ZHAOXIA (IVY) JI
10931 Rose Ave, Apt 5
Los Angeles, CA 90034
USA
Office: 310-206-0939
Cell: 617-771-1086
Email: zji@cnsi.ucla.edu
EDUCATION
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Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University
B.S., Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Minor, Applied Mathematics, East China University of Science and Technology
Mar 2009
May 2004
Jul 1999
Jul 1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Sr. Research Scientist, Nanomaterial Core Director, UC Center for Environmental Implications
of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN)
Aug 2013-Present
 Developed independent and collaborative projects within the CEIN to explore the
physicochemical properties of engineered nanomaterials as to foster safe design and use of
these materials
 Managed and implemented multiple collaborative research projects obtained through
successful solicitation of extramural funding
 Supervised the coordination of the continuous supply/synthesis of nanomaterials for the use
across the center’s 50 projects and 8 institutions
Sr. Research Scientist, Research Manager, UC Center for Environmental Implications of
Nanotechnology (UC CEIN)
Feb 2011-Aug 2013
 Managed the acquisition, synthesis, distribution, and characterization of all nanomaterials
utilized in CEIN research, including providing supervision over research staff, postdoctoral
researchers and graduate students
 Expended on the success of the center in the area of hydrothermal nanomaterial synthesis
through development of new research projects
Research Scientist, Research Manager, UC Center for Environmental Implications of
Nanotechnology (UC CEIN)
Mar 2009-Feb 2011
 Established a nanomaterial library that encompasses a broad range of chemical compositions,
sizes, and shapes, which serves as a basis for mechanistic and high throughput nanotoxicity
studies
 Developed a highly effective method for dispersing nanoparticles in most commonly used cell
culture media, which has become a standard protocol used across the center
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Research Assistant, Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing (CAMMP, NASA
lab), Department of Chemical Engineering
Jan 2003-Mar 2009
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Synthesized nanosized titanosilicate ETS-10 with high surface area and performed transition
metal ion and noble metal nanoparticle modification of this material to achieve desired
optical and electronic properties for photocatalysis
Originated a method for the synthesis of ETS-10 with controlled particle size, morphology,
and quality that are suitable for quantum wire applications in non-linear optics and
optoelectronics
Developed a methodology for the preparation of high quality semiconductor titanosilicate
ETS-10 thin films on quartz optical fibers for water treatment
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Designed an optical fiber flow reactor which provides much higher photocatalytic efficiency
compared to the traditional immobilized photocatalytic reactor systems
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ETS-10 thin film integration on GaN substrates via effective polymer surface
functionalization
Shanghai Kankun Trading Co., Shanghai, China
Sales Engineer & Technical Support, Dupont Chemical Division
June 2002-Dec 2002
 Provided sales/technical support for Dupont chemicals including glycolic acid as an exfoliant
in cosmetics products and Oxone® as an oxidant (shocking agent) in water treatment
 Established the Knowledge Management Department, translating English documents and
developing new technologies to support data, information and knowledge management, and
to i working efficiency within the company
Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Nanjing, China
Chemical Engineer, Research Institute
Aug 1999-June 2002
 Developed a pilot scale process for the preparation of terephthalic acid by oxidation of pxylene over an optimized catalyst system
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Originated a method for recovering and recycling used cobalt and manganese catalysts
