Faculty Profile
Airong Li
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Office:
University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Health 2, Room 7051
4349 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Houston, TX 77204-5037
Contact: ali27@uh.edu - Office: n/a - Fax: 713-743-1884
Research/Academic Interests:
- Pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of Cancer Therapeuticsics
- Bioanalysis (LC-MS/MS)
- B.S. in Botany, The Henan Agricultural University, China
- M.S. in Botany, The Nanjing Forestry University, China
- Ph.D. in Biology (Botany), The Nanjing University, China
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eYj0BfAAAAAJ&hl=en
- Zhi-Hao Wang, Xuejiao Zeng, Wanting Huang, Yanbo Yang, Shuhao Zhang,
Mingzhu Yang, Hua Liu, Fengqin Zhao, Airong Li, Zhenzhong Zhang, Junjie
Liu, Jinjin Shi. Bioactive nanomotor enabling efficient intestinal barrier
penetration for colorectal cancer therapy. Nature Communications, 2025, 16,
1678. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57045-9 - Shizhen Geng, Tingting Xiang, Yaru Shi, Mengnian Cao, Danyu Wang, Jing
Wang, Xinling Li, Haiwei Song, Zhenzhong Zhang, Jinjin Shi, Junjie Liu,
Airong Li*, Ke Sun. Locally producing antibacterial peptide to deplete
intratumoral pathogen for preventing metastatic breast cancer, Acta
Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2025, 15 (2), 1084-1097 - Shizhen Geng, Pengke Guo, Xinling Li, Yaru Shi, Jing Wang, Mengnian Cao,
Yunya Zhang, Kaixiang Zhang, Airong Li, Haiwei Song, Zhenzhong Zhang,
Jinjin Shi, Junjie Liu, and Yiling Yang. Biomimetic Nanovehicle-Enabled
Targeted Depletion of Intratumoral Fusobacterium nucleatum Synergizes
with PD-L1 Blockade against Breast Cancer. ACS Nano 2024 18 (12),
8971-8987. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c12687 - Xiu Zhao , Yiyang Wang, Wenxiao Jiang, Qiongwei Wang, Jun Li, Zhiyang Wen, Airong Li, Kaixiang Zhang, Zhenzhong Zhang, Jinjin Shi, Junjie Liu. Herpesvirus-Mimicking DNAzyme-Loaded Nanoparticles as a Mitochondrial DNA Stress Inducer to Activate Innate Immunity for Tumor Therapy. Advanced Materials. 2022, 34(37): 2204585 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202204585
- Airong Li, Chenglin Liang, Lihua Xu, Yiyang Wang, Wei Liu, Kaixiang Zhang, Junjie Liu, Jinjin Shi. Boosting 5-ALA-based photodynamic therapy by a liposomal nanomedicine through intracellular iron ion regulation. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 2021, 11(5): 1329-1340. DOI:10.1016/j.apsb. 2021.03.017
- Yanjiang Shao, Li Guo, Airong Li, Kaixiang Zhang, Wei Liu, Jinjin Shi,Junjie Liu, Zhenzhong Zhang. US-triggered ultra-sensitive “thrombus constructor” for precise tumor therapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 2020, 318:136-144
- Li Xiaona, Li Airong, Long Mingzhong, et al. Equilibrium and kinetic studies of copper biosorption by dead Ceriporia lacerata biomass isolated from the litter of an invasive plant in China. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering. 2015, 13:37-44
Awards/Honors
- Outstanding Mentor of Excellent Master’s Dissertation in Henan Province, China, 2021
- Excellent Faculty, Zhengzhou University, China, 2016, 2018 and 2019
- Outstanding Mentor, Zhengzhou University, China, 2019
- Outstanding Mentor for Excellent Dissertation of bachelor’s degree,
Zhengzhou University, China, 2017 - My Favorite Supervisor, Zhengzhou University, China, 2013
- Prize in Lecture Competition, Zhengzhou University, China, 2013
- Excellent Mentor of undergraduate students, Zhengzhou University, China,
2009-2021 - Excellent Instructor, Zhengzhou University, China, 2010
- Ph.D. Candidate Scholarship, Nanjing University, China, 2007