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Professor Zhang's research areas include:

• Quantitative analysis of encapsulation efficiency of polybutylcyanoacrylate nanoparticle with Zeta potentials,
• Pharmacological kinetic model of multi-compartment linear metabolism of targeted drug delivery systems, 
• Novel fabrication for polybutylcyanoacrylate microspheres, 
• Drug targeting using nanoparticles and conjugation of cancer affinity molecules, 
• Injectable macromolecules.

The school at Sichuan has 152 faculty members, including 23 professors.

Professor Zhang is a member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, the deputy of State Pharmacopeia Committee of China, the director of the committee of pharmaceutical excipents and package materials, vice president of the compiling of the book for academic medical colleges, vice president of the pharmaceutical committee in Pharmaceutical Society of. China. He is also the editor of both Chinese Medicine and Pharmaceutics Education, Editorial board member of Asia Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and many Chinese Journals. Reviewer in International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Biomaterials, Macromolecules, pda Journal of Pharmaceutical Science And Technology, Macromolecular Biosciences, and Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. He has research projects with 10millions Yuan supports. He edited 8 books, documented 11 patents, and published 285 papers, together with ongoing projects attracting more than c. 650 K Euro. Prof Zhang was a winner of the National Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scientists of China.

Relevant background publications in 2008-9. 
1) Zhao D, Gong T, Fu Y, Nie Y, He LL, Liu J, Zhnag ZR. Lyophilized Cheliensisin A submicron emulsion for intravenous injection: Characterisation, in vitro and in vivo antitumor effect. Int J Pharm. 2008 Feb 6; 
2) Chen F, Zhang ZR, Huang Y. Evaluation and modification of N-trimethyl chitosan chloride nanoparticles as protein carriers. Int J Pharm 2007; 336(1):166, 
3) Zhang HW, Zhang L, Sun X, Zhang ZR. Sucessful transfection of hepatoma cells after encapsulation of plasmid DNA into negatively charged liposomes. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2007; 96(1):118.