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Designed a process for recycling ethylene oxide waste and using it to synthesize ethylene
carbonate, an environmentally friendly solvent
East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering
Sept 1998-May 1999
 Designed a distillation system for the separation of azeotropic mixture of methanol and
dimethyl carbonate and carried out the separation experiments
SKILLS
 Instrument Skills: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron
Microscopy (TEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Energy Dispersive X-ray
Spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller Surface
Area Analysis (BET), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Gas Chromatography
(GC), General Area Diffraction Detection System (GADDS), Particle Size Distribution
Analysis (PSD), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry
(DSC), UV-vis Spectroscopy (UV-vis), Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission
Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Zeta Potential Analysis
 Computer Skills: Matlab, Mathcad, Fortran, Pascal, C
 Languages: Fluent in written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin)
HONORS AND AWARDS
 UCLA STAR Award, 2013-2014
 UCLA STAR Award, 2012-2013
 UCLA Professional Achievement Award, 2011
 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi () Award, 2009
 The AIChE Women’s Initiatives Committee Travel Award, 2008
 Outstanding Graduate Student of The American Institute of Chemists Foundation, 2007
 First place in Student Research Competition, The Women in Science and Engineering Expo
and Symposium, Boston, MA, April 6, 2006
 Massachusetts Space Grant Fellowship, 2006
 Research Assistant Scholarship, 2003-2009
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
 American Chemical Society (ACS)
 Materials Research Society (MRS)
 Phi Kappa Phi ()
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PAPERS
1. Ruibin Li*, Zhaoxia Ji*, Juyao Dong, Chong Hyun Chang, Xiang Wang, Bingbing Sun,
Meiying Wang, Yu-Pei Liao, Jeffrey I Zink, André E Nel, Tian Xia, Enhancing the imaging
and Bbiosafety of upconversion nanoparticles through phosphonate coating, ACS Nano, 9(3),
3293-3306.
2. Sijie Lin, Alicia A Taylor, Zhaoxia Ji, Chong Hyun Chang, Nichola M Kinsinger, William
Ueng, Sharon L Walker, André E Nel, Understanding the transformation, speciation, and
hazard potential of copper particles in a model septic tank system using zebrafish to monitor
the effluent, ACS Nano, 9(2), 2038-2048, 2015.
3. Huan Meng, Meiying Wang, Huiyu Liu, Xiangsheng Liu, Allen Situ, Bobby Wu, Zhaoxia Ji,
Chong Hyun Chang, André E Nel, Use of a lipid-coated mesoporous silica nanoparticle
platform for synergistic gemcitabine and paclitaxel delivery to human pancreatic cancer in
mice, ACS Nano, 9(4), 3540-3557, 2015.
4. Xiang Wang, Matthew C Duch, Nikhita Mansukhani, Zhaoxia Ji, Yu-Pei Liao, Meiying
Wang, Haiyuan Zhang, Bingbing Sun, Chong Hyun Chang, Ruibin Li, Sijie Lin, Huan Meng,
Tian Xia, Mark C Hersam, André E Nel, Use of a pro-fibrogenic mechanism-based
predictive toxicological approach for tiered testing and decision analysis of carbonaceous
nanomaterials, ACS Nano, 9(3), 3032-3043, 2015.
5. Bingbing Sun, Xiang Wang, Zhaoxia Ji, Meiying Wang, Yu-Pei Liao, Chong Hyun Chang,
Ruibin Li, Haiyuan Zhang, André E Nel, Tian Xia，NADPH oxidase-dependent NLRP3
inflammasome activation and its important role in lung fibrosis by multiwalled carbon
nanotubes, Small, 11(17) 2087-2097, 2015.
6. Chitrada Kaweeteerawat, Angela Ivask, Rong Liu, Haiyuan Zhang, Chong Hyun Chang,
Cecile Low-Kam, Heidi Fischer, Zhaoxia Ji, Suman Pokhrel, Yoram Cohen, Donatello
Telesca, Jeffrey Zink, Lutz Mädler, Patricia A Holden, Andre Nel, Hilary Godwin, Toxicity
of metal oxide nanoparticles in Escherichia coli correlates with conduction band and
hydration energies, Environ. Sci. Tech., 49(2), 1105-1112, 2015.
7. Haiyuan Zhang, Xiang Wang, Meiying Wang, Linjiang Li, Chong Hyun Chang, Zhaoxia Ji,
Tian Xia, André E Nel, Mammalian Cells Exhibit a Range of Sensitivities to Silver
Nanoparticles that are Partially Explicable by Variations in Antioxidant Defense and
Metallothionein Expression, Small, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201500251, 2015.
