Assoc ProfessorNan Zhang
Associate Professor
School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0001-7849-3974 (opens in a new tab)
- Associate ProfessorSchool of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- 01 716 1989
- University College Dublin, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Engineering Building Belfield Dublin 4
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Micro/nano manufacturing, including high precision 3D printing via DLP, Manufacturing of microfluidic devices, Microfluidics for drug synthesis and diagnostics, Atomic and Close-to-atomic scale manufacturing.
GRANTS
- GRANTFEATUREDAn AI-driven automated high-throughput microfluidic-based flow synthesis platform for acceleration of nanomedicine developmentScience Foundation Ireland (SFI)1 Jan 2023 - 30 Jun 2025
- POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPNovel Antiseptic Wipes to Fight Nosocomial Pathogens that Contaminate on Human Skin and MucosaIrish Research Council (IRC)8 Nov 2024 - 30 Sep 2027People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- PROJECT GRANTMulti Material Additive Manufacturing with Electrostatic Cold SprayHorizon Europe1 Jun 2024 - 31 May 2028People funded by this grant:
- Papakostas N,
- Zhang N
- INFRASTRUCTUREAdvanced Multi-Platform UAV, Sensor, and AI Suite for Integrated Geospatial Data Acquisition and AnalysisUniversity College Dublin (UCD)1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- INFRASTRUCTUREIreland’s First Glovebox AFM: A Shared Platform for Sustainable Energy Research at UCDUniversity College Dublin (UCD)1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Rodriguez B,
- Boyce A,
- Sofianos V,
- Negahdar L,
- Zhang J
- PROJECT GRANTCharacterising the motility of Streptococcus gallolyticus, a bloodstream pathogen of colon tumoursUniversity College Dublin (UCD)1 Sep 2023 - 30 Apr 2025People funded by this grant:
- Mitchell J,
- Scholz D,
- Lobaskin V,
- Zhang N
- PROJECT GRANTDevelopment of a pancreatic cancer-on-chip model of immune cell infiltrationUniversity College Dublin (UCD)1 Sep 2023 - 30 Apr 2025People funded by this grant:
- Thorpe S,
- Manresa M,
- Zhang N,
- Matellan C
- PROJECT GRANTNano-formulation of novel Small Synthetic Molecules in Resolution Pharmacology: an innovative approach to tackle Low-grade Inflammation in Atherosclerosis.University College Dublin (UCD)1 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2025People funded by this grant:
- De Gaetano M,
- Brennan E,
- Zhang N
- PROJECT GRANTResolving structure-properties of lipid-based nanomedicines at single nanoparticle level (Resolve-NP)University College Dublin (UCD)1 Sep 2023 - 30 Apr 2025People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N,
- Rodriguez B,
- Bao X,
- Brennan E
- OTHER GRANTAn AI-driven automated high-throughput microfluidic-based flow synthesis platform for acceleration of nanomedicine developmentScience Foundation Ireland (SFI)1 Jan 2023 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- GRANTNovel hyperbranched macromolecular cluster (HMMC) for cardiovascular implants and gene therapy (HMMC)Enterprise Ireland (EI)28 Jan 2022 - 27 Oct 2022People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- GRANTDevelopment of a microfluidic nanoparticle synthesis device with on-line characterization and quality controlIrish Research Council (IRC)1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2025People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- GRANTµnFLOSYN - microfluidic based nanoparticle flow synthesis platform for formulation discovery and optimisation of nanomedicineEnterprise Ireland (EI)10 Aug 2021 - 1 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N,
- Gilchrist M
- GRANTCompostable environmental-friendly anti-microbial and anti-viral packaging films: combining bio-baseEnterprise Ireland (EI)2 Jun 2021 - 1 Mar 2022People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- GRANTControlled synthesis and production of biodegradable Poly (DL-lactic acid) for high value-added microfluidics lab consumablesScience Foundation Ireland (SFI)1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Wang W,
- Wang W
- OTHER GRANTControlled synthesis and production of biodegradable Poly (DL-lactic acid) for high value-added microfluidics lab consumablesScience Foundation Ireland (SFI)1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N,
- Wang W
- GRANTSurface Integrity for Micro/Nano Processing of Polymers: A European Research Training Network for High-Performance Medical Devices (SIMPPER_MedDev)Horizon 20201 Jan 2021 - 31 Oct 2025People funded by this grant:
- Gilchrist M,
- Zhang N
- GRANTDevelopment of Plastic Packaging and Film Resistant to Covid-19Science Foundation Ireland (SFI)1 Sep 2020 - 31 May 2021People funded by this grant:
- Gilchrist M,
- Zhang N
- GRANTMicrofluidic Flowing Focusing Platform for Nanomedicine Formulation and ProductionEnterprise Ireland (EI)5 Mar 2020 - 20 Aug 2020People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- GRANTOrganise and Host PRN-2019 International Conference in UCDUniversity College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2019 - 30 Sep 2020People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- GRANTUCD EQUIP Scheme 2018University College Dublin (UCD)7 Mar 2019 - 6 Mar 2020People funded by this grant:
- Gilchrist M,
- Zhang N
- GRANTA Disruptive Non-Viral Gene Editing Platform Technology for Treating Genetic ConditionsScience Foundation Ireland (SFI)1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N,
- Wang W
- GRANTProduction of an injection moulded deviceDublin City University 11 Jun 2018 - 30 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- GRANTManufacturing low-cost high performance polymeric bioabsorbable medical stent based on micro injection moulding and micro/nano-structured surfacesUniversity College Dublin (UCD)1 Apr 2018 - 30 Sep 2019People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N
- GRANTStart-up awardUniversity College Dublin (UCD)28 Jul 2017 - 27 Jul 2021People funded by this grant:
- Zhang N