Dr. Zejun Deng received his Bachelor's (2014) and Master's (2017) degrees from Central South University in Materials Science & Engineering. He completed his PhD (2020) in Chemistry at Institute Polytechnique de Paris under the guidance of Dr. Prof. Christophe Renault and Dr. Prof. Fouad Maroun. After a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Prof. Huilin Shao at Health Innovation and Technology, National University of Singapore, Dr. Zejun Deng returned to Central South University to start his academic career. His research interests include electrochemical biosensors, diamond electrochemistry, and single entity electrochemistry. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed papers in international journals such as Chem. Sci., Anal. Chem., Carbon, Chem. Eng. J ., Sens. Actuators B-Chem., Electrochim. Acta and Appl. Surf. Sci. Dr. Zejun Deng currently acts as the young editorial board member of Functional Diamond, and is a member of the Chinese Materials Research Society.

E-mail address：zejun.deng@csu.edu.cn

- Research Interests：

[1] Miniaturized diamond electrochemical biosensor

[2] Environmental diamond electrochemistry

[3] Interfacial electrochemical analysis

[4] Single entity electrochemistry

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- Selected panel of peer-reviewed publications：（*Corresponding author，#Co-first author）

1. After joining CSU

[1] Zejun Deng^*,#, Ruitong Zhu^#, Qiuping Wei^*, et al. Diamond for antifouling applications: A review. Carbon, 2022, 196, 923-939. 

[2] Haichao Li, Zejun Deng*, Qiuping Wei*, et al. Engineering a Au-NPs/Nafion modified nanoporous diamond sensing interface for reliable voltammetric quantification of dopamine in human serum. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 446, 136927. 

[3] Ruitong Zhu, Zejun Deng*, Qiuping Wei*, et al. A nanoporous diamond particle microelectrode and its surface modification. Electrochimica Acta, 2022, 430, 141015. 

[4] Ruitong Zhu, Zejun Deng*, Qiuping Wei*, et al. Inconsistency of BDD reactivity assessed by ferri/ferro-cyanide redox system and electrocatalytic degradation capability. Functional Diamond, 2022, 2(1): 71-79.

2. Before joining CSU

[1] Zejun Deng, Christophe Renault*. Unravelling the last milliseconds of an individual graphene nanoplatelet before impact with a Pt surface by bipolar electrochemistry. Chemical Science, 2021, 12, 12494-12500. 

[2] Zejun Deng, Christophe Renault*. Detection of Individual Insulating Entities by Electrochemical Blocking. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2021, 25, 100619. 

[3] Zejun Deng, Fouad Maroun, Jeffrey E. Dick, and Christophe Renault*. Detection of individual Conducting Graphene Nanoplatelets by Electro-catalytic depression. Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 355, 136805. 

[4] Zejun Deng, Ridha Elattar, Fouad Maroun, and Christophe Renault*. In Situ Measurement of the Size Distribution and Concentration of Insulating Particles by Electrochemical Collision on Hemispherical Ultramicroelectrodes. Analytical Chemistry, 2018, 90, 12923–12929. 

[5] Zejun Deng, Qiuping Wei*, et al. Template-free synthesis of millimeter-scale carbon nanorod arrays on boron doped diamond with superior glucose sensing performance. Applied Surface Science, 2022, 572, 151468.

[6] Zejun Deng, Qiuping Wei*, et al. High-performance non-enzymatic glucose sensor based on nickel-microcrystalline graphite-boron doped diamond complex electrode. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 2017, 242 825-834. 

[7] Fangmu Liu, Zejun Deng*, Qiuping Wei*, et al. A highly stable microporous boron-doped diamond electrode etched by oxygen plasma for enhanced electrochemical ozone generation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering, 2021, 9, 106369.