8. Cecile Low-Kam, Donatello Telesca, Zhaoxia Ji, Haiyuan Zhang, Tian Xia, Jeffrey I. Zink,
Andre Nel, A Bayesian regression tree approach to identify the effect of nanoparticles’
properties on toxicity profiles, The Annals of Applied Statistics, 9(1), 383-401, 2015.
9. Sijie Lin*, Xiang Wang*, Zhaoxia Ji*, Chong Hyun Chang, Yuan Dong, Huan Meng, YuPei Liao, Meiying Wang, Tze-Bin Song, Sirus Kohan, Tian Xia, Jeffrey I Zink, Shuo Lin,
André E Nel, Aspect ratio plays a role in the hazard potential of CeO2 nanoparticles in mice
lung and zebrafish gastrointestinal tract, ACS Nano, 8(5), 4450-4464 2014.
10. Ruibin Li, Zhaoxia Ji, Hongqiang Qin, Xuedong Kang, Bingbing Sun, Meiying Wang,
Chong Hyun Chang, Xiang Wang, Haiyuan Zhang, Hanfa Zou, Andre E Nel, Tian Xia,
Interference in autophagosome fusion by rare earth nanoparticles disrupts autophagic flux
and regulation of an interleukin-1β producing inflammasome, ACS Nano, 8(10), 1028010292, 2104.
11. Haiyuan Zhang, Suman Pokhrel, Zhaoxia Ji, Huan Meng, Xiang Wang, Sijie Lin, Chong
Hyun Chang, Linjiang Li, Rong Liu, Ruibin Li, Bingbing Sun, Meiying Wang, Yu-Pei Liao,
Tian Xia, Lutz Mädler, Andre E Nel, PdO-doping tunes bandgap energy levels as well as
oxidative stress responses to a p-type semiconductor Co3O4 in vitro and in vivo, J. Am. Chem.
Soc., ASAP, 2014.
12. Norma L Delgado-Buenrostro, Estefany I Medina-Reyes, Isabel Lastres-Becker, Verónica
Freyre-Fonseca, Zhaoxia Ji, Rogelio Hernández-Pando, Brenda Marquina, José PedrazaChaverri, Sandra Espada, Antonio Cuadrado, Yolanda I Chirino, Nrf2 protects the lung
against inflammation induced by titanium dioxide nanoparticles: A positive regulator role of
Nrf2 on cytokine release, Environ. Toxicol, DOI: 10.1002/tox.21957, 2014.
13. Trina Patel, Donatello Telesca. Cecile Low-Kam, Zhaoxia Ji, Haiyuan Zhang, Tian Xia,
Jeffrey I. Zink, André E. Nel, Relating nanoparticle properties to biological outcomes in
exposure escalation experiments, Environmetrics, 25(1), 57-68, 2014.
14. Ruibin Li, Zhaoxia Ji, Chong Hyun Chang, Darren R. Dunphy, Xiaoming Cai, Huan Meng,
Haiyuan Zhang, Bingbing Sun, Xiang Wang, Juyao Dong, Sijie Lin, Meiying Wang, Yu-Pei
Liao, C. Jeffrey Brinker, Andre Nel, Tian Xia, Surface Interactions with Compartmentalized
Cellular Phosphates Explains Rare Earth Oxide Nanoparticle Hazard and Provides
Opportunities for Safer Design, ACS Nano, 8 (2), 1771-1783, 2014.
15. Angela Ivask, Amro Elbadawy, Chitrada Kaweeteerawat, David Boren, Heidi Fischer,
Zhaoxia Ji, Chong Hyun Chang, Rong Liu, Thabet Tolaymat, Donatello Telesca, Jeffrey I.
Zink, Yoram Cohen, Patricia Ann Holden, Hilary A. Godwin, Toxicity mechanisms
in escherichia coli vary for silver nanoparticles and differ from ionic silver, ACS Nano, 8(1),
374-386, 2014.
