Educational Qualifications 2008-2012 Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, B.S.
2012-2015 Department of Optoelectronics Engineering, Shenzhen University, M.S.
2016-2020 Department of Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Ph.D.
Work Experience 2020-2022 Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, post-doctoral
2022-2025 Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, senior scientist
2025-Present Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, principal investigator
Research Interests • Sustainable food proteins
• Food protein self-assembling and nanofibrils
• Food fortification and nutritional delivery
• Compatible biomedical materials
• Functional protein-based materials
Honors & Awards 2020, EPFL Distinction Physics Thesis Award
Representative Publications [1] 1.L. Frey‡, J. Zhou‡*, G. Cereghetti, M. Emanuel, D. Rhyner, A. Pokharna, L. Wenchel, H. Kadavath, M. Weber, Y. Cao, B. Meier, M. Peter, J. Greenwald, R. Riek*, R. Mezzenga*. A structural rationale for reversible vs irreversible amyloid fibril formation from a single protein. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1-11, 2024. [2]J. Zhou, A. Salvatore, M. Tatli, J. Tian, I. Illie, E. Starostin, A. Calflisch, T. Knowles, G. Dietler, F. Ruggeri, H. Stahlberg, S. Sekatskii, R. Mezzenga*. The role of inter-protofilament interaction in the formation mechanism of hierarchically twisted protein nanofibrils. Advanced Science, 11(32), 2402740, 2024. [3]J. Zhou*, C. Liao*, M. Villalba, C. Xiong, Cong. Zhao, L. Venturelli, D. Liu, A. Kohler, S. Sekatskii, G. Dietler, Y. Wang*, S. Kasas*. An optical fiber-based nanomotion sensor for rapid antibiotic and antifungal susceptibility test. Nano Letters, 24 (10), 2980-2988, 2024. (Cover Paper). [4]D. Xu‡, J. Zhou‡*, W. Soon, I. Kutzli, A. Moliere, M. Radiom, S. Handschin, B. Li, L. Li, C. Ewald and R. Mezzenga*. Food protein amyloids are safe intergrades for human nutrition Food Amyloid Fibrils as Safe Nutrition Ingredients: In-vitro and In-vivo Assessment. Nature Communications, 14(1) 6806, 2023. [5]T. Li‡, J. Zhou‡, M. Peydayesh, Y. Yao, M. Bagnani, I. Kutzli, Z. Chen, L. Wanga and R. Mezzenga*. Plant Protein Amyloid Fibrils for Multifunctional Sustainable Materials. Advanced Sustainable System, 7, 2200414, 2023. [6]J. Zhou, T. Li, M. Peydayesh, M. Usuelli, V. Bueno, J. Teng, L. Wang and R. Mezzenga*. Oat plant amyloids for sustainable functional materials. Advanced Science, 9(4), 2104445, 2022. (Front Cover Paper) [7]J. Zhou, L. Venturelli, L. Keiser, S. K. Sekatskii, F. Gallaire, S. Kasas, G. Longo, T. P. J. Knowles, F. S. Ruggeri, G. Dietler*. Environmental control of amyloid polymorphism by modulation of hydrodynamic stress. ACS nano 15 (1), 944–953, 2021. [8]J. Zhou, R. S. Rugguri, M. R. Zimmermann, G. Meisl, G. Longo, S. K. Sekatskii, T. P. J. Knowles* and G. Dietler*. Effects of sedimentation, microgravity hydrodynamic mixing and air-water interface on a-synuclein amyloid formation. Chemical Science, 11, 3687–3693, 2020. [9]J. Zhou, A. Smirnov, G. Dietler, S. K. Sekatskii*. Gap plasmon-enhanced high spatial resolution imaging by Photothermal Induced Resonance in visible range. Nano Letters 19 (11), 8278-8286, 2019. ‡co-first author, * co-corresponding author
