Rate My Professor Hang Ta

Professor Hang Ta is a Professor and Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow in the School of Environment and Science at Griffith University, affiliated with the Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre. He holds the Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship and leads the BioMiNa Lab, supervising a team of 12 students and two postdocs. His research specializes in advanced nanomaterials for molecular imaging, targeted drug delivery, and theranostics to address life-threatening diseases, including cardiovascular conditions, cancer, inflammatory diseases, and blood disorders. Professor Ta's laboratory develops smart nanomedicine platforms, such as antithrombotic and antibacterial surface coatings, placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells for treatment, and polymeric nanoparticles for blood compatibility and non-invasive therapies.

Appointed Professor effective 1 January 2024, after serving as Associate Professor from 16 March 2020 to 31 December 2023 at Griffith University, Professor Ta has secured major grants, including an ARC Future Fellowship of $1,196,111 in 2024 for innovative materials in biomedicine, a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship spanning 2020-2024 valued at supporting early detection and characterization of cardiovascular diseases, and an NHMRC Ideas Grant of $523,342 in 2020 for smart nanomedicine development. His publications appear in high-impact journals such as Nature Protocols, Circulation Research, and Advanced Science, with over 6,890 citations and 147 papers listed on Google Scholar. Notable works include the book 'Nanotechnology for Hematology, Blood Transfusion, and Artificial Blood' (2022), chapters on nanoparticle effects on blood coagulation (2022), 'Antithrombotic and antibacterial surface coating based on...' (2026), 'Placenta-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treatment...' (2022), and 'A Bioactive Disintegrable Polymer Nanoparticle for Synergistic...' (2023). Professor Ta contributes to the field as Section Editor for Biomedical Nanotechnology at Frontiers, serves on Griffith University's Research Committee until 2026, and delivers public lectures on nanotechnology advancements.