华中科技大学工学博士，副教授，硕士生导师，新加坡国立大学访问学者。

主要从事肿瘤免疫与代谢相关研究，开展基础医学与临床医学研究相结合、生物信息分析与实验相结合的分子调控网络研究，外泌体非编码RNA及靶基因功能研究。近年来主持国家级项目1项，主持省级、局厅级项目4项，参与国家级项目3项，以第一/通讯作者发表SCI论文40余篇，最高影响因子28.5，单篇最高引用次数超过200次，其中6篇论文入选ESI高被引论文，1篇论文入选ESI热点论文。湖北省国际科技合作基地负责人，湖北省一流本科课程<生命科学发展史>负责人。

招生专业：基础医学、临床医学

研究方向：肿瘤学/免疫学/分子生物学/药理学

代表性成果

1. Liu CG1, Chen J1, Goh RMW, Liu YX, Wang L*, Ma Z*. The role of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles containing noncoding RNAs in mediating immune cell function and its implications from bench to bedside. Pharmacol Res. 2023 May;191:106756. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106756. *通讯作者（ 药学1区, IF: 9.299）

2. Ashrafizadeh M, Zarrabi A, Karimi-Maleh H, Taheriazam A, Mirzaei S, Hashemi M, Hushmandi K, Makvandi P, Nazarzadeh Zare E, Sharifi E, Goel A, Wang L, Ren J, Nuri Ertas Y, Kumar AP, Wang Y, Rabiee N*, Sethi G*, Ma Z*. (Nano)platforms in bladder cancer therapy: Challenges and opportunities. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 2022 Jun 17; 8(1): e10353. DOI: 10.1002/btm2.10353 *通讯作者（★ESI高被引论文）

3. Zhaowu Ma1, Xiaoqiang Xiang1, Shiya Li, Peng Xie, Quan Gong*, Boon-Cher Goh*, Lingzhi Wang*. Targeting hypoxia-inducible factor-1 for cancer treatment: Recent advances in developing small-molecule inhibitors from natural compounds.  Seminars in Cancer Biology. 2022, 80: 379-390. DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2020.09.011. 1 第一作者(肿瘤学1区.Top期刊, IF: 14.5, ★ESI高被引论文/热点论文)

4. Juan Li1, Guo Zhang1, Chen-Guang Liu, Xiaoqiang Xiang, Minh T.N. Le, Gautam Sethi, Lingzhi Wang*, Boon-Cher Goh*, Zhaowu Ma*. The role of exosomal circRNAs in the tumor microenvironment: insights into cancer diagnosis and therapy. Theranostics. 2022; 12(1):87-104. doi:10.7150/thno.64096. *通讯作者(1区.Top期刊, IF: 12.400, ★ESI高被引论文）

5. Juan Li, Jinlie Long, Qiong Zhang, Hongyuan Shen, An-Yuan Guo*, Zhaowu Ma*, Guo Zhang*. Hypothalamic long noncoding RNA AK044061 is involved in the development of dietary obesity in mice. International Journal of Obesity. 2021 Aug 26. 2021 Dec;45(12):45. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00945-9. *共同通讯作者(内分泌学与代谢2区.Top期刊)

6. Zhaowu Ma1, Louis ZizhaoWang1, Jun-Ting Cheng, Walter Sze Tung Lam, Xiang Ma, Xiaoqiang Xiang, Andrea Li-Ann Wong, Boon Cher Goh, Quan Gong*, Gautam Sethi*, Lingzhi Wang. Targeting HIF-1-mediated Metastasis for Cancer Therapy. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 2021 Jun 20;34(18):1484-1497. DOI：10.1089/ars.2019.7935. 第一作者（内分泌学与代谢2区, ★ESI高被引论文）

7. Yingying Wang1, Ying Xiang1, Victoria W Xin1, Xian-Wang Wang, Xiao-Chun Peng, Xiao-Qin Liu, Dong Wang, Na Li, Jun-Ting Cheng, Yan-Ning Lyv, Shu-Zhong Cui , Zhaowu Ma*, Qing Zhang*, Hong-Wu Xin*. Dendritic cell biology and its role in tumor immunotherapy. J Hematol Oncol. 2020 Aug 3;13(1):107. DOI：10.1186/s13045-020-00939-6  PMID: 32746880. *共同通讯作者(血液学1区, IF: 28.5012, ★ESI高被引论文)

8. Jun-Ting Cheng1, Lingzhi Wang1, Hong Wang, Feng-Ru Tang, Wen-Qi Cai, Gautam Sethi*, Hong-Wu Xin and Zhaowu Ma*. Insights into Biological Role of LncRNAs in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Cells. 2019; 8(10). pii: E1178. DOI: 10.3390/cells8101178  *通讯作者（引用: 150次, ★ESI高被引论文）

9. Li Yu, Ke Huang, Yixiang Liao, Lingzhi Wang*, Gautam Sethi*, Zhaowu Ma*. Targeting novel regulated cell death: Ferroptosis, pyroptosis and necroptosis in anti-PD-1/PD-L1 cancer immunotherapy. 2024, Cell Proliferation. *通讯作者(生物学1区 Top, IF: 8.4997) DOI: 10.1111/CPR.13644.