• Sustainable food proteins
• Food protein self-assembling and its nanofibrils
• Food fortification and nutritional delivery
• Compatible biomedical materials
• Functional protein-based materials

• Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2025-present
• Senior Scientist (Oberassistant), ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2022-2025
• Postdoctoral Scientist, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2020-2022
• Doctor of Philosophy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, 2020
• Master of Engineering, Shenzhen University, China, 2015
• Bachelor of Science, Anhui Jianzhu University, China, 2012

• Associate Editor of Frontiers in Soft Matter, Frontiers, 2023-present;
• Associate Editor of Frontiers in Food Science and Technology, Frontiers, 2023-present;
• Guest Editor of Gels (MDPI) (2024-2025)

• EPFL Distinction Physics Thesis Award, 2020
• National Award for Chinese Excellent Student Abroad, 2021

For a complete list, see Dr. Jiangtao Zhou’s website here or google scholar.

‡co-first author, * co-corresponding author

• L. Frey‡, J. Zhou‡*, G. Cereghetti, M. Emanuel, D. Rhyner, A. Pokharna, L. Wenchel, H. Kadavath, M. Weber, Y. Cao, B. Meier, M. Peter, J. Greenwald, R. Riek*, R. Mezzenga*. A structural rationale for reversible vs irreversible amyloid fibril formation from a single protein. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1-11, 2024.
• J. Zhou, A. Salvatore, M. Tatli, J. Tian, I. Illie, E. Starostin, A. Calflisch, T. Knowles, G. Dietler, F. Ruggeri, H. Stahlberg, S. Sekatskii, R. Mezzenga*. The role of inter-protofilament interaction in the formation mechanism of hierarchically twisted protein nanofibrils. Advanced Science, 11(32), 2402740, 2024.
• J. Zhou*, C. Liao*, M. Villalba, C. Xiong, Cong. Zhao, L. Venturelli, D. Liu, A. Kohler, S. Sekatskii, G. Dietler, Y. Wang*, S. Kasas*. An optical fiber-based nanomotion sensor for rapid antibiotic and antifungal susceptibility test. Nano Letters, 24 (10), 2980-2988, 2024. (Cover Paper).
• D. Xu‡, J. Zhou‡*, W. Soon, I. Kutzli, A. Moliere, M. Radiom, S. Handschin, B. Li, L. Li, C. Ewald and R. Mezzenga*. Food protein amyloids are safe intergrades for human nutrition Food Amyloid Fibrils as Safe Nutrition Ingredients: In-vitro and In-vivo Assessment. Nature Communications, 14(1) 6806, 2023.
• T. Li‡, J. Zhou‡, M. Peydayesh, Y. Yao, M. Bagnani, I. Kutzli, Z. Chen, L. Wanga and R. Mezzenga*. Plant Protein Amyloid Fibrils for Multifunctional Sustainable Materials. Advanced Sustainable System, 7, 2200414, 2023.
• J. Zhou, T. Li, M. Peydayesh, M. Usuelli, V. Bueno, J. Teng, L. Wang and R. Mezzenga*. Oat plant amyloids for sustainable functional materials. Advanced Science, 9(4), 2104445, 2022. (Front Cover Paper)
• J. Zhou, L. Venturelli, L. Keiser, S. K. Sekatskii, F. Gallaire, S. Kasas, G. Longo, T. P. J. Knowles, F. S. Ruggeri, G. Dietler*. Environmental control of amyloid polymorphism by modulation of hydrodynamic stress. ACS nano 15 (1), 944–953, 2021.
• J. Zhou, R. S. Rugguri, M. R. Zimmermann, G. Meisl, G. Longo, S. K. Sekatskii, T. P. J. Knowles* and G. Dietler*. Effects of sedimentation, microgravity hydrodynamic mixing and air-water interface on a-synuclein amyloid formation. Chemical Science, 11, 3687–3693, 2020.
• J. Zhou, A. Smirnov, G. Dietler, S. K. Sekatskii*. Gap plasmon-enhanced high spatial resolution imaging by Photothermal Induced Resonance in visible range. Nano Letters 19 (11), 8278-8286, 2019.
• J. Zhou, S. Sekatskii, R. Welc, G. Dietler*, W.I. Gruszecki*. The role of xanthophylls in the supramolecular organization of the photosynthetic complex LHCII in lipid membranes studied by high-resolution imaging and nanospectroscopy. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 148117, 2019.
• Q. Xuan, J. Cai, Y. Gao, X. Qiao, T. Jin, M. Peydayesh, J. Zhou, Q. Sun, L. Zhan, B. Liu, P. Wang, H. Li, C. Chen, R. Mezzenga*. Amyloid-Templated Ceria Nanozyme Reinforced Microneedle for Diabetic Wound Treatments. Advanced Materials, 2417774, 2025.
