Dr Hu Zhang

Lecturer

B.E.(Dalian University of Technology, China),
M.E. (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China),
PhD (University College London, UK)

Location: Room N208 Engineering North 
Email: hu.zhang@adelaide.edu.au
Phone: + 61 8 8303 3810
FAX: +61 8 8303 4373

Research Interests

• Stem cell bioprocessing
• Tissue engineering
• Novel bioreactor design
• Biomolecules recovery and purification
• Biomolecules formulation
• Numerical simulation and modelling in bioprocessing
• Numerical simulation in energy-related processing

Recent Publications

• Zhang, H, Liu, K.K., El Haj, A. 2009 Opto-mechanical manipulation of stem cells. Open Nanomedicine Journal, 2: 10-14.
• Zhang, K., Qi, N., Jin, J., Lu, C., Zhang, H. Gas holdup and bubble dynamics in a three-phase internal loop reactor with external slurry circulation. Fuel, Accepted
• Lu, C., Qi, N., Jin, J., Zhang, K., Zhang, H. 2009 Experiment and CFD Simulation on Gas Holdup Characteristics in an Internal Loop Reactor with External Liquid Circulation. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 7: A3
• Zhang, H. Liu, K.K. 2008 Optical tweezers in single cells. Journal of Royal Society Interface. 5(24):671-690.
• Zhang, H. et al. 2008 Characterization of engineering parameters in a 96-well plate. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 40: 138-149.
• E, C., Fan, Y., Zhang, K., Zhang, H. Concentration profile of jet gas in the feed injection zone of a FCC riser. Progress in Natural Science. 18: 1285-1291.
• Zhang, H. et al. 2007, Prediction of plasmid DNA degradation in pump operations using an ultra-scale-down device. Biotechnology Progress. 23 (4): 858 -865
• Biddlecombe, J., Zhang, H., et al. 2007, Design of a novel magnetic ultra-down shear device. Biotechnology Progress. 23: 1218-1222.
• Meacle*, F.J., Zhang*, H., Papantoniou, I. et al. 2007, Degradation of supercoiled plasmid DNA within a capillary device, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 97(5): 1148-1157 (Equal Contribution) Liu, H.Y., Zhang, H., et al. 2006, Purifcation and properties of a poly (β-hydroxybutyrate) deploymerase from Penicillium sp. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 14: 419-426.
• Zhang, H. Wang, W., Fan, S.D. 2005, Power consumption and mixing in a miniaturised bioreactor, Progress in Nature Science, 15(supp1), 117-123.
• Wei, Y., Song, J., Shi, M., Zhang, H. 2005, Numerical simulation of the asymmtric gas phase flow field in a volute cyclone separator, Progress in Nature Science, 15(supp1), 98-104.
• Zhang, H., Williams-Dalson, W., Keshavarz-Moore, E., Ayazi Shamlou, P., 2005，CFD analysis of mixing and gas-liquid mass transfer in shake flasks. Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, 41(1) ，1-8.
• Zhang H., Ayazi Shamlou P., 2004, Characterisation of the engineering flow in a miniaturised bioreactor by computational fluid dynamics, Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 20(4): 489-493.
• Sarkar, S., Zhang, H., Levy, S.M., Hart., S., Hails, H.C., Tabor, A.B., Ayazi Shamlou, P., 2003, Prediction of particle size distribution of formulated plamsid DNA complexes using Monte Carlo simulations, Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, 38: 95-102.
• Maguire, L.A., Zhang, H., Ayazi Shamlou, P., 2003, Preparation of small unilamellar vesicles (SUV) and biophysical characterisation of their complexes with poly-L-lysine condensed plasmid DNA, Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, 37:73-81.
• Lamping, S.R , Zhang, H., Ayazi Shamlou, P, 2003, Design of a prototype micro-litre bioreactor for high throughput automated bioprocessing, Chemical Engineering Science,58:747-758.
• Zhang, K., Zhang, H., Lovick, J., Zhang J.Y., Zhang, B.J., 2002, Numerical computation and experimental verification of the jet region in a fluidized bed, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res, 41, 3696-3704.
• Zhang, H., Du, Y.G., Yu, X.J., 1999, Preparation of chitooligosaccharides from chitosan by a enzyme mixture, Carbohydrate Research, 320(3~4): 257~260.