Wenwu Peng
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Main Focus
I would like to design molecular gates and tumor microenvironment-specific biochemical and photochemical strategies to program cancer cell behavior.
Curriculum Vitae
Wenwu received his Master’s degree from East China Normal University (Shanghai, China) in July 2022 and his research interests focused on functionalization and application of polymer materials as well as organic synthesis. In December 2022, Wenwu started his PhD in the group of Prof. Dr. Tanja Weil at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer and works on designing molecular gates and tumor microenvironment-specific biochemical and photochemical approaches to modulate cancer cell behavior.
Selected Publications
1. Peng, W.; Zhou, T.; Hu, L.; Vankann, V.; Bohn, T.; Bopp, T.; Kuan, S. L.; Weil, T.: Autonomous Activation of a Gated Chemiluminescent Photosensitizer Enables Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in Tumor Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (31), pp. 27822 - 27834 (2025).
2. Hu, L.; Peng, W.; Yu, J.; Förch, L.; Mann, S.; Kuan, S. L.; Weil, T.: Bioactive Artificial Cells as Autonomous Metabolic Actuators Enable Bidirectional Communication with Tumor Cells. Journal of the American Chemical Society 147 (51), pp. 47255 - 47265 (2025).