Contact Information

Title Associate Professor
Office (Office) E12-1042 / (Lab) E12-1023
Phone (Office) +853 8822 4881 / (Lab) +853 8822 4222
Fax +853 8822 2314
Email yldai@um.edu.mo
Consultation Hours Wed, Thu 10:00 – 11:00

Education

DSc Inorganic Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China (2014)
BEng Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Engineering University, China (2009)

Research Interests

Our group research interest mainly focuses on the nanomaterials for targeted delivery of anticancer therapeutics and multimodal biological imaging (X-ray computed tomography, optical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging and photoacoustic imaging, etc). We aim to develop inorganic nanomaterials and nanoscale coordination materials for gene and drug delivery, immunotherapy and biological imaging. In particular, we are working on designing and preparing multi-functional nanomaterials for enhanced anticancer therapy by exploiting the tumor microenvironment. We are also developing promising nanodrugs for clinical translation.

Academic and Professional Experience

08/2022 – Present Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau
08/2018 – 08/2022 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau
09/2016 – 07/2018 Postdoc Fellow, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA
10/2014 – 09/2016 Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Awards

  • The Excellent Young Scholars Fund, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) in 2022 (國家自然科學基金-優青)
  • The “Outstanding Academic Staff” awarded by the University of Macau Academic Award Scheme in 2020/2021
  • The “Best Teacher (Excellence in Research)” Award by the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2021
  • The Rising Star award of Chinese American Society of Nanomedicine in 2019

Grants

12/2021 – 12/2023 Science and Technology Development Fund of Macao SAR (FDCT 0103/2021/A)
06/2019 – 06/2022 Science and Technology Development Fund of Macao SAR (FDCT 0109/2018/A3)
10/2018 – 10/2021 Start-up Research Grant (SRG) of University of Macau (SRG2018-00130-FHS)
2023 – 2025 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 32222090)
2022 – 2025 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 32171318)
2021 – 2023 Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission, Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macau Science and Technology Plan C (No. SGDX20201103093600004)