Shangfeng Wang is a Young Principal Investigator and Ph.D. supervisor at the Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, and a Research Fellow at the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers. Dr. Wang received his B.Eng. (2012) and M.Eng. (2015) degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology, and his Ph.D. in Chemistry (2019) from Fudan University. He then carried out postdoctoral research (2019–2022) at Fudan University with Prof. Fan Zhang before joining the faculty in 2022.

His research focuses on near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probes, fluorescent proteins, and optical imaging methods for biomedical applications. He has made several notable contributions to the field: (1) creation of a family of organic molecular probes spanning the entire NIR tissue-transparent window (1000–1700 nm), significantly enhancing in vivo imaging penetration and signal-to-noise ratio; (2) development of NIR fluorescent proteins with emission beyond 1000 nm, enabling high-resolution imaging of genetically encoded cells under complex physiological conditions; and (3) introduction of real-time multispectral fluorescence imaging for intraoperative navigation, including collaborative work with United Imaging Healthcare on AI-driven medical imaging instrumentation.

To date, Dr. Wang has published 35 peer-reviewed papers, including first- or corresponding-author articles in Nature Materials, Nature Photonics, Nature Communications (2), J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2), ACS Central Science (2), Nano Letters (2), and Chemical Science. He holds four granted Chinese patents and has led or participated in more than ten national and provincial research projects, including the NSFC, the Shanghai “Explorer” Program, and the National Key R&D Program of China. His honors include the First Prize for Basic Research in Rare Earth Science and Technology from the Chinese Society of Rare Earths, as well as awards such as Fudan University Excellent Postdoctoral Fellow, Shanghai Super Postdoc, and Shanghai Outstanding Graduate.

He currently serves as Associate Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry and as a Youth Editorial Board Member of Nano-Micro Letters.