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Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- w.zhan@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
R353, Fraser Noble Building
School of Engineering
King's College
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 3UE, UK
- School/Department
- School of Engineering
Biography
Wenbo Zhan is a Lecturer in Biological Engineering in the School of Engineering. He received his undergraduate degrees from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2008 and a master degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2010. He graduated from Imperial College London with his PhD degree in 2014 and then worked as a project consultant at Imperial College London and a postdoctoral research fellow at the National University of Singapore until 2016. Prior to joining the University of Aberdeen in 2019, he was a research associate at Imperial College London.
Qualifications
- PhD Chemical Engineering2014 - Imperial College London
- MSc Thermal Energy and Power Engineering2010 - Harbin Institute of Technology
- BEng Thermal Energy and Power Engineering2008 - Xi'an Jiaotong University
- BEc Finance2008 - Xi'an Jiaotong Univerisity
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- Overall coordinator of the School MSc individual projects
- Deputy coordinator of MSc Biomedical Engineering programme
- Member of School Postgraduate Education Committee
- External Memberships
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- Editorial Advisory Board member of Pharmaceutical Research, 12/2022-present
- Research
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Research Overview
Wenbo Zhan's research centres on biological engineering and bioprocessing, with a particular focus on the biomechanics and transport processes in biological and physiological systems.
- Multiscale modelling of drug delivery processes
- Soft tissue deformation
- Image-based analysis of cardiovascular fluid mechanics
Funding and Grants
- Injectable thermosensitive hydrogel for controlled drug release targeting resected glioblastoma, The Royal Society, PI, 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2025
- HyWay: Hydrogen production from waste, European Union & EPSRC, Co-I, 15/04/2024 - 14/04/2028
- Evaluation and optimisation of thermosensitive hydrogel for controllable drug delivery against brain tumour, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, PI, 01/02/2023 - 30/09/2023
- Image-based modelling and optimisation of convection-enhanced delivery for combination therapy against heterogeneous human brain tumour, The Royal Society, PI, 12/08/2022 - 11/08/2024
- Gender differences in sex hormone transport in abdominal aortic aneurysm, The Royal Society, PI, 31/03/2022 - 30/03/2024
- Optimisation of infusion catheter posture for improving convection-enhanced drug delivery to brain cancer, Children's Brain Tumour Drug Delivery Consortium, Children with Cancer UK, PI, 01/03/2022 - 30/09/2022
- Novel nanoparticle-embedded membranes for long-term bioactive SARS-CoV2 prevention, Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust, Co-I, 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2023
- Multifunctional liquid crystals stabilised by hydrogen-bounding and their integration in new devices for energy harvesting, conversion and storage, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Co-I, 23/10/2020 - 30/12/2021
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Programme
MSc Biomedical Engineering programme
Course coordinator
- EG555L - Modelling of Biological Systems
- EG20H7 - Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineers 1
- EG30H3 - Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineers 2
- EG555N,EG59F1,EG59F2,EG59M2 - MSc Individual Project (all MSc programmes)
Course contributor
- EG555J - Research Methods for Bioengineers
- EG4578 - Group Design Project (Chemical Engineering)
Previous course
- EG504Q - Introduction to Engineering for Life Scientists
- Publications
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Transport of Chemotherapeutic Agents in Anisotropic Tissue under Convection Enhanced Delivery for Localised Treatment
Contributions to Conferences: PapersConvection enhanced delivery of liposome encapsulated doxorubicin for brain tumour therapy
Journal of Controlled Release, vol. 285, pp. 212-229Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.07.006
Computational modelling of drug delivery to solid tumour: Understanding the interplay between chemotherapeutics and biological system for optimised delivery systems
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, vol. 132, pp. 81-103Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2018.07.013
- [ONLINE] Deposit in Imperial College repository
Towards an Optimized Path Planner for the EDEN2020 Neurosurgical Steerable Needle
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsConvection enhanced delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs into brain tumour
Journal of Controlled Release, vol. 271, pp. 74-87Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.12.020
3D-Bioprinting and Micro-/Nano-Technology: Emerging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences (Preface)
