Dr. Defeng Wu received  his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2005 and worked in The University of Western Ontario as a visiting scholar in 2011~2012. He is currently a Professor in School of Chemistry& Chemical Engineering –Yangzhou University, China. He has also an adjuvant position at the Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratories of Environmental Materials & Engineering. He has been working in the field of polymer nanocomposites and blends for over ten years, especially in the areas of rheology of multi-components & multi-phase systems, processing and characterization of filled polymer nanocomposites, and evaluation of process-property relationships of bi-opolymers and recycled polymers. He has more than 100 scientific journal publications in peer-reviewed polymer journals.

Research Interests

? Rheological study on multi-components & multi-phase complex systems

? Processing and characterization of filled polymer nanocomposites and polymer blends

? Evaluation of process-property-morphology relationships of biopolymers and recycled polymers

GRANTS:

1. Natural Science Pillar Program inJiangsuProvince: Study on the Biodegradable Polymer Alloys (BK2010040), 2010, 10-2012, 12

2. Special Foundation of Postdoctoral Program in China: Control of Co-continuous Morphology of Biodegradable Polymer Blends by Selective Localization of Nanoparticles (200902532), 2009-2010

3. National Science Foundation ofChina: Conductive Porous Materials Based on Biodegradable Polymer Blends and Its Morphological Control (50803052), 2009-2011

4. Postdoctoral Science Foundation ofChina: Interfacial Morphology Control of Immiscible Polylactide/Poly(-caprolactone) Blend Using Carbon Nanotubes (20080441078), 2009-2010

5. Natural Science Foundation of JiangsuProvince: Morphological Control and Design of Biodegradable Polymer Blends (BK2007559), 2007-2009

6. Natural Science Pillar Program for Universities inJiangsuProvince: Interfacial Properties during Preparation and Application of Environmental Materials (06KJA15011), 2007-2009

7. Foundation of Jiangsu Provincial Key Program of Physical Chemistry inYangzhouUniversity: Mesoscopic Network and Its Structural Rheology in the multi-components & multi-phase complex systems, 2005-2007

8. National Science Foundation ofChina: Preparation and Intelligentization of Hybridicated Elastomer (50373034), 2004-2007