology, Science Advances, Advanced Science, etc.

Research Interests:

Biomolecular Condensates and Cell Engineering

Construction of Drug Delivery Carriers

Fabrication and Applications of Artificial Cells

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications:

1. Ping Wen+, Hanwei Huang+, Ruizhe Zhang, Hanqi Zheng, Tingxizi Liang, Chuyue Zhuang, Qing Wu, Junxia Wang, Feng Liu, Ke Zhang, Wei Wu, Kaixin He, Funan Liu*, Hongjun Li*, Zhen Gu*, Nature Chemistry, 17, 279-288, 2025.

2. Ping Wen+, Wei Wu+, Feifan Wang, Hanqi Zheng, Ziyan Liao, Jiaqi Shi, Chaojie Zhu, Peng Zhao, Hao Cheng*, Hongjun Li*, Zhen Gu*, Cell Delivery Devices for Cancer Immunotherapy, Journal of Controlled Release, 2023, 353, 875-888.

3. Ping Wen, Xueyi Wang, Silvia Moreno, Petr Formanek, Sabine Voigt, Brigitte Voit, Xin Huang*, Dietmar Appelhans*, Construction of Eukaryotic Cell Biomimetics: Hierarchical Polymersomes-in-Proteinosome Multicompartment with Enzymatic Reactions Modulated Protein Transportation, Small, 2021, 17, 2005749. (Inside Front Cover)

4. Ping Wen, Xiaoman Liu, Lei Wang, Mei Li, Yudong Huang, Xin Huang*, Stephen Mann*, Coordinated Membrane Fusion of Proteinosomes by Contact Induced Hydrogel Self-healing, Small, 2017, 1700467.