Biography
Dr. Sang is a Research Associate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from UNSW, specializing in nanoparticle-based technology for cancer treatment and CRISPR-based gene therapy and diagnostic applications. Dr. Sang has authored over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles in high-impact journals, including Nature Communications, eBioMedicine, Acta Biomaterialia, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy,...view more
Dr. Sang is a Research Associate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. She obtained her Ph.D. degree from UNSW, specializing in nanoparticle-based technology for cancer treatment and CRISPR-based gene therapy and diagnostic applications. Dr. Sang has authored over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles in high-impact journals, including Nature Communications, eBioMedicine, Acta Biomaterialia, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, and Journal of Materials Chemistry B. She has secured over $160K in research funding, including grants from the NICE-UNSW “Proof-of-Scale” Fund, the Development and Research Training Grant, and the Sydney Vital Research Scholarship Award. Her research has been internationally recognized, earning her a PhD Scholarship Top-up Award from the Translational Cancer Research Network and the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad from the China Scholarship Council. She holds one PCT patent (PCT/AU2023/051144) and one provisional patent (2025900402). In addition to her research contributions, Dr. Sang serves as the Co-Chair of the Women in Chemistry division of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), NSW Branch.
My Grants
1. NICE-UNSW "Proof-of-Scale" Fund, 2024-2025, co-CI
My Awards
- Research Training Program International Scholarship, Australian Government (2020-2024)
- Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2023)
- Development and Research Training Grant (DRTG) (2023)
- PhD Scholarship Top-up Awards, TCRN (2021)
- Research Scholarship Award, Sydney Vital (2021)
My Research Activities
- Ultrasensitive CRISPR biosensors assisted by nucleic acid mediators. (2023) PCT Patent. International application No. PCT/AU2023/051144.
- Radiation-activated photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment. (2025) Australian Provisional Patent. Application No. 2025900402.
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Nanoparticle-based technology for cancer treatment and CRISPR-based gene therapy and diagnostic applications
Currently supervising
- Co-supervising PhD research project: Targeted polymer lipid hybrid nanoparticles for breast cancer treatment (K. Zahra), 2024-now
- Co-supervising thesis student research project: Sensitive detection of RNA methylation using CRISPR/Cas13a biosensing system (F. Wu), 2025.
- Co-supervising PhD research project: CRISPR-based gene editing for enhanced Car-T cell therapy (H. Mei), 2024-now.
- Mentor undergraduate students (I. Joun) research project: Targeting and treatment options using liposomes/polymer nanoparticles for metastatic breast cancer, June 2021 - December 2021.
- Mentor undergraduate students (A.K. Numkarng) research project: Therapeutic Liposomes modified by anti-EGFR antibody for Glioblastoma treatment, January 2021 - September 2021.
- Mentor undergraduate students (M. Stramotas) research project: Anti-EGFR and anti-ICAM1 antibodies modified dual-targeting liposomes for breast cancer treatment, September 2020 - September 2021.
- Mentor undergraduate students (S. Shankar) research project: Active Liposomes for the treatment of Breast Cancer., February 2020 - December 2020.
My Engagement
- Co-chair of Committee RACI Women in Chemistry, NSW branch, 2024-now
- Secretary of Committee RACI Women in Chemistry, NSW branch, 2023-2024
- PhD representative of Committee RACI Women in Chemistry, NSW branch, 2022-2023
- Member, RACI, 2022-now
- Member, IEEE EMBC, 2023-now
- Member, ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics (CNBP), 2020-now
- Member, Australian Centre for NanoMedicine (ACN), 2020-now
- Member, Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR), 2022-2024
- Session chair in "Performing Research in Industry" session in the “Performing Research” series organized by the IEEE EMBS Student Activities Committee as part of EMBC on Tuesday 25th July 2023.
- Guest Judge at the 2021 Year 9 Science Conference at Sydney Girls High School Anzac parade Surry Hills
- Judge for the Autumn 2024 UTS Faculty of Engineering and IT(FEIT) - Engineering Capstone Awards
- Assessor for honors project on 26th March in UTS.
- Assessor for master student (Zichen Xu) in UTS, whose project is focused on nuclear-targeted delivery of CRISPR by using polymer nanocarriers.
- Guest Editor for the journal of Biomedicines: Special Issue "Application of Biomedical Materials in Cancer Therapy" in 2024-2025.
My Teaching
- Demonstrator, Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering Studio B - 41163, UTS, 2022-2023
- Instructor, Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering Studio B - 41163, UTS, 2024.
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8557-2072