16. Xiang Wang, Zhaoxia Ji, Chong Hyun Chang, Haiyuan Zhang, Meiying Wang, Yu-Pei
Liao, Sijie Lin, Huan Meng, Ruibin Li, Bingbing Sun, Laura Van Winkle, Kent E.
Pinkerton, Jeffrey I. Zink, Tian Xia, Andre E. Nel, Use of coated silver nanoparticles to
understand the relationship of particle dissolution and bioavailability to cell and lung
toxicological potential, Small, 10(2), 385-398, 2014.
17. Bingbing Sun*, Zhaoxia Ji*, Yu-Pei Liao, Meiying Wang, Xiang Wang, Juyao Dong,
Chong Hyun Chang, Ruibin Li, Haiyuan Zhang, André E. Nel, Tian Xia, Engineering an
effective immune adjuvant by designed control of shape and crystallinity of aluminum
oxyhydroxide nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 7(12), 10834-10849, 2013.
18. Dongxu Zhou, Zhaoxia Ji, Xingmao Jiang, Darren R Dunphy, Jeffrey Brinker, and Arturo A.
Keller, Influence of material properties on TiO2 nanoparticle agglomeration, PLoS ONE
8(11): e81239, 2013.
19. Huan Meng, Yang Zhao, Juyao Dong, Min Xue, Yu-Shen Lin, Zhaoxia Ji, Wilson X.
Mai, Haiyuan Zhang, Chong Hyun Chang, C. Jeffrey Brinker, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre E. Nel,
Two-wave nanotherapy to target the stroma and optimize gemcitabine delivery to a human
pancreatic cancer model in mice, ACS Nano, 7(11), 10048-10065, 2013.
20. Sijie Lin, Yan Zhao, Zhaoxia Ji, Jason Ear, Chong Hyun Chang, Haiyuan Zhang, Cecile
Low-Kam, Kristin Yamada, Huan Meng, Xiang Wang, Rong Liu, Suman Pokhrel, Lutz
Mädler, Robert Damoiseaux, Tian Xia, Hilary A. Godwin, Shuo Lin, and André E. Nel,
Metal oxides: zebrafish high throughput screening to study the impact of dissolvable metal
oxide nanoparticles on the hatching enzyme, ZHE1, Small, 9(9-10) 1776-1785, 2013.
21. Rong Liu, Haiyuan Zhang, Zhaoxia Ji, Robert Rallo, Tian Xia, Chong Hyun Chang, André
Nel, Yoram Cohen, Development of structure–activity relationship for metal oxide
nanoparticles, Nanoscale, 5, 5644-5653, 2013.
22. Samuel W. Bennett, Adeyemi Adeleye, Zhaoxia Ji, and Arturo A. Keller, Stability, metal
leaching, photoactivity and toxicity in freshwater systems of commercial single wall carbon
nanotubes, Water Res., 47(12), 4074-4085, 2013.
23. Ruibin Li, Xiang Wang, Zhaoxia Ji, Bingbing Sun, Haiyuan Zhang, Chong Hyun Chang,
Sijie Lin, Huan Meng, Yu-Pei Liao, Meiying Wang, Zongxi Li, Angela A. Hwang, Tze-Bin
Song, Run Xu, Yang Yang, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre E.Nel, and Tian Xia, Surface charge and
cellular processing of covalently functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes determine
pulmonary toxicity, ACS Nano, 7(3), 2352-2368, 2013.
24. Huan Meng, Wilson X. Mai, Haiyuan Zhang, Min Xue, Tina Xia, Sijie Lin, Xiang Wang,
Yang Zhao, Zhaoxia Ji, Jeffrey I. Zink, André E. Nel, Codelivery of an optimal drug/siRNA
combination using mesoporous silica nanoparticles to overcome drug resistance in breast
cancer in vitro and in vivo, ACS Nano, 7(2), 994-1005, 2013.
