M. Zubair is currently working as a Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Materials at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China, and visiting Professor at Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering (NIMTE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) with the title of Overseas High-Level Expert of Zhejiang Province. He is also serving his duties as a Vice Director at Zhejiang-Mauritius Joint Research Center for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering and Vice President of Materials Science Society of Pakistan. He received a Ph.D. degree with honors in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (2013) from the University of Science and Technology Beijing and Postdoctoral studies in Biochemistry (2015) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). His research interests involve the fabrication of highly biocompatible bio-nano materials for cancer diagnosis, drug delivery, and therapeutic applications. He has published over 100 research articles in reputed international journals, has several innovative patents, scale-up experience in the industry, won several national (Zhejiang Science Foundation and National Natural Science Foundation of China) and internationally competitive research awards/grants, a reviewer/editor of many journals and participated in numerous international conferences as an invited and keynote speaker.
研究领域
Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Bio-Materials, Optical Materials, Magnetic Materials
Structures of Nanomaterials: Ultra Small NPs, Nano-composites, Core-shell, Hybrids
Applications of Nanomaterials: Biomedical applications, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Drug Delivery, Phototherapeutic of Cancers
纳米材料的合成：生物材料、光学材料、磁性材料
纳米材料的结构：超小型纳米粒子、纳米复合材料、核壳结构、混合结构
纳米材料的应用：生物医学应用，如磁共振成像、药物输送、癌症光疗
联系方式
通讯地址：杭州下沙高教园区
办公电话：15067454592
电子邮箱：zubair@zstu.edu.cn
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Selected Achievements:
1. General Secretary of Pakistan Alumni Association of University of Science and Technology Beijing
2. Vice Director, Materials Science Society of Pakistan
3. Research Grant from Zhejiang Science Foundation, 2021, PI
4. Best Teacher Award, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, 2019
5. Research Grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020, PI
6. Guest of Honor Award, Innovation in Materials Science and Nanotechnology, LGU, Pakistan, 2018
7. CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), 2016
8. Best ACS nano Poster Award, International Conference on Nanomedicine, China Nanomedicine, Wuhan, 2016
9. Research Grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016 (Grant no. 81550110258) PI
10. Developing Country Scholarship award, WBC 2016, Montreal, Canada
11. Research Grant from National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015 (Grant no. 81550110258)
12. Best Oral Scientific Award, ICMRI 2015, Seoul, Korea
13. Research Grant from China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant no. 2014M561799), 2014
14. Postdoctoral Scientific Research Project from Province, (Grants no. BSH1401038), 2014
15. CAS-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, (2014FFGB0004),2014
16. Excellent Ph.D. Dissertation Award of USTB, 2013
17. Nominated for University Presidential Award, 2013
Selected Publications (15/102) ：
1. M. Zubair Iqbal, Dandan Luo, Ozioma U. Akakuru, Asim Mushtaq, Yike Hou, Israt Alic, Gohar Ijaz, Bilal Khalid, Xiangdong Kong, Aiguo Wu, Facile synthesis of biocompatible magnetic titania nanorods for T1-magnetic resonance imaging and enhanced phototherapy of cancers, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2021,9, 6623-6633, IF=6.3 ( Journal Hot Paper)
2. M. Zubair Iqbal, I Ali, WS Khan, X Kong, E Dempsey, Reversible self-assembly of Gold Nanoparticles in Response to External Stimuli, Materials & Design, 2021, 109694, IF=7.99 (Cover Image)
3. Ozioma U. Akakuru, Chen Xu, Chuang Liu, Zihou Li, Jie Xing, Chunshu Pan, Yanying Li, Elvis I. Nosike, Zhoujing Zhang, M. Zubair Iqbal*, Jianjun Zheng*, and Aiguo Wu*, Metal-free organo-theranostic nanosystem with high nitroxide stability and loading for image-guided targeted tumor therapy, ACS Nano, 2021, 15, 2, 3079-3097, IF=15.8
4. Zhe Tang, Yuguang Lu, Yike Hou, Asim Mushtaq, Jabeen Farheen, Israt Ali, Saghir Hussain, M Zubair Iqbal*, Xiangdong Kong；Synthesis of Biocompatible Fe3O4–TiO2 Janus Nanocomposites for T2 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer In Vitro. Materials Innovations, 2021, 1(2): 47-55.
