About Me
I am a Master candidate in the Medical Physics at the Duke University. I am very fortunate to be advised by Prof. Fang-Fang Yin. I received my joint Bachelors in Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology and Yunnan University.
My primary research interests lie in 3D printing phantom used in radiotherapy and using LLM to predict compound properties. Currently, I am working on Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Smart Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer. Previously, I have worked on Organic Polymer Functional Materials Laboratory at SUSTech and Electronic Materials and Devices Group at YNU.
News & Updates
- 2025 — Device perspective accepted: A Roadmap for 3D‑Printed Organs.
- 2025 — Joined Data+X (DIRC, Duke & DKU) and DII Cohort II.
- 2024 — Started M.S. in Medical Physics @ Duke.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Guofan Zhang†*, Tan Zhang, Fang-Fang Yin*. A roadmap for the implementation of 3D-printed organs in healthcare. Device 2025, 100847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.device.2025.100847
- Shaoyong Cai†, Guofan Zhang†, Lei Wang, Tianlan Jian, Jiatong Xu, Fengyu Su, Yanqing Tian. Ratiometric fluorescent sensor based on TPU-PVP coaxial nanofibers for monitoring trace ammonia in breath. Materials Today Chemistry 26 (2022), 101148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2022.101148
- Shaoyong Cai, Guangjie Song, Guofan Zhang, Lei Wang, Tianlan Jian, Jiatong Xu, Fengyu Su, Yanqing Tian. A multicolor fluorescent sensor array based on curcumin and its analogs as a shrimp freshness indicator. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 367 (2022), 132153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2022.132153
- He Zhang, Fangyuan Sun, Ge Cao, Dongyan Zhou, Guofan Zhang, Fengyu Su, Yanqing Tian, Yanhong Tian. Bifunctional flexible electrochromic supercapacitors based on silver nanowires flexible transparent electrodes. Int. J. Extreme Manufacturing 5 (2023), 015503. https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/aca638
- Ge Cao, Jiatong Xu, Shaoyong Cai, Guofan Zhang, Yonghao Chen, He Zhang, Yanqing Tian. Highly conductive and dispersible PANI microtubes prepared in the presence of methyl orange. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 4 (2022), 5674–5682. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c01674
- Min Shen, Hongtian Liu, Tingting Pan, Juewei Ning, Dongyan Zhou, Guangjie Song, Yuguo Wang, Shaoyong Cai, Xi Xia, Guofan Zhang, Fengyu Su, Yanqing Tian. Crosslinked PVA electrospinning nanofibrous film as a new platform for the design of K+ sensor. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 380 (2023), 133317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2023.133317
Patents
- Yanqing Tian, Shaoyong Cai, Guofan Zhang, Ziqiang Wang. Curcumin derivative-based double-emission ratiometric fluorescence sensor and preparation. CN114634523 A (2022).
- Yanqing Tian, Shaoyong Cai, Guangjie Song, Guofan Zhang. Fluorescent ink and preparation method and application. CN114031977 A (2021).
Author notes
† Co-first author • * Corresponding author
Research Experience
- 3D‑Printed Lung Phantoms (DKU/Duke) — simulate respiratory motion for radiotherapy dose verification; polymer selection for SLA printers; evaluate dose accuracy. (Aug 2024–present)
- AI‑predicted UV‑Vis spectra (DKU) — Chemprop‑based models from SMILES; conformer pipelines (RDKit/DFT); DTW/RMSE metrics; Bayesian HPO; exploring KANs & molecular embeddings. (Jan 2025–present)
- Curcumin derivatives for breath NH₃ sensing (SUSTech) — BFC derivatives; coaxial electrospinning TPU/PVP core‑shell; ratiometric probes; clinical feasibility. (2021–2022)
- Multicolor sensor array for shrimp freshness (SUSTech) — label fabrication; photophysics; on‑food monitoring. (2020–2021)
Skills
- Experimental: UV‑Vis/fluorometry, SEM/EDS, XRD, FTIR, NMR.
- Computation: Linux, MATLAB, Python, ChemDraw, SOLIDWORKS, Origin.
Education
- Duke University — M.S. Medical Physics. Aug 2024–present.
- Yunnan University — B.Eng., Materials Science & Engineering (Joint Undergraduate). Sep 2023–Jul 2024; GPA 3.59/4.00; rank 4/School; General GPA 88.95/100.
- Southern University of Science and Technology — Study in Materials (GPA 3.59/4.00). Sep 2020–Jul 2022.
- Yunnan University — Early coursework. Sep 2019–Jun 2020.
Honors, Awards & Funding
- China National Scholarship (≈0.2%), 2022.
- Provincial Outstanding Graduate (≈0.5%), 2023.
- University First‑/Second‑class Scholarships & Outstanding Student (YNU), 2020–2022.
- First/Second/Third Prize — Micro‑photography & Metallography contests (SUSTech/YNU), 2021–2022.
- Data+X (DIRC) & DII Cohort II, 2025.
Conferences & Activities
- Poster — 9th Int. Symposium on Space Radiation Research & Particle Radiotherapy, Suzhou 2024.
- Poster — 23rd National High‑tech Ceramics Academic Annual Conference, Hangzhou 2024.
- Oral Abstract — 22nd International Symposium on Organometallic Chemistry, Kyoto 2025.
- Invited Report — Chinese Materials Conference, Jul 2025.
- Volunteer & leadership — SUSTech Volunteer Union (33.5h), GU material innovation competition leader; TA for CHEM 110/150 (Dec 2024–May 2025).
Contact
Email: guofan.zhang@duke.edu. ORCID: 0000‑0002‑1995‑5355. Location: Durham, NC.