Xiaoyang Xu
Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering
362 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
About Me
Dr. Xu joined in 2014 upon finishing his joint postdoctoral training between Harvard and MIT. He completed his Ph.D. at Northwestern University under the supervision of Prof. Chad Mirkin
Education
; Harvard University ; ; 2014

; Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; ; 2014

Posdoctoral training ; MIT ; Chemical Engineering ; 2014

postdoctoral training ; Harvard Medical School ; nanomedicine ; 2014

Ph.D. ; Northwestern University ; Material Chemistry ; 2010

B.S. ; East China University of Science and Technology ; ; 2000

2025 Fall Courses
CHE 701B - MASTERS THESIS

CHE 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY

CHE 700B - MASTERS PROJECT

MTEN 492 - RESRCH AND INDPENDENT STUDY II

MTEN 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT

MTEN 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

PHEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY

CHE 705 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

CHE 706 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

MTEN 410 - SOFT MATERIALS

MTEN 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I

MTEN 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

CHE 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY

CHE 790A - DOCT DISSERTATION & RES

MTEN 491 - RESEARCH & INDEPENDENT STUDY I

MTEN 701B - MASTERS THESIS

MTEN 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II

CHE 792 - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH

CHE 701C - MASTERS THESIS

Teaching Interests
material science, nanomedicine, biomaterials, thermodynamics
Past Courses
CHE 230: CHEM ENGINEER THERMODYNAMICS I

CHE 230: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS I

CHE 230W: CHE THERMODYNAMICS I WORKSHOP

CHE 702: INTRO THERAP & DRUG DEL

CHE 702: INTRODUCTION TO DRUG DELIVERY

CHE 702: SELECTED TOPICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING II

CHE 702: ST: BIOMATERIALS

CHE 702: ST: BIOPHARMACEUTICS AND NANOMEDICINE

CHE 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR

PHEN 698: ST: BIOPHARMACEUTICS

Research Interests
His research focus is the development of novel biomaterials and nanotechnologies for a variety of medical applications including diagnosis, bioimaging, drug delivery, and regenerative medicine. He looks at both fundamental and applied questions in the cross-disciplinary fields of biomaterials and medicine in order to develop novel therapeutic methods for the treatment of cancer, obesity, and cardiovascular disease.
Journal Article
Xiaoyang Xu. 2022. "Identification and Characterization of a Novel Long Noncoding RNA that Regulates Osteogenesis in Diet-Induced Obesity Mice." Front. Cell Dev. Biol. .

Xiaoyang Xu. 2022. "Inhaled siRNA nanoparticles targeting IL11 inhibit lung fibrosis and improve pulmonary function post-bleomycin challenge." Science Advances .

Xiaoyang Xu. "Lipid-Polymer Hybrid “Particle-in-Particle” Nanostructure Gene Delivery Platform Explored for Lyophilizable DNA and mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines." .

Xiaoyang Xu. 2022. "Targeted delivery of a STING agonist to brain tumors using bioengineered protein nanoparticles for enhanced immunotherapy." Bioactive Materials .

Xiaoyang Xu. 2021. "An intrinsically bioactive hydrogel with on-demand drug release behaviors for diabetic wound healing." Bioactive Materials .

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Chapter
Xiaoyang Xu. "Injectable Hydrogels for Vascular Tissue Engineering." "Methods in Molecular Biology, 2022," 2022.

Xiaoyang Xu. "Green Nanomaterials Preparation: Sustainable Methods and Approaches." RCS , 2015.