NANO-THERMAL BIOENGINEERING LABORATORY
PROJECT INVESTIGATOR
Zhenpeng Qin, Ph.D.
Zhenpeng “ZP” Qin is Professor, Fellow, and Eugene McDermott Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, Biomedical Engineering at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Pain Studies. His lab aims to exponentially advance targeted drug delivery vehicles and biomarkers for the nervous system, with >$23M support from major agencies including NIH, NSF, DOD, and AHA. Dr. Qin has published extensively and mentored many trainees, with former and current members totaling 48 pre- and postdoctoral trainees and over 50 undergraduates, many of whom have gone on to active academic and industry careers. He has received prestigious awards including the 2024 Dr. Horace Furumoto Innovations Professional Development Young Investigator Award (ASLMS), 2022 ASME Y.C. Fung Early Career Award, NIH/NIGMS MIRA/R35 award, and Collaborative Sciences Award from AHA, and co-created technologies and startups as a co-founder or consultant. Dr. Qin also serves in leadership roles for the ASME Bioengineering Executive Committee. Qin is a fellow of ASME and National Academy of Inventors Senior Member
AFFILIATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Bioengineering (affiliated appointment)
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science
Email: Zhenpeng.Qin@utdallas.edu
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
Investigator, O'Donnell Brain Institute
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Collaborator, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
1. Federal Research Innovation ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) award, UTD Office of Research 2025
2. Federal Research Innovation ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) award, UTD Office of Research 2024
3. Faculty Research Award (Assoc. Prof.), Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science, UT Dallas 2024
4. Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors 2024
5. Dr. Horace Furumoto Innovations Professional Development Young Investigator Award (ASLMS) 2024
6. Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2023
7. Federal Research Innovation ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) award, UTD Office of Research 2023
8. Inaugural Pitch Competition winner (Avsana Labs), Mass Challenge North Texas 2022
9. 2022 ASME Y.C. Fung Early Career Award (ASME society level award) 2022
10. Federal Research Innovation ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) award, UTD Office of Research 2022
11. Lifetime member, World Association for Chinese Biomedical Engineers 2021
12. Federal Research Innovation ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) award, UTD Office of Research 2021
13. Federal Research Innovation ExpeNditures Dynamo (FRIEND) award, UTD Office of Research 2020
14. Faculty Research Award (Assis. Prof.), Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science, UT Dallas 2020
15. American Heart Association (AHA) Research Leaders Academy (deferred to 2021 due to COVID-19) 2020
16. Member, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society 2020
17. Discovery Award, Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, Department of Defense 2019
18. NIH/NIGMS Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award for Early Stage Investigators (MIRA) (R35) 2019
19. Collaborative Science Award, American Heart Association 201