25. Cecile Low-Kam, Haiyuan Zhang, Zhaoxia Ji, Tian Xia, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre Nel,
Donatello Telesca, A Bayesian regression tree approach to identify the effect of nanoparticles
properties on toxicity profiles, COBRA Preprint Series. Working Paper 102, 2013.
26. Sijing Xiong, Saji George, Zhaoxia Ji, Sijie Lin, Haiyuan Zhang, Robert Damoiseaux, Bryan
France, Kee Woei Ng, Joachim Say-Chye Loo, Size of TiO2 nanoparticles influences their
phototoxicity: an in vitro investigation, Arch. Toxicol., 87, 99-109, 2013.
27. Bingbing Sun, Xiang Wang, Zhaoxia Ji, Ruibin Li, Tian Xia, NLRP3 Inflammasome
activation induced by engineered nanomaterials, Small, 9(9-10), 1595-1607, 2013.
28. Tian Xia, Davin Malasarn, Sijie Lin, Zhaoxia Ji, Haiyuan Zhang, Robert J. Miller, Arturo A.
Keller, Roger M. Nisbet, Barbara H. Harthorn, Hilary A. Godwin, Hunter S. Lenihan, Rong
Liu, Jorge Gardea-Torresdey, Yoram Cohen, Lutz Maedler, Patricia A. Holden, Jeffrey I.
Zink, Andre E. Nel, Implementation of a multidisciplinary approach to solve complex nano
EHS problems by the UC Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology,
Small, 9(9-10), 1428-1443, 2013.
29. Andre Nel, Tian Xia, Huan Meng, Xiang Wang, Sijie Lin, Zhaoxia Ji, Haiyuan Zhang,
Nanomaterial toxicity testing in the 21st century: use of predictive toxicological approach and
high throughput screening, Acc. Chem. Res., 46(3), 607-621, 2013.
30. Allison M. Horst, Zhaoxia Ji, Patricia A. Holden, Nanoparticle dispersion in
environmentally relevant culture media: a TiO2 case study and considerations for a general
approach, J. Nanopart. Res., 14(8), 1014/1-1014/14, 2012.
31. Haiyuan Zhang, Darren R. Dunphy, Xingmao Jiang, Huan Meng, Bingbing Sun, Derrick
Tarn, Min Xue, Xiang Wang, Sijie Lin, Zhaoxia Ji, Rubin Li, Fred L. Garcia, Jing Yang,
Martin L. Kirk, Tian Xia, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre Nel, Jeffrey C. Brinker, Processing pathway
dependence of amorphous silica nanoparticle toxicity: colloidal vs pyrolytic, J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 134 (38), 15790-15804, 2012.
32. Zhaoxia Ji, Xiang Wang, Haiyuan Zhang, Sijie Lin, Huan Meng, Saji George, Tian Xia,
André E. Nel, and Jeffrey I. Zink, Designed synthesis of CeO2 nanorods and nanowires for
studying toxicological effects of high aspect ratio nanomaterials, ACS Nano, 6(6), 53665380, 2012.
33. Salik Hussain, Faris Al-Nsour, Annette B Rice, Jamie Marshburn, Zhaoxia Ji, Jeffrey I.
Zink, Brenda Yingling, Nigel J. Walker, Stavros Garantziotis, Cerium dioxide nanoparticles
induce apoptosis and autophagy in human peripheral blood monocytes, ACS Nano, 6(7),
5820-5829, 2012.
34. Xiang Wang, Tian Xia, Matthew C. Duch, Haiyuan Zhang, Zhaoxia Ji, Ruibin Li, Huan
Meng, Sijie Lin, Yu-pei Liao, Meiying Wang, Tze-bin Song, Mark C. Hersam, Andre E. Nel,
Pluronic F108 coating decrease pulmonary fibrogenic potential of multiwall carbon
nanotubes via reduced bioreactivity, Nano Lett. 12(6), 3050-3061, 2012.
