Nailin Yang, Associate Professor
Education and Professional Experience
2026.08–Present: Associate Professor, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China
2023.06–2026.08: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China
2024.03–2026.02: Visiting Scholar, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, China
2018.09–2023.06: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University; Supervisors: Prof. Zhuang Liu and Prof. Liang Cheng
2014.09–2018.06: B.S. in Materials Physics, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology (QUST)
Contact Information
Address: Room 910-401, No. 199 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Email:nlyang@suda.edu.cn
Research Group
Prof. Liang Cheng’s Research Group
Group Website: https://www.x-mol.com/groups/cheng_liang1
Honors and Awards
1. Outstanding Young Scholar, Soochow University (2026)
2. Macao Young Scholars Program (2023)
3. Jiangsu Excellent Postdoctoral Program (2023)
4. Outstanding Graduate of Jiangsu Province (2023)
5. May Fourth Youth Award, Soochow University (2022)
Research Interests
1. Electroactive biomaterials and electrochemical immunotherapy
2. Biological effects and mechanisms of metal-based nanomedicines
3. Nanotechnology-mediated regulation of the tumor microenvironment and metabolic reprogramming
Research Highlights
Yang’s research focuses on the use of inorganic biomaterials to modulate the tumor microenvironment and enhance cancer immunotherapy. He has pioneered galvanic-cell-based strategies for electrochemical cancer immunotherapy, establishing new approaches that integrate electroactive biomaterials with tumor microenvironment regulation and immune activation.
Over the past five years, he has published more than 20 SCI-indexed papers as a first and/or corresponding author, with representative work appearing in leading journals including Nat. Commun.、J. Am. Chem. Soc.、Adv. Mater.、Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.、Natl. Sci. Rev.、Sci. Bull.、and ACS Nano.
Selected Publications
1. Yichi Cai, Shumin Sun, Jihu Nie, Nailin Yang*, Liang Cheng*. Engineered Electrotherapy Platforms: Integrating Electroactive Materials for Precision Cancer Therapy. Adv. Mater., 2026, 38, e72763.
2. Shumin Sun, Nailin Yang*, Jihu Nie, Zifan Pei, Chunjie Wang, Zixian Yang, Zhihui Han, Yichi Cai, Liang Cheng*. Ferrous fluoride nanoinitiators reprogram tumor stemness to empower ultrasound-augmented pyroptosis for potent catalytic immunotherapy. Biomaterials, 2026, 326, 123652.
3. Nailin Yang#, Shumin Sun#, Jiachen Xu#, Fei Gong#, Huali Lei, Yu Hao, Zifan Pei, Chenya Wang, Qiao Yu, Jihu Nie, Nan Jiang, Caifang Ni, Liang Cheng*. Manganese Galvanic Cells Intervene in Tumor Metabolism to Reinforce cGAS-STING Activation for Bidirectional Synergistic Hydrogen-Immunotherapy. Adv. Mater., 2025, 37, 2414929.
4. Qiao Yu#, Shumin Sun#, Nailin Yang*, Zifan Pei, Youdong Chen, Jihu Nie, Huali Lei, Li Wang, Fei Gong, Liang Cheng*. Self-Cascaded Pyroptosis-STING Initiators for Catalytic Metalloimmunotherapy. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 4, 3161-3173.
5. Di Wang#, Linzhu Zhang#, Jihu Nie#, Nailin Yang*, Shumin Sun, Chunjie Wang, Zifan Pei, Fei Gong, Xingwei Sun*, Yong Jin*, Liang Cheng*. Engineered Nano-Micro Pyroptosis Generators: A Magnetic-Metallo-Immunotherapeutic Strategy to Reinforce Transarterial Embolization. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 25536-25552.
6. Jihu Nie, Nailin Yang*, Shumin Sun, Li Wang, Zifan Pei, Jie Wu, Qiao Yu, Zhihui Han, Youdong Chen, Liang Cheng*. Antimony Component Schottky Nanoheterojunctions as Ultrasound-Heightened Pyroptosis Initiators for Sonocatalytic Immunotherapy. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, 64, e202416426.
7. Shumin Sun, Xuang Huang, Nailin Yang*, Huali Lei, Zifan Pei, Zhihui Han, Lin Liu, Fei Gong, Qiao Yu, Jingrui Li, Youdong Chen, and Liang Cheng*. Fluorinated Titanium Oxide (TiO2-xFx) Nanospindles as Ultrasound-triggered Pyroptosis Inducers to Boost Sonodynamic-immunotherapy. ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 30, 19756-19770.
8. Nailin Yang#, Xingwei Sun#, Yangkai Zhou, Xiaoyuan Yang, Jiaxi You, Zepeng Yu, Jun Ge, Fei Gong, Zhisheng Xiao, Yong Jin*, Zhuang Liu*, Liang Cheng*. Liquid metal microspheres with an eddy-thermal effect for magnetic hyperthermia-enhanced cancer embolization-immunotherapy. Sci. Bull., 2023, 68, 16, 1772-1783.
9. Nailin Yang, Fei Gong, Bo Liu, Yu Hao, Yu Chao, Huali Lei, Xiaoyuan Yang, Yuehan Gong, Xianwen Wang, Zhuang Liu*, Liang Cheng*. Magnesium galvanic cells produce hydrogen and modulate the tumor microenvironment to inhibit cancer growth. Nat. Commun., 2022, 13, 2336.
10. Nailin Yang, Fei Gong, Liang Cheng*, Huali Lei, Wei Li, Zongbin Sun, Caifang Ni, Zhanhui Wang, Zhuang Liu*. Biodegradable magnesium alloy with eddy-thermal effect for effective and accurate magnetic hyperthermia ablation of tumors. Natl. Sci. Rev., 2021, 8, 1, nwaa122.
Edited by Juan Yang