5. Israt Ali, Riaz Hussain, Hitler Louis, Syeda Wishal Bokhari and M. Zubair Iqbal*, In situ reduced graphene-based aerogels embedded with gold nanoparticles for real-time humidity sensing and toxic dyes elimination, Microchimica Acta 2021, 188, 10, IF= 6.4
6. Ozioma U. Akakuru, Chuang Liu, M. Zubair Iqbal*, Gohar Ijaz Dar, Gao Yang, Kun Qian, Elvis Ikechukwu Nosike, Jie Xing, Zhoujing Zhang, Yanying Li, Juan Li and Aiguo Wu*, A hybrid organo-nanotheranostic platform of superlative biocompatibility for near-infrared-triggered fluorescence imaging and synergistically enhanced ablation of tumor, Small, 2020, 16, 2002445 , IF=14.1
7. Yike Hou, Asim Mushtaq, Zhe Tang, Eithne Dempsey, Yuling Wu, Yuguang Lu, Cong Tian, Jabeen Farheen, Xiangdong Kong, M.Zubair Iqbal*, ROS-responsive Ag-TiO2 hybrid nanorods for enhanced photodynamic therapy of breast cancer and antimicrobial applications, Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices 7 (2022) 100417, IF=5.4
8. Asim Mushtaq, Ruibo Zhao, Dandan Luo, Eithne Dempsey, Xiumei Wang, M. Zubair Iqbal*, Xiangdong Kong*, Magnetic hydroxyapatite nanocomposites: The advances from synthesis to biomedical applications, Materials and Design 197 (2021) 109269, IF= 7.99
9. Gohar Ijaz Dar, M. Zubair Iqbal*, Ozioma U. Akakuru, Chenyang Yao, Gul Awiaz, and Aiguo Wu*, Facile synthesis of Au@Mn3O4 magneto-plasmonic nanoflowers for T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and photothermal therapy of cancer, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020, 8, 8356--8367, IF=6.3
10. M. Zubair Iqbal, Wenzhi Ren, Madiha Saeed, Tianxiang Chen, Xuehua Ma, Xu Yu, Jichao Zhang, Lili Zhang, Aiguo Li, and Aiguo Wu, Facile fabrication route for binary transition-metal oxides Janus nanoparticles for cancer theranostic applications, Nano Research 2018, 11(10): 5735–5750, IF= 8.5 (Young Innovator Award in Bio-Nanotechnology)
11. Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, M Zubair Iqbal*, Chuang Liu, Jie Xing, Zhenni Wei, Zhenqi Jiang, Qianlan Fang, Bo Yuan, Elvis Ikechukwu Nosike, Jianbi Xia, Yinhua Jin, Jianjun Zheng, Aiguo Wu, Self-assembled, biocompatible and biodegradable TEMPO-conjugated nanoparticles enable folate-targeted tumor magnetic resonance imaging, Applied Materials Today, 2020, 18, 100524, IF=10.27
12. LijiaLuo, Muhammad Zubair Iqbal, ChuangLiu, JieXing, Ozioma UdochukwuAkakuru, QianlanFang, AiguoWu et al, Engineered nano-immunopotentiators efficiently promote cancer immunotherapy for inhibiting and preventing lung metastasis of melanoma, Biomaterials Volume 223, December 2019, 119464, IF=10.27
13. Ozioma Udochukwu Akakuru, M Zubair Iqbal*, Madiha Saeed, Chuang Liu, Tatjana Paunesku, Gayle Woloschak, Narayan S Hosmane, Aiguo Wu, The Transition from Metal-Based to Metal-Free Contrast Agents for T 1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Enhancement, Bioconjugate chemistry, 2019, 30, 2264-2286, IF= 5
14. Gohar Ijaz Dar, M Zubair Iqbal*, Aiguo Wu, Multifunctional Biocompatible Janus Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications, , June, Pages 79-88, 2019, Invited Review
15. M Saeed, MZ Iqbal*, W Ren, Y Xia, WS Khan, A Wu, Tunable Fabrication of a New Theranostic Fe3O4-black TiO2 Nanocomposites: Dual Wavelength Stimulated Synergistic Imaging-guided Phototherapy in Cancer, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2019，IF= 6.3
