Education

Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Ph. D. in Analytical Chemistry, 2014-2018.

Hunan University, Changsha, China, M. S. in Analytical Chemistry, 2011-2014.

Hunan University, Changsha, China, B. S. in Chemistry, 2007-2011.

Professional Activities

(1) Professor of Chemistry, Yangzhou University, July 2021 to present.

(2) Associate Research Fellow, Nanjing University, October 2018 to June 2021.

The main research passion and strength focus on electrochemiluminescence microscopy and spectra at the single-nanoparticle and single-cell level. Research in Cheng Ma’s lab has been bridging and interfacing macroscopic electrochemiluminescence and microscopy analysis to discover novel luminescence phenomenon from single entities such as single nanocatalysts and single cells. It is funny to transduce a non-visible chemical information to a visible optical or electronic signal, which helps to uncover the mystical natural principles. The homemade microscopy and spectral instrument promote the relevant studies on electrocatalysis and subcellular analysis. Some interesting works have been published in academic journals such as Angew. Chem., Nano Lett., Chem. Sci., Anal. Chem., Chem. Commun. He is responsible for the Youth Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Youth Project of Science and Technology Plan of Jiangsu Province. His main research passions include:

(1) Single-cell level analysis by optical and electronic microscopy

(2) Single nanoparticle catalysis monitored by microscopy

(3) luminescence materials for analytical measurements and novel analytical instruments.

Publications：

1.   Cheng Ma, Shaojun Wu, Yang Zhou, Hui-Fang Wei, Jianrong Zhang, Zixuan Chen,* Jun-Jie Zhu, Yuehe Lin,* Wenlei Zhu*. Bio-Coreactant-Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence Microscopy of Intracellular Structure and Transport. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 4907-4914

2.   Ying Chen, Xiaodan Gou, Cheng Ma*, Dechen Jiang*, Jun-Jie Zhu. A Synergistic Coreactant for Single-Cell Electrochemiluminescence imaging: Guanine-Rich ssDNA-Loaded High-Index Faceted Gold Nanoflowers. Anal. Chem. 2021, 93, 7682-7689.

3.   Cheng Ma, Min-Xuan Wang, Hui-Fang Wei, Shaojun Wu, Jian-Rong Zhang, Jun-Jie Zhu, Zixuan Chen*. Catalytic route electrochemiluminescence microscopy of cell membranes with nitrogen-doped carbon dots as nano-coreactants. Chem. Commun. 2021, 57, 2168-2171.

4.    Yue Cao, Cheng Ma*, Jun-Jie Zhu. DNA Technology-Assisted Signal Amplification Strategies in Electrochemiluminescence Bioanalysis. Journal of Analysis and Testing, 2021, 5, 95-111

5.    Cheng Ma, Hui-Fang Wei, Min-Xuan Wang, Shaojun Wu, Yu-Chung Chang, Jianrong Zhang, Li-Ping Jiang, Wenlei Zhu*, Zixuan Chen* and Yuehe Lin*. Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Monitored by Electrochemiluminescence Blinking at Single-Nanoparticle Level. Nano. Lett. 2020, 20, 5008-5016.

6.    Cheng Ma, Yue Cao, Xiaodan Gou and Jun-Jie Zhu*. Recent Progress in Electrochemiluminescence Sensing and Imaging. Anal. Chem. 2020, 92, 431-454. (Highly Cited Paper)

7.    Yue Cao, Wenlei Zhu, Huifang Wei, Cheng Ma*, Yuehe Lin* and Jun-Jie Zhu*. Stable and Monochromatic All-Inorganic Halide Perovskite Assisted by Hollow Carbon Nitride Nanosphere for Ratiometric Electrochemiluminescence Bioanalysis. Anal. Chem. 2020, 92, 4123-4130.

8.    Yang Li, Yanxin Chu, Yuanfang Li*, Cheng Ma* and Lingling Li*. A novel electrochemiluminescence biosensor: Inorganic-organic nanocomposite and ZnCo₂O₄ as the efficient emitter and accelerator. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2020, 303, 127222.

9.    Ying Chen, Yue Cao, Cheng Ma* and Jun-Jie Zhu*. Carbon-based dots for electrochemiluminescence sensing. Mater. Chem. Front. 2020, 4, 369-385.

10.  马诚，吴婉婉，朱俊杰*。单个氮化碳纳米片电化学发光成像监测细胞分泌铜离子。中国科学：化学。50，631（2020）。DOI：10.1360/SSC-2019-0167。

11.   Gen Liu, Bao-Kang Jin, Cheng Ma, Zixuan Chen* and Jun-Jie Zhu. Potential-Resolved Electrochemiluminescence Nanoprobes for Visual Apoptosis Evaluation at Single-Cell Level. Anal. Chem. 2019, 91, 6363-6370.

12.   Cheng Ma, Wanwan Wu, Lingling Li, Shaojun Wu, Jianrong Zhang, Zixuan Chen* and Jun-Jie Zhu*. Dynamically imaging collision electrochemistry of single electrochemiluminescence nano-emitters. Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 6167-6175.

13.   Cheng Ma, Wanwan Wu, Yujiao Peng, Min-Xuan Wang, Gang Chen, Zixuan Chen* and Jun-Jie Zhu*. A spectral shift-based electrochemiluminescence sensor for hydrogen sulfide. Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 1334−1339.

14.    Cheng Ma, Tong Bian, Sheng Yang, Changhui Liu, Tierui Zhang, Jinfeng Yang, Yinhui Li, Jishan Li*, Ronghua Yang and Weihong Tan. Fabrication of Versatile Cyclodextrin-Functionalized Upconversion Luminescence Nanoplatform for Biomedical Imaging. Anal. Chem., 2014, 86, 6508-6515.

Patent：

    1. 一种分子调控电致化学发光光谱的方法。吴婉婉，马诚，朱俊杰。专利号； ZL201711040890.9。

Conference articles：

1.     Imaging Single Nano-Emitters and Single Cells by Electrochemiluminescence Microscopy, SPIE Photonics West 2019, San Francisco, California, USA, 2-7 February 2019.（Oral Presentation）

2.     Electrochemiluminescence Microscopy Imaging Using Ru(bpy)₃²⁺ Doped in Silica Microspheres, Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid-State Science, Hawaii, USA, October 2-7, 2016. （Oral Presentation）

3.     Electrochemiluminescence Microscopy: Single-Particle Catalysis and Single-Cell Analysis, 17th ISEAC & 3rd ECL, Changchun, China, August 22-25, 2019. （Oral Presentation）

4.     Dynamically Imaging Collision Electrochemistry of Single Electrochemiluminescence Nano-Emitters, 17th ISEAC & 3rd ECL, Changchun, August 22-25, 2019（Poster）