Professional Preparation:

Professional Appointments

Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Biology, California Institute of Technology (2004-2006)
Research assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (1998-2004)
Research associate, East China University of Science & Technology, China (1995-1998)
Research assistant, East China University of Science & Technology, China (1992-1995)

Selected Publications

"Dynamic properties of artificial protein hydrogels assembled through aggregation of leucine zipper peptide domains" Wei Shen, Julia A. Kornfield, and David A. Tirrell, submitted to Macromolecules.

"Structure and mechanical properties of genetically engineered protein hydrogels assembled through aggregation of leucine zipper peptide domains" Wei Shen, Julia A. Kornfield, and David A. Tirrell, submitted to Macromolecules.

"Tuning the erosion rate of artificial protein hydrogels through control of network topology" Wei Shen, Kechun Zhang, Julia A. Kornfield, and David A. Tirrell, Nature Materials, 5, 153-158, 2006.

"Assembly of an Artificial Protein Hydrogel through Leucine Zipper Aggregation and Disulfide Bond Formation" Wei Shen, Rob G.H. Lammertink, Jill K. Sakata, Julia A. Kornfield, and David A. Tirrell, Macromolecules, 38 (9), 3909-3916, 2005.

"Kinetics of hydroxyapatite precipitation at pH 10 to 11" Chang-Sheng Liu, Yue Huang, Wei Shen, et al. Biomaterials 2001, 22(4): 301-306

"Solution Property of calcium phosphate cement hardening body" Chang-Sheng Liu, Wei Shen, et al. Materials Chemistry and Physics 1999, 58(1): 78-82

"Mechanism of the hardening process for a hydroxyapatite cement" Chang-Sheng Liu, Wei Shen, Yan-Fang Gu, et al. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research 1997, 35(1):75-80

"Effect of crystal seeding on the hydration of calcium phosphate cement" Chang-Sheng Liu and Wei Shen Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine 1997, 8(12):803-807