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Kai Zhang

Assistant Professor

UIUC

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of Biochemistry

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Department of Biochemistry

Kai Zhang is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Assistant Professor at Uiuc.

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UIUC

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cell biology molecular cell biology optogenetics cellular physiology signal transduction biophysics cell signaling developmental biology cellular biochemistry molecular physiology neuroscience developmental cell biological imaging molecular and cellular biology neurons signaling pathways molecular neuroscience biomedical imaging light science molecular imaging molecular regulation cellular neurobiology molecular neurodegeneration luminescence intracellular trafficking molecular neurobiology cell fate determination cell death developmental system cell metabolism photomedicine photophysical properties receptor tyrosine kinases light regulation embryonic development biophysical review nanoparticle research cell motility light microscopy proteinlipid interaction neural stem cells nerve growth factor carbon biomolecular interactions cryptochromes single-molecule detection degenerative pathology cell control biomedical optics biomedical photonics developmental genetics secretory pathway carbon dots axonal transport neuroinflammation photoreceptor cells novel imaging methods microscopy methods redox signaling large language models fatty liver disease lipoprotein metabolism protein function kinase activity multiplex gene removal single quantum dot amyloid precursor protein tau levels single quantum dots optical readout intracellular signaling pathways continuous distribution emission states blood-brain barrier malfunction brain endothelial cells barrier dysfunction down syndrome mitochondrial diseases alzheimer's disease neurogenetics biomedical research cancer research protein-protein interaction molecular psychiatry microfluidics imaging genomics neural regeneration

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Bps2025 - Defining Intracellular and Intercellular Communication During Inflammatory Lytic Cell Death. Biophysical Journal (2025)

Teak-Jung OhZixiao LiAmna MehfoozBryan GworekVishnu KrishnamurthyKai Zhang

immunologycell deathcellular physiologyimmunologic mechanismscell signalingcell interactionsapoptosisintercellular communicationimmune responsescell biologyautophagycellular biochemistryinflammation

Mmmu-Pro: A More Robust Multi-Discipline Multimodal Understanding Benchmark. (2025)

Xiang YueTianyu ZhengYuansheng NiYubo WangKai ZhangShengbang TongYuxuan SunBotao YuGe ZhangHuan SunYu SuWenhu ChenGraham Neubig

machine learningcomputer visionmultimodal llmdeep learningmachine visiondata sciencemultimodal learningcomputer science

Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Membrane Fusion. Methods in molecular biology (2025)

Owen TyoeKai ZhangJiajie Diao

biophysicsmembrane formationmolecular dynamics simulationmolecular modellingmembrane computingmembrane sciencemembrane structure

Alternating Cellular Functions by Optogenetic Control of Organelles. Methods in molecular biology (2024)

Kangqiang QiuXiuqiong XuKai ZhangJiajie Diao

optogeneticscellular functionscellular physiologymolecular and cellular biologymorphogenesismolecular cell biologycell controlcell and molecular biologydevelopmental biologycell organellecell biology

Gene Delivery and Analysis of Optogenetic Induction of Lytic Cell Death. Current Protocols (2024)

Teak‐Jung OhBryan GworekAmna MehfoozKai Zhang

immunologysignaling pathwayslytic cell deathcell deathinflammationcell signalingtherapeutic targetscellular pharmacologyabstract necroptosisapoptosissignal transductioncell regulationcellular biochemistrycell biology

MMMU: A Massive Multi-Discipline Multimodal Understanding and Reasoning Benchmark for Expert Agi. 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) (2024)

Xiang YueYuansheng NiTianyu ZhengKai ZhangRuoqi LiuGe ZhangSamuel StevensDongfu JiangWeiming RenYuxuan SunCong WeiBotao YuRuibin YuanRenliang SunMing YinBoyuan ZhengZhenzhu YangYibo LiuWenhao HuangHuan SunYu SuWenhu Chen

machine intelligenceexpert agireasoning benchmarkmultimodal llmdata sciencemultimodal learningcomputer scienceknowledge-based systemsautomated reasoningknowledge representation and reasoning

Phosphatidylinositol-3-Phosphate Mediates Arc Capsid Secretion Through the Multivesicular Body Pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

Kritika MehtaHenry YentschJungbin LeeYeeun YookKwan Young LeeTianyu Terry GaoNien-Pei TsaiKai Zhang

arc capsidssignaling pathwayshiv gagcytoskeletoncell signalingintracellular traffickingmolecular and cellular biologyprotein transportmolecular cell biologymolecular biologymembrane proteinssecretory pathwayarc proteinsignal transductioncellular biochemistrycell biology

Spatiotemporal Control of Inflammatory Lytic Cell Death Through Optogenetic Induction of Ripk3 Oligomerization. Journal of Molecular Biology (2024)

