View all staff
Professor Xunli Zhang

Professor Xunli Zhang

 PhD, DIC, FRSC, CChem, CEng
Professor of Bioengineering

Research interests

  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies
  • Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
  • Nanomaterials

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Xunli

Email: XL.Zhang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5099

ORCID
Research Publications Teaching External roles and responsibilities Biography
Research Publications Teaching External roles and responsibilities Biography

Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies
  • Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
  • Nanomaterials

Current research

  • Micro bioanalysis, using microfluidic and Lab-on-a-Chip platforms to manipulate and analyse single cells, and address antimicrobial resistance challenges.
  • Drug delivery systems, synthesised with continuous-flow microfluidic reactors for controllable size and shape.
  • Biomicrofluidics for therapeutic applications including chemo/embolisation, ureteric stenting, and sclerosis of varicose veins.
  • Nano materials, synthesised with continuous-flow microfluidic reactors for controllable properties for a variety of applications such as drug delivery and energy saving. 

Research projects

Active projects

Microscale thermal dynamic insights for microreactor-based process intensification
Researchers:
Professor Xunli Zhang
Microscale thermal dynamic insights for microreactor- based process intensification towards sustainable chemical manufacturing
Researchers:
Professor Xunli Zhang

Completed projects

DOSA - Diagnostics for One Health and User Driven Solutions for AMR
Researchers:
Professor Xunli Zhang
Sponsor: ESRC
Dr X L Zhang - EPSRC - EP/G009732/1
Researchers:
Professor Xunli Zhang
Sponsor: EPSRC
Xunli Zhang - EP/H020764/1 - Mobile Energy Harvesting Systems
Researchers:
Professor Xunli Zhang
Sponsor: EPSRC
XL Zhang - Microscale gas-liquid interface dynamics during CO2 absorption and desorption
Researchers:
Professor Xunli Zhang
Sponsor: Royal Society
X Zhang - Summer School grant - Biofuel Cells and Micro Enery Devices
Researchers:
Professor Xunli Zhang
Sponsor: Medical Research Council
Computational modelling to evaluate, understand and predict the placental transfer of xenobiotics as an integrated system
Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
EP/G027986/1 - Reagent-Free Flow Chemistry - R Whitby
Sponsor: EPSRC
Bioengineering to combat the tuberculosis pandemic
Sponsor: Medical Research Council