研究员，博士生导师。中山大学百人计划引进人才。主要研究方向是开发精准靶向裂解细胞膜的抗肿瘤及抗菌药物。在Nature Nanotechnology、Science Advances、PNAS等期刊发表论文。主持国家自然科学基金-青年科学基金项目和面上项目、广东省自然科学基金-杰出青年项目等。Mingdong Liu#，Liangqi Huang#，Weinan Zhang#，Xiaochuan Wang，Yuanyuan Geng，Yuhao Zhang，Li Wang，Wenbin Zhang，Yun-Jiao Zhang，Shiyan Xiao*，Yan Bao*，Menghua Xiong*，and Jun Wang*，A transistor-like pH-sensitive nanodetergent for selective cancer therapy，Nature Nanotechnology，2022 May;17(5):541-551.（影响因子34.9，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：材料科学1区）ISSN: 1748-3387，Yangbin Liang#，Yuhao Zhang#，Yu Huang#，Cheng Xu#，Jingxian Chen，Xinshuang Zhang，Bingchuan Huang，Zhanhui Gan，Xuehui Dong，Songyin Huang，Chengrun Li，Shuyi Jia，Pengfei Zhang，Yueling Yuan，Houbing Zhang，Yucai Wang，Bing Yuan，Yan Bao*，Shiyan Xiao*，Menghua Xiong*，Helicity-directed recognition of bacterial phospholipid via radially amphiphilic antimicrobial peptides，Science Advances，2024 Aug 30;10(35):eadn9435. （影响因子12.5，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：综合性期刊1区）ISSN: 2375-2548，Xinshuang Zhang #，Dong Luo #，Jie Hu #，Kangxiu Wu，Shuyi Jia，Xueyi Li，Songyin Huang，Houbing Zhang，Dokyun Kim，Yuzhi Hong，Liping Zhao，Menghua Xiong*，and Yan Bao*，Selective Recognition of Bacterial Phospholipids by Antimicrobial Peptides: Employing a Host-Guest-Mediated Competitive Inhibition Strategy. Biomaterials. 2025 May 6:322:123392（影响因子12.9，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：医学1区）ISSN: 0142-9612，Xinshuang Zhang#，Shuyi Jia#，Xueyi Li#，Liping Zhao，Kangxiu Wu，Songyin Huang，Fan Zhang，Houbing Zhang，Dong Luo*，Menghua Xiong*，and Yan Bao*，Hydrophobicity-to-cationic amphipathicity transformable antimicrobial polypeptides for the prevention of medical implant-associated infections. Biomaterials. 2025 Jul 21:325:123564.（影响因子12.9，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：医学1区） ISSN: 0142-9612，Yang Bo，Yunjiang Jiang，Kangmei Chen，Kaimin Cai，Wenming Li，Jarron Roy，Yan Bao*，Jianjun Cheng*，Targeting infected host cells in vivo via responsive azido-sugar mediated metabolic cell labeling followed by click reaction，Biomaterials，2020 April; 238:119843.（影响因子12.9，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：医学1区） ISSN: 0142-9612，Cuiyu Zhong#，Jie Li#，Suiping Liu，Weirong Li，Qiang Zhang，Junpeng Zhao，Menghua Xiong*，Yan Bao*，Yandan Yao*，Nanoblock-mediated selective oncolytic polypeptide therapy for triple-negative breast cancer，Theranostics，2023; 13(9): 2800-2810. doi: 10.7150/thno.81834.（影响因子13.3，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：医学1区）ISSN: 1838-7640，Weinan Zhang#，Xiaochuan Wang#，Jihong Wang#，Chanjuan Su，Yan Bao*，Menghua Xiong*，The relationship between in vivo toxicity and responsive pH in transistor-Like pH-sensitive nanodetergents，Small Methods，2025 May;9(5):e2401263. （影响因子9.1，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：材料科学2区）ISSN:2366-9608，Yuhao Zhang，Yingxue Deng1，Chanjuan Su，Kangxiu Wu，Chengrun Li，Juntao Wang，Houbing Zhang，Dong Luo，Songyin Huang，Liping Zhao，Megnhua Xiong*，Yan Bao*，A conjugate strategy capable of targeting bacteria and selectively being activated at infection sites，Science China Materials，2025 may 68(6):2132-2142（影响因子7.4，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：材料科学1区） ISSN: 2095-8226，Yan Bao#，Xuewei Wu#，Jinjing Chen，Xiangming Hu，Fuxing Zeng，Jianjun Cheng，Hong Jin，Xin Lin，Lin-Feng Chen*，Brd4 modulates the innate immune response through Mnk2-eIF4E pathway-dependent translational control of IκBα，Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America，2017 May 16;114(20):E3993-E4001.（影响因子9.1，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：综合性期刊1区）ISSN: 0027-8424被Faculty 1000推荐为2星论文，Menghua Xiong#，Yan Bao#，Xin Xu#，Hua Wang，Zhiyuan Han，Zhiyu Wang，Yeqing Liu，Songyin Huang，Ziyuan Song，Jinjing Chen，Richard M. Peek Jr.，Lichen Yin*，Lin-Feng Chen*，Jianjun Cheng*，Selective killing of Helicobacter pylori with pH-responsive helix-coil conformation transitionable antimicrobial polypeptides，Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America，2017 Nov 28;114(48):12675-12680.（影响因子9.1，中科院SCI期刊大类分区：综合性期刊1区）ISSN: 0027-8424