Email: cong_wang@fudan.edu.cn
Address: School of Pharmacy, Fudan University 826 Zhangheng Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, ChinaDr. Cong Wang is currently a professor at the School of Pharmacy, Fudan University. Dr. Wang graduated from the School of Pharmacy at Fudan University and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Industrial Technology Research Institute of Fudan University. Focusing on the major needs of brain disease diagnosis and treatment, Dr. Wang has conducted systematic research on constructing highly sensitive and specific visualization probes for the nervous system to address the bottlenecks of widely used structural imaging, such as insufficient sensitivity, poor specificity, and poor timeliness. He has published more than 20 papers in international journals, including Nature Biomedical Engineering, EBioMedicine, Advanced Materials, etc., and has been granted two patents in China. As a principal investigator, he has undertaken three national projects and three Shanghai projects. He was selected for the Shanghai Rising-Star Talent Program, and the Shanghai Oriental Talent Program. Dr. Wang received the Young Investigator Award at the 2023 World Congress of Molecular Imaging, the 2020 Baxter China Young Investigator Award, and other honors.
1. Design and Development of Functional Molecular Imaging Probes for Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration
2. Radiopharmaceutical Development for Targeted Radiotherapy
3. Innovative Strategies for Brain Disease Modulation and Therapeutic Intervention
Undertaking Scientific Research Projects
1. Host: Shanghai Oriental Talent Program, 2025-2027, 400 k RMB
2. Host: General project funded by NSFC, 82472038, 2025-2028, 480 k RMB
3. Host: Youth project funded by NSFC, 82202224, 2023-2025, 300 k RMB
4. Host: National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents, 2020-2023, 400 k RMB
5. Host: Shanghai Rising-Star Project, 2023-2026, 400 k RMB
6. Host: Innovation Collaboration Research Project, 2024-2025, 480 k RMB
7. Host: General project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, 80 k RMB
Awards and Honors
1. Young Investigator Award at the World Congress of Molecular Imaging 2023 (Total 3 recipients worldwide)
2. Baxter Young Chinese Researcher First Prize (2020)
3. Member, Biomedical Imaging Technology Branch, China Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Association
4. Young Editorial Board, The Innovation Youth, 2024
5. Young Editorial Board, Exploration Youth, 2024
Representative Publications
1. Cong Wang#, Wanbing Sun#, Jun Zhang#, Jianping Zhang, Qinghua Guo, Xingyu Zhou, Dandan Fan, Haoran Liu, Ming Qi, Xihui Gao, Haiyan Xu, Zhaobing Gao, Mei Tian, Hong Zhang, Jianhong Wang, Zixuan Wei, Nicholas J. Long, Ying Mao* and Cong Li*. An electric-field-responsive paramagnetic contrast agent enhances the visualization of epileptic foci in mouse models of drug-resistant epilepsy. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2021, 5: 278-289.
2. Cong Wang#, Jianping Zhang#, Shaoli Song, Zhi Li, Shujie Yin, Wenjia Duan, Zixuan Wei, Ming Qi, Wanbing Sun, Lu Zhang, Luo Chen, Xihui Gao, Ying Mao, Hao Wang*, Liang Chen*, Cong Li*. Imaging epileptic foci in mouse models via a low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein-1 targeting strategy. EBioMedicine, 2021, 63: 103156.
3. Yuncan Chen†, Jiayi Hu†, Ying Zhang, Lulu Peng, Xiaoyu Li, Cong Li*, Xunyi Wu*, Cong Wang*. Epilepsy Therapy Beyond Neurons: Unveiling Astrocytes as Cellular Targets. Neural Regeneration Research, 2025.
4. Bolin Yao†, Yanyan Kong†, Jianing Li†, Fulin Xu†, Yan Deng, Yuncan Chen, Yixiu Chen, Jian Chen, Minhua Xu, Xiao Zhu, Liang Chen, Fang Xie, Xin Zhang*, Cong Wang*, Cong Li*. Synthesis, Preclinical Evaluation and Pilot Clinical Study of a P2Y12 Receptor Targeting Radiotracer [18F]QTFT for Imaging Brain Disorders by Visualizing Anti-Inflammatory Microglia. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2025.
5. Cong Wang, Qiaomei Jin, Shengwei Yang, Dongjian Zhang, Qin Wang, Jindian Li, Shaoli Song, Ziping Sun, Yicheng Ni, Jian Zhang*, Zhiqi Yin*. Synthesis and Evaluation of 131I‑Skyrin as a Necrosis Avid Agent for Potential Targeted Radionuclide Therapy of Solid Tumors. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2016, 13, 180-189.
6. Jing Zhao#, Cong Wang#, Wanbing Sun, Cong Li*. Tailoring Materials for Epilepsy Imaging: From Biomarkers to Imaging Probes. Advanced Materials, 2022, 34, 2203667.
7. Zhi Li#, Wanbing Sun#, Wenjia Duan#, Yiqing Jiang, Ming Chen, Guorong Lin, Qinyue Wang, Zhen Fan, Yusheng Tong, Luo Chen, Jianing Li, Guangli Cheng, Cong Wang*, Cong Li*, and Liang Chen*. Guiding Epilepsy Surgery with an LRP1-Targeted SPECT/SERRS Dual-Mode Imaging Probe. ACS Applied Materials Interfaces, 2023, 15, 14-25.
