Research Interest:
Development of new molecular probes for biomedical applications, including near-infrared high-resolution vascular disease monitoring in vivo, precise image-guided cancer surgery and immunotherapy, brain disease imaging, and responsive drug delivery.
Education History：
2006.9-2010.6, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Bachelor of Polymer Materials and Engineering
2010.9-2015.12, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Polymer Physics and Chemistry
Honors and Awards
Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications
1. Xiaoying Kang, Yuan Zhang, Jianwen Song, Lu Wang, Wen Li*, Ji Qi*, Ben Zhong Tang*, A photo-triggered self-accelerated nanoplatform for multifunctional image-guided combination cancer immunotherapy. Nat. Commun. 2023, in press.
2. Ji Qi, Shaorui Jia, Xiaoying Kang, Xinying Wu, Yuning Hong, Ke Shan, Xianglong Kong, Zhiming Wang, Dan Ding, Semiconducting Polymer Nanoparticles with Surface-Mimicking Protein Secondary Structure As Lysosome-Targeting Chimaeras for Self-Synergistic Cancer Immunotherapy. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2203309.
3. Heqi Gao, Xingchen Duan, Di Jiao, Yi Zeng, Xiaoyan Zheng*, Jingtian Zhang, Hanlin Ou, Ji Qi*, Dan Ding*, Boosting Photoacoustic Effect via Intramolecular Motions Amplifying Thermal-to-Acoustic Conversion Efficiency for Adaptive Image-Guided Cancer Surgery. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 21047.
4. Ji Qi, Leyan Feng, Xiaoyan Zhang, Haoke Zhang, Liwen Huang, Yutong Zhou, Zheng Zhou, Zheng Zhao, Xingchen Duan, Fei Xu, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Dan Ding, Xue Xue, Ben Zhong Tang, Facilitation of molecular motion in nanoparticles and development of turn-on photoacoustic bioprobe for in vivo detection of nitric oxide in encephalitis. Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 960.
5. Ji Qi, Jun Li, Ruihua Liu, Qiang Li, Haoke Zhang, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Dingbin Liu, Dan Ding, Ben Zhong Tang, Boosting Fluorescence-Photoacoustic-Raman Properties in One Fluorophore for Precise Cancer Surgery. Chem 2019, 5, 2657-2677.
6. Ji Qi, Chao Chen, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xianglong Hu, Shenglu Ji, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Dan Ding, Ben Zhong Tang, Light-Driven Transformable Optical Agent with Adaptive Functions for Boosting Cancer Surgery Outcomes. Nat. Commun. 2018, 9, 1848.
7. Ji Qi, Chaowei Sun, Abudureheman Zebibula, Hequn Zhang, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Xinyuan Zhao, Wang Xi, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Jun Qian, Ben Zhong Tang, Real-Time and High-Resolution Bioimaging with Bright Aggregation-Induced Emission Dots in Short-Wave Infrared Region. Adv. Mater. 2018, 30, 1706856.
8. Ji Qi, Chaowei Sun, Dongyu Li, Hequn Zhang, Wenbin Yu, Abudureheman Zebibula, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Wang Xi, Liang Zhu, Fuhong Cai, Peifa Wei, Chunlei Zhu, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Lina L. Streich, Robert Prevedel, Jun Qian, Ben Zhong Tang, Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen with Near-Infrared-II Excitation and Near-Infrared-I Emission for Ultradeep Intravital Two-Photon Microscopy. ACS Nano 2018,12, 7936-7945.
9. Ji Qi, Yuan Fang, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xianglong Hu, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Dan Ding, Ben Zhong Tang, Highly Stable Organic Small Molecular Nanoparticles as an Advanced and Biocompatible Phototheranostic Agent of Tumor in Living Mice. ACS Nano 2017, 11, 7177-7188.
10. Ji Qi, Nuernisha Alifu, Abudureheman Zebibula, Peifa Wei, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Hui-Qing Peng, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jun Qian, Ben Zhong Tang, Highly Stable and Bright AIE Dots for NIR-II Deciphering of Living Rats. Nano Today 2020, 34, 100893.
11. Ji Qi, Xingchen Duan, Wenyi Liu, Ying Li, Yuanjing Cai, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Dan Ding, Ben Zhong Tang, Dragonfly-Shaped Near-Infrared AIEgen with Optimal Fluorescence Brightness for Precise Image-Guided Cancer Surgery. Biomaterials 2020, 248, 120036.
12. Ji Qi, Xingchen Duan, Yuanjing Cai, Shaorui Jia,Chao Chen, Zheng Zhao, Ying Li, Hui-Qing Peng, Ryan T. K. Kwok, Jacky W. Y. Lam, Dan Ding, Ben Zhong Tang, Simultaneously boosting the conjugation, brightness and solubility of organic fluorophores by using AIEgens. Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 8438-8447.
13. Ji Qi, Chao Chen, Dan Ding, Ben Zhong Tang, Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogens: Union Is Strength, Gathering Illuminates Healthcare. Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2018, 7, 1800477. (Invited Review)
14. Ji Qi, Hanlin Ou, Qian Liu, Dan Ding, Gathering Brings Strength: How Organic Aggregates Boost Disease Phototheranostics. Aggregate 2021, 2, 95-113. (Invited Review)
15. Wen Li, Jingtian Zhang, Zhiyuan Gao, Ji Qi*, Dan Ding*, Advancing biomedical applications via manipulating intersystem crossing. Coordin. Chem. Rev. 2022, 471, 214754. (Invited Review)