35. Haiyuan Zhang*, Zhaoxia Ji*, Tian Xia, Huan Meng, Cecile Low-Kam, Rong Liu, Sijie Lin,
Xiang Wang, Yu-pei Liao, Meiying Wang, Lingjiang Li, Robert Damoiseaux, Donatello
Telesca, Yoram Cohen, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre E. Nel, Use of metal oxide nanoparticle
semiconductor properties and band gap to develop a predictive paradigm for the oxidative
stree injury and acute toxicological potential in cells and the murine lung, ACS Nano, 6(5),
4349-4368, 2012. *Haiyuan Zhang and Zhaoxia Ji contributed equally
36. Saji George, Sijie Lin, Zhaoxia Ji, Courtney Thomas, Linjiang Li, Mathew Macklenburg,
Huan Meng, Xiang Wang, Haiyuan Zhang, Tian Xia, Shuo Lin, J. Nathan Hohman, Jeffrey I.
Zink, Paul Weiss, André E. Nel, Surface defects on plate-shaped silver nanoparticles exhibit
biological and environmental hazard potential in a predictive toxicological screening
paradigm, ACS Nano, 6(5), 3745-3759, 2012.
37. Salik Hussain, Faris Al-Nsour, Annette B Rice, Jamie Marshburn, Zhaoxia Ji, Jeffrey I.
Zink, Brenda Yingling, Nigel J. Walker, Stavros Garantziotis, Cerium dioxide nanoparticles
do not modulate the lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in human
monocytes, Int. J. Nanomedicine, 7, 1387-1397, 2012.
38. Angela Ivask, Elizabeth Suarez, Trina Patel, David Boren, Zhaoxia Ji, Patricia Holden,
Donatello Telesca, Robert Damoiseaux, Kenneth A. Bradley, Hilary Godwin, Genome-wide
bacterial toxicity screening uncover the mechanisms of toxicity of a cationic polystyrene
nanomaterial, 46(4), Environ. Sci. Tech., 2398-2405, 2012.
39. Xiang Wang, Tian Xia, Susana Addo Ntim, Zhaoxia Ji, Sijie Lin, Huan Meng, Choong-Heui
Chung, Saji George, Haiyuan Zhang, Meiying Wang, Ning Li, Yang Yang, Vincent
Castranova, James C. Bonner, Somenath Mitra, André E. Nel, Dispersal state of multiwalled
carbon nanotubes elicits profibrogenic cellular response that correlate with fibrosis, ACS
Nano, 5(12), 9772-9787, 2011.
40. Sijie Lin, Yan Zhao, Tian Xia, Huan Meng, Zhaoxia Ji, Rong Liu, Saji George, Sijing
Xiong, Xiang Wang, Haiyuan Zhang, Suman Pokhrel, Lutz Mädler, Robert Damoiseaux,
Shuo Lin, Andre Nel, High content screening in zebrafish speeds up hazard ranking of
transition metal oxide nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 5(9), 7284-7295, 2011.
41. Saji George, Suman Pokhrel, Zhaoxia Ji, Bryana Henderson, Tian Xia, Linjiang Li, Jeffrey
I. Zink, André E. Nel, Lutz Mädler, Role of Fe doping in tuning the band gap of TiO2 for
photo-oxidation induced cytotoxicity paradigm, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133(29), 11270-11278,
2011.
42. Zhaoxia Ji, Mariam N. Ismail, Dennis M. Callahan Jr., Juliusz Warzywoda, Albert Sacco Jr.,
Transition metal ion substitution in Titanosilicate ETS-10 for enhanced UV light
photodegradation of methylene blue, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 221(1), 77-83,
2011.
43. Huan Meng, Sui Yang, Zongxi Li, Tian Xia, Justin Chen, Zhaoxia Ji, Haiyuan Zhang, Xiang
Wang, Sijie Lin, Connie Huang, Hong Zhou, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre E. Nel, Aspect ratio
determines the abundance of mesoporous silica nanoparticle uptake by an activated
macropinocytosis mechanism, ACS Nano, 5(6), 4434-4447, 2011.