8. Wenjia Duan#, Cong Wang#, Yiqing Jiang, An Sui, Zhi Li, Lu Wang, Zuhai Lei, Silvio Aime, Jinhua Yu* and Cong Li*. A ratiometric SERS probe for imaging the macrophage phenotypes in live mice with epilepsy and brain tumor. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2023, 12(27): 2301000.
9. Feng Zeng, Yahong Shi, Chunni Wu, Jianming Liang, Qixin Zhong, Karen Briley, Bin Xu, Yongzhuo Huang, Manmei Long, Cong Wang, Jian Chen, Yonghua Tang, Xinying Li, Mengda Jiang, Luting Wang, Qin Xu, Liu Yang, Peng Chen, Shengzhong Duan, Jingyuan Xie*, Cong Li*, Yingwei Wu*. A drug-free nanozyme for mitigating oxidative stress and inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 2022, 20(1), 107.
10. Mengling Wang, Feng Zeng, Fengling Ning, Yinhang Wang, Shilin Zhou, Jiaqi He, Cong Li, Cong Wang, Xiaolin Sun, Dongliang Zhang, Jisheng Xiao, Ping Hu, Svetlana Reilly, Hong Xin*, Xudong Xu*, Xuemei Zhang*. Ceria nanoparticles ameliorate renal fibrosis by modulating the balance between oxidative phosphorylation and aerobic glycolysis. Journal of Nanobiotechnology 2022, 20 (1), 3.
11. Dandan Fan, Qi Yue, Jian Chen, Cong Wang, Ruilin Yu, Ziyi Jin, Shujie Yin, Qinyue Wang, Luo Chen, Xueling Liao, Chengyuan Peng, Jianpin Zhang, Zhonglian Cao, Ying Mao, Ruimin Huang, Liang Chen & Cong Li. Reprogramming the immunosuppressive microenvironment of IDH1 wild-type glioblastoma by blocking Wnt signaling between microglia and cancer cells. OncoImmunology,2021, 10(1): 1932061.
12. Yicheng Wang, Zuhai Lei, Cong Wang, Chong Cao, Jiayi Hu, Ling Du, Limei Han and Cong Li. Unsymmetrical pentamethine cyanines for visualizing physiological acidities from the whole animal to the cellular scale with pH-responsive deep-red fluorescence. RSC Advances, 2021,11(29): 17871.
13. Wenjia Duan#, Qi Yue#, Ying Liu#, Yunfei Zhang, Qinghua Guo, Cong Wang, Shujie Yin, Dandan Fan, Wenjing Xu, Jiexian Zhuang, Jiachao Gong, Xinwei Li, Ruimin Huang, Liang Chen, Silvio Aime, Zhongliang Wang, Jianfeng Feng, Ying Mao, XiaoYong Zhang and Cong Li. A pH ratiometrically responsive surface enhanced resonance Raman scattering probe for tumor acidic margin delineation and image-guided surgery. Chemical Science, 2020, 11(17): 4397.
14. Limei Han#, Wenjia Duan#, Xinwei Li#, Cong Wang, Ziyi Jin, Yuting Zhai, Chong Cao, Luo Chen, Wenjing Xu, Ying Liu, YongYan Bi, Jianfeng Feng, Mao Ying, Qi Yue*, Xiao-Yong Zhang*, and Cong Li*. Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Scattering-Guided Brain Tumor Surgery Showing Prognostic Benefit in Rat Models. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019, 11, 15241-15250.
15. Pengpeng Sun#, Yunfei Zhang#, Kaicheng Li#, Cong Wang, Feng Zeng, Jinyu Zhu, Yingwei Wu*, Xiaofeng Tao*. Image-guided surgery of head and neck carcinoma in rabbit models by intra-operatively defining tumour-infiltrated margins and metastatic lymph nodes. EBioMedicine, 2019, 50, 93-102.
16. Qin Wang#, Shengwei Yang, Cuihua Jiang, Jindian Li, Cong Wang, Linwei Chen#, Qiaomei Jin, Shaoli Song, Yuanbo Feng, Yicheng Ni, Jian Zhang*, Zhiqi Yin*. Discovery of Radioiodinated Monomeric Anthraquinones as a Novel Class of Necrosis Avid Agents for Early Imaging of Necrotic Myocardium. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6, 21341.
17. Jindian Li#, Jian Zhang#, Shengwei Yang, Cuihua Jiang, DongJian Zhang, Qiaomei Jin, Qin Wang, Cong Wang, Yicheng Ni, Zhiqi Yin*, Shaoli Song*. Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of Radioiodinated Hypericin Dicarboxylic Acid as a Necrosis Avid Agent in Rat Models of Induced Hepatic, Muscular, and Myocardial Necroses. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 2016, 13, 232-240.
18. Ling Li, Dongjian Zhang, Shengwei Yang, Shaoli Song, Jindian Li, Qin Wang, Cong Wang, Yuanbo Feng, Yicheng Ni, Jian Zhang*, Wei Liu*, Zhiqi Yin*. Effects of Glycosylation on Biodistribution and Imaging Quality of Necrotic Myocardium of Iodine-131 Labeled Sennidins. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 2016, 18: 877-886.
Authorized Patents for Inventions
1. Application of bis-anthraquinones in the preparation of antitumor drugs, 2018.12.28, ZL201510491360
2. An electrically responsive micellar magnetic resonance probe with a core-shell structure, its preparation method, and application, 2022.05.31, ZL2019112476295
