Academic Profile

Adam MIDGLEY Associate Professor

Email: midgleyac@nankai.edu.cn

Telephone：(+86)15620047851

ORCiD : 0000-0002-7622-0275

Office Address: Room 513, New Comprehensive Experimental Lab Hall B, Jinnan Campus

Biosketch：

He graduated with a PhD from Cardiff University's School of Medicine, and completed his postdoctoral training at the Wales Kidney Research Unit based at Cardiff University. In 2018 he joined Nankai University for his second postdoctoral post, and im 202 was promoted to Associate Professor. His research interests focus on AI-assisted discovery of cell-specific targeting peptides and the development of nanoparticle-based theranostics that exploit the cellular and molecular mechanisms of tissue regeneration and fibrosis. He has published over 60 SCI research papers in internationally renowned journals, including Sci Signal, J Am Soc Nephrol, Adv Mater, Appl Mater Today, J Biol Chem, among others. He has written 2 book chapters and filed 2 patent applications.

Research Direction：

Treatment of organ fibrosis with nanomedicines (kidney, liver); AI-assisted discovery of cell-specific targeting peptides (renal cell targeting peptides); Wound healing biomaterials (skin regeneration, anti-scarring therapies); Molecular mechanisms of chronic diseases (Cell differentiation, matrix biology, and signaling pathways)

Work：

2020/06 – Present: Associate Professor, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University

2018/03 – 2012/06: Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University

2013/10 – 2018/01, Postdoctoral Researcher, Wales Kidney Research Group, Cardiff University, UK

Education：

2010/10 – 2013/10: Ph.D. Experimental and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK, Supervisors: Robert Steadman and Aled O. Phillips

2009/10 – 2010/10: MSc Tissue Engineering, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, UK, Supervisors: Ryan Moseley and Robert Steadman

2006/09 – 2009/06: BSc Biomedical Sciences, College of Biosciences, Cardiff University, UK

Societies：

Chinese Society for Biomaterials (CSBM) [Member] (2022/07-present); European Tissue Repair Society (ETRS) [Member] (2017/03-2021/03); Biochemical Society [Early Career Member] (2016/05-2020/05); Cardiff Institute of Tissue Engineering and Repair (CITER) [Member] (2009/10-2018/01)

Awards & Honors:

2017 Young Researcher & Mark Lauer Memorial Award - International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences (ISHAS), Ohio, US.

2016 Early Career Scientist Award - The UK Renal Association, Birmingham, UK.