Dr. Li-Ming ZHNAG is a full professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University (China). He transferred to polymer chemistry and physics when he entered the Institute of Polymer Science at the Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University as a postdoctoral fellow from July of 1994 to June of 1996. He joined the faculty in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Sun Yat-sen University as a lecturer in July of 1996, and was then promoted to an associate professor in November of 1996 as well as a full professor in June of 2002. He was the Vice Director (01/1998-12/2000, 01/2005-12/2012) and Director (01/2013-12/2016) of Polymer Research Institute at the Sun Yat-sen University. From January of 2001 to July of 2002, he worked as a research support specialist in the Department of Chemistry at the Stony Brook University and at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (X27C) in USA. From May of 2011 to May of 2012, he worked as a visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Stanford University in USA.
His research interests encompass polysaccharides, biopolymers, biomaterials, hydrogels, nanoparticles and functional nanocomposites. He has been responsible more than 30 national and provincial-level scientific research projects for undertaking projects including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Education''s New Century Excellent Talents Support Program (First Batch), the Ministry of Education''s Key University Teachers Support Program, the Ministry of Education''s Special Research Fund for Doctoral Discipline Points in Universities, the Ministry of Education''s Research Start-up Fund for Returned Overseas Students, the Ministry of Science and Technology''s 863 Program (handled by cooperative units), Key Project of Clinical Disciplines of Ministry-affiliated Medical Institutions of the Ministry of Health (led by Cooperative units), Natural Science Foundation Project of Guangdong Province, Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangdong Province, Special Project of Science and Technology Development of Guangdong Province, and Key Project of Scientific and Technological Innovation of Higher Education Institutions of Guangdong Province. As core members, he mainly undertook the 973 major project research of the Ministry of Science and Technology in China. He has published 381 papers in academic journals and more than 160 academic conferences at home and abroad, as well as 4 international book chapters. He has made Plenary and Keynote speakers in important academic conferences for many times. A total of 93 invention patents have been applied for in China and the United States, among which 71 Chinese invention patents have been authorized, and some have been implemented and transformed. As the first contributor, he has won three second prizes and one third prize of the Guangdong Science and Technology Award (Natural Science Category). As a major contributor, he has won one second prize of the Guangdong Science and Technology Award (Science and Technology Progress Category). He has serves as an editorial board member, associate editor and guest editor for several domestic and international academic journals. He has served as a member of the expert review panel for the 863 Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Key Research and Development Program, the Xiamen Double Hundred Talents and Overseas High-level Talents Program, the Guangdong Science and Technology Award, and the Guangzhou Development Zone Entrepreneurial Leading Talent Program, among others.
To date, he has educated 25 Ph.D. students (including 3 Ph.D. students who were jointly trained abroad for one year with the support of the National Publicly Funded Graduate Student Program), 36 M.Sc students, 7 postdoctoral associates and a visiting scholar, as well as 93 undergraduate students who have completed their graduation theses or received scientific research training. Among the previous students trained, one has received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, two have been selected into the National Ten Thousand Talents Program for "Outstanding Young Talents" and the Youth Program of the Ministry of Education''s Important Talent Program, three have received the Provincial Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, twelve have been selected as provincial young talents, and one has won the Second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked 5/10). He has taught postgraduate courses such as "Polymer Properties and Composite Materials", "Advances in Polymer Science", "Polymer Rheology", "Natural Polymers and Biological Polymers", and "Frontiers of Chemical Progress", as well as undergraduate courses such as "Polymers and Environmental Protection" and "Frontiers of Chemistry". He has received the "Ma Yingbiao Teaching Award", "Fran Teaching Award" and "Melos Teaching Award" from Sun Yat-sen University, among others. In 1999, he was selected into the Ministry of Education''s Program for Supporting Key Teachers in Higher Education Institutions. In 2000, he was selected as a university-level candidate for the "Thousand, Hundred and Ten Project" of Higher education institutions in Guangdong Province. In 2004, he was selected into the first "New Century Excellent Talents" support Program of the Ministry of Education. In 2008, he was selected as a provincial-level candidate for the "Thousand, Hundred and Ten Project" of Higher education institutions in Guangdong Province. Since March 2016, he has been working at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University. (Prof. Li-Ming ZHNAG no longer recruits new postgraduate students and has retired)
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Dr. Li-Ming ZHANG
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Professor of Polymer Materials and Engineering
School of Materials Science and Engineering
Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University
Guangzhou 510006, China
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