• T. Jin, S. Chhong, M. Li, J. Zhou, Q. Xuan, J. Su, M. Dai, M. Peydayesh, Z. Dong, Q. Sun, M. Usuelli, R. Mezzenga*. Beyond CO2 storage: enzyme-amyloid fibril catalytic hybrids for long cascade reactions converting CO2 into fructose. ACS Nano, 19, 4, 4820–4829, 2025.
• M. Peydayesh, A. Kovacevic, L. Hoffmann, F. Donat, C. Wobill, L. Baraldi, J. Zhou, C. Müller, R. Mezzenga*. Sustainable smart packaging from protein nanofibrils. Advanced Materials, 2414658, 2024.
• B. Liu, M. Radiom, J. Zhou, H. Yan, J. Zhang, D. Wu, Q. Sun, Q. Xuan, Y. Li, R. Mezzenga*. Cation triggered self-assembly of a-lactalbumin nanotubes. Nano Letters, 24 (16), 4951-4958, 2024
• G. Cereghetti, V. Kissling, L. Koch, A. Arm, C. Schmidt, Y. Thüringer, N. Zamboni, P. Afanasyev, M. Linsenmeier, C. Eichmann, S. Kroschwald, J. Zhou, Y. Cao, D. Pfizenmaier, T. Wiegand, R. Cadalbert, G. Gupta, D. Boehringer, T. Knowles, R. Mezzenga, P. Arosio, R. Riek, M. Peter*. An evolutionarily conserved mechanism controls reversible amyloids of pyruvate kinase via pH-sensing regions, Developmental Cell, 2024.
• J. Su, P. Wang, W. Zhou, M. Peydayesh, J. Zhou, T. Jin, F. Donat, C. Jin, L. Xia, K. Wang, F. Ren, P. Meeren, F. Arquer, R. Mezzenga*. Single-site iron-anchored amyloid hydrogels as catalytic platforms for alcohol detoxification. Nature Nanotechnology, 1-10, 2024.
• P. Hanczyc, S. Alfarano, S. Bolisetty, J. Zhou, M. Peydayesh, V. Lutz‐Bueno, A. Diaz, S. Goswami, M. Beerepoot, M. Alam, L. Wang, N. Solin, I. Szymanska, R. Mezzenga*. Photonics of hydrothermally treated beta-lactoglobulin amyloids. Small Science, 2400054, 2024.
• T. Li, J. Zhou, Q. Wu, X. Zhang, Z. Chen and L. Wang*. Modifying functional properties of food amyloid-based nanostructures from rice glutelin. Food Chemistry 398, 133798, 2023.
• M. Peydayesh, S. Kistler, J. Zhou, V. Butz-Bueno, F. Victorelli, A. Meneguin, L. Sposito, T. Bauab, M. Chorilli, R. Mezzenga*. Amyloid-polysaccharide interfacial coacervates as therapeutic materials. Nature Communications,14(1) 1848, 2023.
• M. Linsenmeier, L. Faltova, C. Morelli, U. C. Palmiero, C. Seiffert, A. M. Küffner, D. Pinotsi, J. Zhou, R. Mezzenga and P. Arosio. The interface of condensates of the hnRNPA1 low-complexity domain promotes formation of amyloid fibrils. Nature Chemistry, 2023. (Cover Paper)
• I. Kutzli, J. Zhou, T. Li, S. Baier and R. Mezzenga*. Formation and characterization of plant-based amyloid fibrils from hemp seed protein. Food Hydrocolloids, 137 108307, 2023.
• D. Wu, J. Zhou, Y. Shen, C. Lupo, Q. Sun, T. Jin, S. Sturla, H. Liang, R. Mezzenga*. Highly adhesive amyloid-polyphenol hydrogels for cell scaffolding. Biomacromolecules, 24, 1, 471-480, 2023.
• Y. Han, Y. Cao, J. Zhou, Y. Yao X. Wu, S. Bolisetty, M. Diener, S. Handschin, C. Lu, R. Mezzenga*. Interfacial Electrostatic Self-Assembly of Amyloid Fibrils into Multifunctional Protein Films. Advanced Science 10, 2206867, 2023.
• M. Peydayesh, J. Vogt, X. Chen, J. Zhou, F. Donat, M. Bagnani, C. Muller and R. Mezzenga*. Amyloid-based carbon aerogels for water purification. Chemical Engineering Journal 449, 137703, 2023.
• Q. Sun, V. Bueno, J. Zhou, Y. Yuan and P. Fischer*. Polymer induced liquid crystal phase behavior of cellulose nanocrystal dispersions. Nanoscale Advances, 4, 4863-4870, 2022.
• M. Peydayesh, J. Vogt, X. Chen, J. Zhou, F. Donat, M. Bagnani, C. Muller and R. Mezzenga*. Amyloid-based carbon aerogels for water purification. Chemical Engineering Journal, 449, 137703, 2023.
• X. Cao, Y. Du, Y. Guo, G. Hu, M. Zhang, L. Wang, J. Zhou, Q. Gao P. Fischer, J. Wang, S. Stavrakis and A. Demello*. Replicating the Cynandra opis Butterful’s Structural Color for Bioinspired Bigrating Color Filters, Advanced Materials, 34(9) 2109161, 2022.
• J. Teng, M. Peydayesh, J. Lu, J. Zhou, P. Benedek, R. Schaublin, S. You, R. Mezzenga*. Amyloid-templated palladium nanoparticles for water purification by electroreduction. Angewandte Chemie 134, e2021166, 2022.
• M. Charnley, S. Islam, G. Bindra, J. Engwirda, J. Ratcliffe, J. Zhou, R. Mezzenga, M. Hulett, K. Han, J. Berryman* and N. Reynolds*, Neurotoxic amyloidogenic peptides in the proteome of SARS-COV2: potential implications for neurological symptoms in COVID -19. Nature Communications, 13 (1), 1-11, 2022.