44. Huan Meng, Min Xue, Tian Xia, Zhaoxia Ji, Derrick Y. Tarn, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre E. Nel,
Use of size and a co-polymer design feature to improve the biodistribution and the enhanced
permeability and retention effect of doxorubicin-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles in a
murine xenograft tumor model, ACS Nano, 5(5), 4131-4144, 2011.
45. Rong Liu, Robert Rallo, Saji George, Zhaoxia Ji, Sumitra Nair, André E. Nel, Yoram Cohen,
Classification nano-SAR modeling for cytotoxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles, Small, 7(8),
1118-1126, 2011.
46. Haiyuan Zhang, Tian Xia, Huan Meng, Min Xue, Saji George, Zhaoxia Ji, Xiang Wang,
Rong Liu, Meiying Wang, Robert Rallo, Robert Damoiseaux, Yoram Cohen, Kenneth A.
Bradley, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre E. Nel, Differential expression of syndecan-1 mediates
cationic nanoparticle toxicity in undifferentiated versus differentiated normal human
bronchial epithelial, ACS Nano, 5(4), 2756-2769, 2011.
47. Saji George, Tian Xia, Robert Rallo, Zhaoxia Ji, Xiang Wang, Haiyuan Zhang, Bryan
France, David Schoenfeld, Robert Damoiseaux, Yan Zhao, Shuo Lin, Kenneth A Bradley,
Yoram Cohen, André E Nel, Use of a high throughput screening approach coupled with in
vivo zebrafish embryo screening to develop hazard ranking for engineered nanomaterials,
ACS Nano, 5(3), 1805-1817, 2011.
48. Zhaoxia Ji, Mariam N. Ismail, Dennis M. Callahan Jr., Eko Pandowo, Zhuhua Cai, Trevor L.
Goodrich, Katherine S. Ziemer, Juliusz Warzywoda, Albert Sacco Jr., The Role of silver
nanoparticles on silver modified Titanosilicate ETS-10 in visible light photocatalysis, Appl.
Catal. B: Environ, 102(1-2), 323-333, 2011.
49. Tian Xia, Yan Zhao, Tina Sager, Saji George, Suman Pokhrel, Ning Li, David Schoenfeld,
Huan Meng, Sijie Lin, Xiang Wang, Meiying Wang, Zhaoxia Ji, Jeffrey I. Zink, Lutz
Mädler, Vincent Castranova, Shuo Lin, Andre E. Nel, Decreased dissolution of ZnO by iron
doping yields nanoparticles with reduced toxicity in the rodent lung and zebra fish embryos,
ACS Nano, 5(2), 1223-1235, 2011.
50. Courtney R. Thomas, Saji George, Allison M. Horst, Zhaoxia Ji, Robert J. Miller, Jose R.
Peralta-Videa, Tian Xia, Lutz Mädler, Jorge L. Gardea-Torresdey, Patricia A. Holden, Arturo
Keller, Hunter S. Lenihan, Jeffrey I. Zink, Andre E. Nel, Nanomaterials in the environment:
from materials to high throughput screening to organisms, ACS Nano, 5(1), 13-20, 2011.
51. Damoiseaux R, George S, Li M, Pokhrel S, Ji Z, France B, Xia T,Suarez E, Rallo R, Maedler
L, Cohen Y, Hoek EMV and Nel A., No time to lose - high throughput screening to assess
nanomaterial safety, Nanoscale, 3, 1345-1360, 2011.
52. Zhaoxia Ji, Dennis M. Callahan Jr., Mariam N. Ismail, Juliusz Warzywoda, Albert Sacco Jr.,
Development and characterization of a Titanosilicate ETS-10-coated optical fiber reactor
towards the photodegradation of methylene blue, J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 217(1)
22-28, 2011.