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, vol. 132, pp. 1-2Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addr.2018.09.007
A Multiphysics Model for Focused Ultrasound Activated Thermosentitive Liposome Drug Delivery to Tumour
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsA Pilot Study on Aortic Flow before and after Endovascular Repair with a Novel Branched Stent-Graft for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Contributions to Conferences: PapersMathematical Modelling of Cerebral Infusion of Nanoparticle Encapsulated Anticancer Drugs for Brain Tumour Therapy
Contributions to Conferences: PapersMicromechanical Modelling of Brain White Matter
Contributions to Conferences: PapersNumerical Simulation of Convection Enhanced Delivery of Nano Drug Carriers into Brain Tumour
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsNumerical Study on Cerebral Infusion Induced Backflow for Convection Enhanced Delivery
Contributions to Conferences: PapersThe effect of tumour size on drug transport and uptake in 3-D tumour models reconstructed from magnetic resonance images
PloS ONE, vol. 12, no. 2, e0172276Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMathematical Modelling of Convection Enhanced Delivery of Carmustine and Paclitaxel for Brain Tumour Therapy
Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 34, pp. 860-873Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-017-2114-6
Model for Focused Ultrasound-mediated Thermosentitive Liposome Drug Delivery to Tumour
Contributions to Conferences: PapersNumerical Simulation of Thermosensitive Liposome-mediated Delivery of Doxorubicin to Solid Tumour under High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Heating
Contributions to Conferences: PapersNumerical Study on Convection Enhanced Delivery of Anticancer Drugs into Brain Tumour
Contributions to Conferences: PapersA Dual Tracer 18F-FCH/18F-FDG PET Imaging of an Orthotopic Brain Tumor Xenograft Model
PloS ONE, vol. 11, no. 2, e0148123Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNumerical Simulation of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier: Influence of Structure Designs Using CFD Simulation
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsNumerical Study on the Hydrodynamics Behaviour in Bubbling Fluidized Bed for Sewage Sludge Gasification
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsThe Effect of Infusion Position on Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Anticancer Drugs to Remnant Brain Tumour after Surgery
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsDrug Delivery to Solid Tumour with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Heating
21st CLSS-UK Annual ConferenceContributions to Conferences: AbstractsEffect of heterogeneous microvasculature distribution on drug delivery to solid tumour
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 47, no. 47, 475401Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/47/47/475401
Mathematical Modelling of Drug Transport and Uptake in a Realistic Model of Solid Tumour
Protein & Peptide Letters, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 1146-1156Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/0929866521666140807115629
Simulation of HIFU Heating in Solid Tumour: Comparison of Different Temperature Control Modes
Contributions to Conferences: PapersA Mathematical Model for Thermosensitive Liposomal Delivery of Doxorubicin to Solid Tumour
Journal of Drug Delivery, vol. 2013, 172529Contributions to Journals: ArticlesComputational Study of Drug Transport in Realistic Models of Solid Tumour
Contributions to Conferences: PapersComputational Study of Drug Transport in Realistic Models of Solid Tumour
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] https://www.aiche.org/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2012/proceeding/paper/312d-computational-study-drug-transport-realistic-models-solid-tumour
- [ONLINE] https://www.aiche.org/conferences/aiche-annual-meeting/2012/proceeding/session/simulation-based-engineering-and-science-biomedical-advances-i
Study on Hydrodynamic Characteristics in Liquid-Solid Reactor
Annual Meeting of Multiphase Flow.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other ContributionsPrediction on immersed tubes erosion using two-fluid model in a bubbling fluidized bed
Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 64, no. 13, pp. 3072-3082Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2009.03.033
Potential of Clean Development Mechanism Projects in Heilongjiang Province
Energy Conservation Technology, vol. 27, pp. 134-139Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStudy of the impact of the velocity inlet boundary condition to the bubbling fluidized bed
Kung Cheng Je Wu Li Hsueh Pao/Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 789-792Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Simulation of Particle Segregation Behavior in Bubbling Fluidized Bed
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsStudy on the Impact of Friction Model on Hydrodynamic Behavior in Bubbling Fluidized Bed
Proceedings of Annual Meeting of Multiphase Flow.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other Contributions