Teak-Jung OhVishnu KrishnamurthyJeong Won HanJunyao ZhuZayn BegAmna MehfoozBryan GworekDavid J. ShapiroKai Zhang

optogeneticssignaling pathwayscell deathgene expressionplasma membrane rupturecell signalingreceptor tyrosine kinasesmolecular cell biologymolecular biologyspatial light modulatorcell biology

Sustainable Synthesis of Carbon Dots via Bio‐Waste Recycling for Biomedical Imaging. Smart Medicine (2024)

Yuxin WangMatthew ChaeTeak‐Jung OhKangqiang QiuKritika MehtaAdrian TanNien‐Pei TsaiDonglu ShiKai ZhangJiajie Diao

biomedical imagingmaterial chemistrysustainable chemistrychemical engineeringcarbon dotscarbongreen chemistrynanoparticleschemistrynanomaterialsgreen nanotechnologysustainable synthesisluminescencecarbon-based materials

Adaptive Chameleon or Stubborn Sloth: Revealing the Behavior of Large Language Models in Knowledge Conflicts. arXiv (Cornell University) (2023)

Xie, JianZhang, KaiChen, JiangjieLou, RenzeSu, Yu

knowledge conflictsmemory studiesparametric memorysemantic evaluationlanguage modelsnatural language processinginferencellm-based agentretrieval augmented generationlanguagecognitive sciencememorycognitionlarge language modelsnatural language generation

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Kai Zhang

Assistant Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of Biochemistry

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Department of Biochemistry

Kai Zhang is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Assistant Professor at Uiuc.

Honors

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Experiences

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UIUC

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Bps2025 - Defining Intracellular and Intercellular Communication During Inflammatory Lytic Cell Death. Biophysical Journal (2025)

Teak-Jung OhZixiao LiAmna MehfoozBryan GworekVishnu KrishnamurthyKai Zhang

immunologycell deathcellular physiologyimmunologic mechanismscell signalingcell interactionsapoptosisintercellular communicationimmune responsescell biologyautophagycellular biochemistryinflammation

Mmmu-Pro: A More Robust Multi-Discipline Multimodal Understanding Benchmark. (2025)

Xiang YueTianyu ZhengYuansheng NiYubo WangKai ZhangShengbang TongYuxuan SunBotao YuGe ZhangHuan SunYu SuWenhu ChenGraham Neubig

machine learningcomputer visionmultimodal llmdeep learningmachine visiondata sciencemultimodal learningcomputer science

Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Membrane Fusion. Methods in molecular biology (2025)

Owen TyoeKai ZhangJiajie Diao

biophysicsmembrane formationmolecular dynamics simulationmolecular modellingmembrane computingmembrane sciencemembrane structure

Alternating Cellular Functions by Optogenetic Control of Organelles. Methods in molecular biology (2024)

Kangqiang QiuXiuqiong XuKai ZhangJiajie Diao

optogeneticscellular functionscellular physiologymolecular and cellular biologymorphogenesismolecular cell biologycell controlcell and molecular biologydevelopmental biologycell organellecell biology

Gene Delivery and Analysis of Optogenetic Induction of Lytic Cell Death. Current Protocols (2024)

Teak‐Jung OhBryan GworekAmna MehfoozKai Zhang

MMMU: A Massive Multi-Discipline Multimodal Understanding and Reasoning Benchmark for Expert Agi. 2022 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) (2024)

machine intelligenceexpert agireasoning benchmarkmultimodal llmdata sciencemultimodal learningcomputer scienceknowledge-based systemsautomated reasoningknowledge representation and reasoning

Phosphatidylinositol-3-Phosphate Mediates Arc Capsid Secretion Through the Multivesicular Body Pathway. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)

Kritika MehtaHenry YentschJungbin LeeYeeun YookKwan Young LeeTianyu Terry GaoNien-Pei TsaiKai Zhang

Spatiotemporal Control of Inflammatory Lytic Cell Death Through Optogenetic Induction of Ripk3 Oligomerization. Journal of Molecular Biology (2024)

Teak-Jung OhVishnu KrishnamurthyJeong Won HanJunyao ZhuZayn BegAmna MehfoozBryan GworekDavid J. ShapiroKai Zhang

optogeneticssignaling pathwayscell deathgene expressionplasma membrane rupturecell signalingreceptor tyrosine kinasesmolecular cell biologymolecular biologyspatial light modulatorcell biology

Sustainable Synthesis of Carbon Dots via Bio‐Waste Recycling for Biomedical Imaging. Smart Medicine (2024)

Yuxin WangMatthew ChaeTeak‐Jung OhKangqiang QiuKritika MehtaAdrian TanNien‐Pei TsaiDonglu ShiKai ZhangJiajie Diao

Adaptive Chameleon or Stubborn Sloth: Revealing the Behavior of Large Language Models in Knowledge Conflicts. arXiv (Cornell University) (2023)

Xie, JianZhang, KaiChen, JiangjieLou, RenzeSu, Yu

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