Mengxi Zheng is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Her research centers on designing functional DNA/RNA architectures for biosensing and therapeutic applications. Her published work highlights the construction of practical and scalable nucleic acid nanostructures, as well as the engineering of responsive DNA-based materials.
Interests
- Programmable nucleic acid materials for biomedical applications
- Real-time molecular detection
- Non-invasive early diagnostic technologies
- Computational modeling, simulation, and design of biomolecular systems
Education
PhD in Chemistry, 2016-2022
Purdue University
BSc in Chemistry, 2012-2016
Nanjing University