Areas of Focus
- Polymer gel membranes for controlled architecture and mass transfer
- High-efficiency polymer separation membranes for water resource management and dual-carbon strategy
- Innovative polymer materials for gas, organic molecules, and ion separation
Work Experience
- 2018-2022 Postdoctoral Researcher: City University of Hong Kong, Professor Zuankai Wang's group
- 2023-Present Professor and Doctoral Supervisor: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2009-2013 Bachelor of Science: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- 2013-2018 PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering: Zhejiang University, supervised by Professor Zhi-Kang Xu, including joint training at the University of Alberta with Professor Hongbo Zeng
Publications
- Supergravity-steered generic manufacturing of nanosheets-embedded nanocomposite hydrogel with highly-oriented, heterogenous architecture, Chao Zhang et al., 2024
- Double charge flips of polyamide membrane by ionic liquid-decoupled bulk and interfacial diffusion for on-demand nanofiltration, Chao Zhang et al., 2024
- Thermodynamic and Kinetic Understanding for Managing the Controllability of Interfacial Polymerization, Chao Zhang et al., 2024
- Design of photothermal 'ion pumps' for achieving energy-efficient, augmented and durable lithium extraction from seawater, Chao Zhang et al., 2024
- Solid-state, liquid-free ion-conducting elastomers: rising-star platforms for flexible intelligent devices, Chao Zhang et al., 2024
- Temperature-modulated Interfacial Synthesis of Fully Aromatic Polyurea for Superior Solvent/Thermal-Resistant Separation, Chao Zhang et al., 2024
- Supported Ionic Liquid Membrane with highly-permeable Polyamide Armor by In-situ Interfacial Polymerization for Durable CO2 Separation, Chao Zhang et al., 2024
Awards
- 2017 First Prize, Zhejiang Chemical Society Innovation Award
- 2020 Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Fund Postdoctoral Talent Program
- 2022-2023 Listed in Stanford University's Top 2% of Global Scientists
- 2023 National High-level Talents Program
- 2023 Zhejiang University Hundred Talents Program
- 2024 Zhejiang University Qizhen Plan
