Prof. Dr. Mingdong DONGH-Index: 81
The Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Denmark
Position: Head of BioSPM Group at the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Denmark
Specialization: Development and Application of Advanced Scanning Probe Methods for characterization of nanoscale materials, including biological and biophysical systems.
At the NANOCON´26 Mingdong Dong will open the Session C – Bionanotechnology, Nanomaterials in Medicine by his invited talk “Amyloud Peptide Implications for Biomaterial Design”.
Personal Background and Education:
Mingdong Dong graduated (BSc) Central South University China and he received MS. degree in Chalmers University of Technology, Sweeden. He obtained Ph.D. degree in Applied Physics from Aarhus University, Denmark, then he continued with a Postdoctoral Position at Harvard University, USA. 2017 Visiting Professor, Stanford University, USA and 2025 guest professor ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
He is applied physicist with interdisciplinary expertise bridging materials science, physical chemistry, biophysics, and nanoscience. Prof. Mngdong Dong is a member of professional societies, including the Royal Microscopical Society, American Chemical Society (ACS), Materials Research Society (MRS), and Biophysical Society. He is also Japan JSPS invited Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and
Fellow of the Royal Microscope Society （FRMS).
Research interests:
Prof. Dr. Mingdong Dong is a highly respected scientist in nanoscience and microscopy, known for advancing quantitative measurement techniques at the nanoscale. His interdisciplinary work spans materials science, biological systems, and surface analysis.
The research activities of the Dong´s group are focused on developing several quantitative SPM-based techniques that are used to investigate electronic, mechanical, thermal, chemical, and magnetic properties in biological systems and nanomaterials. These techniques have helped researchers gain a better understanding of the structure-function relationship. With his diverse academic experience in materials science, physical chemistry, and biophysics, Professor Dong has applied his expertise in SPM to solve complex problems in life science and nanoscience.
Summary of publication activity:
Author/co-author of 400 papers in international peer-reviewed journals; The number of total citations > 26.000 including Nature, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, PNAS, Angewandte Chemie, Nano Letters, JACS, ACS NANO, and Advanced Materials ect. and H-index: 81 (Google Scholar, April 2026); ORCID ID 
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