53. Xiang Wang, Tian Xia, Susana Addo Ntim, Zhaoxia Ji, Saji George, Huan Meng, Haiyuan
Zhang, Vincent Castranova, Somenath Mitra, André E. Nel, Quantitative techniques for
assessing and controlling the dispersion state and biological effects of multi-walled carbon
nanotubes in mammalian tissue culture cells, ACS Nano, 4(12), 7241-7252, 2010.
54. Tian Xia, Huan Meng, Saji George, Haiyuan Zhang, Xiang Wang, Zhaoxia Ji, Jeffrey I.
Zink, André E. Nel, Strategy for toxicity screening of nanomaterials, Material Matters, 5(3),
82-87, 2010.
55. Huan Meng, Monty Liong, Tian Xia, Zongxi Li, Zhaoxia Ji, Jeffrey I. Zink and Andre E.
Nel, Engineered design of mesoporous silica nanoparticles to deliver Doxorubicin and PGlycoprotein siRNA to overcome drug resistance in a cancer cell line, ACS Nano, 4(8),
4539-4550, 2010.
56. Zhaoxia Ji, Xue Jin, Saji George, Tian Xia, Huan Meng, Xiang Wang, Elizabeth Suarez,
Haiyuan Zhang, Eric M.V. Hoek, Hilary Godwin, André E. Nel, Jeffrey I. Zink, Dispersion
and stability optimization of TiO2 nanoparticles in cell culture media, Environ. Sci. Tech.,
44(19), 7309-7314, 2010.
57. Arturo A. Keller, Hongtao Wang, Dongxu Zhou, Hunter S. Lenihan, Gary Cherr, Bradley J.
Cardinale, Robert Miller, Zhaoxia Ji, Stability and Aggregation of Metal Oxide
Nanoparticles in Natural Aqueous Matrices , Environ. Sci. Technol., 44(6), 1962-1967, 2010.
58. Saji George, Suman Pokhrel, Tian Xia, Benjamin Gilbert, Zhaoxia Ji, Macro Schowalter,
Andreas Rosenauer, Robert Damoiseaux, Ken Bradley, Lutz Mädler, André E Nel, Use of a
rapid cytotoxicity screening approach to engineer a safer zinc oxide nanoparticle through iron
doping, ACS Nano, 4(1), 15-29, 2010.
59. Mariam N. Ismail, Trevor L. Goodrich, Zhaoxia Ji, Katherine S. Ziemer, Juliusz
Warzywoda, and Albert Sacco Jr., Assembly of Titanosilicate ETS-10 crystals on
organosilane-functionalized gallium nitride surfaces, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater., 118(1-3),
245-250, 2009.
60. Mariam N. Ismail, Naftali D. Fraiman, Dennis M. Callahan Jr., Gamze Gursoy, Edward
Viveiros, Onnaz Ozkanat, Zhaoxia Ji, Ronald J. Willey, Juliusz Warzywoda, Albert Sacco
Jr., First unseeded hydrothermal synthesis of microporous vanadosilicate AM-6, Micropor.
Mesopor. Mater., 120(3), 454-459, 2009.
61. Zhaoxia Ji, Juliusz Warzywoda, and Albert Sacco Jr., Synthesis and morphological control
of large Titanosilicate ETS-10 crystals, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater., 109(1-3), 1-11, 2008.
62. Zhaoxia Ji, Juliusz Warzywoda, and Albert Sacco Jr., Titanosilicate ETS-10 Thin film
preparation on fused silica optical fibers, Micropor. Mesopor. Mater., 101(1-2), 279-287,
2007.
63. Zhaoxia Ji, Juliusz Warzywoda, Albert Sacco Jr., Competitive nucleation and growth in
seeded batch crystallization of Titanosilicate ETS-10 using Ti(SO4)2, Micropor. Mesopor.
Mater., 81(1-3), 201-210, 2005.
64. Zhaoxia Ji, Bilge Yilmaz, Juliusz Warzywoda, and Albert Sacco Jr., Hydrothermal synthesis
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