Principle Investigator of Group Environmental Molecule Recognition and Sensing in State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology. Excellent Young Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China (2012).

Sep.1996-Jul.2000, Peking University, Bachelor Degree，Chemistry;

Sep.2000-Jul.2005, Peking University, Ph.D, Analytical Chemistry;

Jul. 2005 - Jul. 2009, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Postdoctoral Fellow;

Sep. 2009- Jul. 2014, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China，Professor;

Jul. 2014-Present, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Research interest include environmental molecule recognition and sensing, environmental analysis and bioanalytical chemistry, molecular interaction study and affinity separation.

1. R. Dolot, C. H. Lam, M. Sierant, Q. Zhao, F.-W. Liu, B. Nawrot, M. Egli,* X. Yang*, Crystal structures of thrombin in complex with chemically modified thrombin DNA aptamers reveal the origins of enhanced affinity, Nucleic Acids Research , 2018, 46, 4819-4830.
2. L. Sun, Q. Zhao*, Competitive horseradish peroxidase-linked aptamer assay for sensitive detection of aflatoxin B1, Talanta, 2018, 179, 344-349.
3. Y. Bai, Y. Li, D. Zhang, H. Wang, Q. Zhao*, Enhancing the affinity of anti-human α-thrombin 15-mer DNA aptamer and anti-Immunoglobulin E aptamer by polyT extension, Analytical Chemistry, 2017, 89, 9467-9473.
4. Y. Bai, H. Wang, Q. Zhao*, Detection of human neutrophil elastase by aptamer affinity capillary electrophoresis coupled with laser-induced fluorescence using specified site fluorescently labeled aptamer, Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2017, 409, 6843-6849. ?
5. L. Sun, L. Wu, Q. Zhao*, Aptamer based surface plasmon resonance sensor for aflatoxin B1, Microchimica Acta, 2017, 84, 2605-2610.
6. Y. Li, L. Sun, Q. Zhao* Competitive fluorescence anisotropy/polarization assay for ATP using aptamer as affinity ligand and dye-labeled ATP as fluorescence tracer, Talanta, 2017, 174, 7-13.
7. Y. Liu, Q. Zhao*, Direct fluorescence anisotropy assay for cocaine using tetramethylrhodamine-labeled aptamer, Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2017, 409, 3993-4000.
8. L. Hao, Y. Bai, H. Wang, Q. Zhao*, Affinity capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection for thrombin analysis using nuclease-resistant RNA aptamers, Journal of Chromatography A, 2016, 1476, 124-129
9. Q. Zhao,* J. Gao, Sensitive and selective detection of thrombin by using a cyclic peptide as affinity ligand, Biosensors Bioelectronics, 2015, 63, 21-25.
10 . Q. Zhao,* Q. Lv, H. Wang, Aptamer fluorescence anisotropy sensors for adenosine triphosphate by comprehensive screening tetramethylrhodamine labeled nucleotides, Biosensors Bioelectronics, 2015, 70, 188-193.
11. Q. Zhao,* Q. Lv, H. Wang, Identification of allosteric nucleotide sites of tetramethylrhodamine-labeled aptamer for noncompetitive aptamer-based fluorescence anisotropy detection of a small molecule, ochratoxin A, Analytical Chemistry, 2014, 86, 1238-1245.
12. Q. Zhao,* J. Gao, An affinity capture involved enzymatic assay for thrombin by using peptide aptamers as affinity ligands on magnetic beads, Chemical Communications, 2013, 49, 7720-7722.
13. Q. Zhao*, X. Geng, H. Wang, Screening interaction between ochratoxin A and aptamers by fluorescence anisotropy approach, Anaytical. Bioanalytical Chemistry 2013, 405, 6281-6286.
14. Q. Zhao*, M. Wu, X.C. Le, X.-F. Li*, Applications of aptamer affinity chromatography, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2012, 41, 46-57.
15. Q. Zhao,* X. Wang, An Aptamer-capture based chromogenic assay for thrombin, Biosensors Bioelectronics, 2012, 34, 232-237.
16. Q. Zhao,* X.-F. Li, X. C. Le, Aptamer capturing of enzymes on magnetic beads to enhance assay specificity and sensitivity, Analytical Chemistry, 2011, 83, 9234-9236.

General Programs of National Natural Science Foundation of China (host, 2 programs)

Key National Natural Science Foundation of China (participant)

Young Scholars of National Natural Science Foundation of China