Education:
Fudan University, China, B.S., 1983, Radiochemistry.
Fudan University, M.S., 1986, Physical chemistry.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Ph.D., 1997, Physical chemistry
Academic Appointments:
Professor, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University
(Apr. 2005-now)
Associate Prof., Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University
(May, 1999-Apr. 2005).
Lecturer, Department of Physics II, Fudan University
(Sep., 1988-May, 1999).
Assistant, Department of Physics II, Fudan University
(June, 1986-Sep., 1988).
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong (July, 1997-Dec. 1997).
Visiting Scholar, Department of Zoology, Oxford University, UK
(July-Aug. 2002).
Visiting Scholar, Lab of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
(Oct. 2003-Apr. 2004)
Recent Research Publications:
[1] Ping Zhou, Steve C. F. Au-Yeung and Xiaoping Xu, (1999) A DFT and 59Co Solid State NMR Study of the Second Sphere Interaction in Polyammonium Macrocycles Cobalt Cyanide Supercomplexes, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 121(5), 1030-1036.
[2] Ping Zhou, Feng Xue, Steve. C. F. Au-Yeung and Xiaoping Xu, (1999) Crystal Structures of [18]aneH2K[Co(CN)6]4H2O, [16]aneN4H2K[Co(CN)6] and [12]aneN4H3[Co(CN)6]2H2O. Insight into the Electrostatic and Hydrogen Bonding Interaction in Self-Assembling Supercomplexes, Acta Cryst. B, 55, 389-395.
[3] Zhengzhong Shao, Yuyu Sun, Ping Zhou, and Tongyin Yu, (1999) Specific Interaction in Silk Fibroin-Poly(Potassium acrylate) Blends, Polymer J. 31, 470-475.
[4] Ping Zhou, Steve C. F. Au-Yeung and Qing’an Meng, (1999) The Second Sphere Interaction in the Supramolecular Complexes Studied by 59Co Solid Static NMR, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica 15(6), 533-540.
[5] Heng Lin, Zheng-zhong Shao, Ping Zhou, Qinwei Gao, Tongyin Yu, (2000) Synthesis and Conformation of Poly(L--Chloroethyl glutamate), Chem. J. Chinese Univ. 21(5), 819-821.
[6] Xin Chen, Zhengzhong Shao, Yufang Huang, Yao Huang, Ping Zhou, Tongyin Yu, (2000) Influence of Crosslinking Agent content on Structure and Properties of Glutaraldehyde Crosslinked Chitosan Membranes, Acta Chimica Sinica 58(12), 1654-1659.
[7] Qinwei Gao, Zhengzhong Shao, Yuyu Sun, Heng Lin, Ping Zhou, Tongyin Yu, (2000) Complex formation of silk fibroin with poly(acrylic acid)，Polymer J. 32(3), 269-274.
[8] Xin Chen, Zhengzhong Shao, Nebojsa S. Marinkovic, Lisa M. Miller, Ping Zhou, Mark R. Chance, (2001) Conformation transition kinetics of regenerated Bombyx mori silk fibroin membrane monitored by time-resolved FTIR spectroscopy，Biophys. Chem. 89(1), 25-34.
[9] Guiyang Li, Ping Zhou, Yaojun Sun, Wenhua Yao, Yong Mi, Huiyig Yao, Zhengzhong Shao and Tongyin Yu, (2001) The Effect of Metal Ions on the Conformation Transition of Silk Fibroin, Chem. J. Chinese Univ. 22(5), 860-862.
[10] Yong Yang, Xin Chen, Ping Zhou, Wenhua Yao, Zhengzhong Shao, (2001) Mechanical Properties of Bombyx mori Silk at Different Temperatures, Chem. J. Chinese Univ. 22(9), 1592-1596.
[11] Ping Zhou, Guiyang Li, Zhengzhong Shao, Xiaoyun Pan, Tongyin Yu, (2001) Structure of Bombyx Mori Silk Fibroin Based on the DFT Chemical Shift Calculation, J. Phys. Chem. B 105(50), 12469-12476.
[12] Guiyang Li, Ping Zhou, Zhengzhong Shao, Xun Xie, Xin Chen, Honghai Wang, Lijuan Chunyu, Tongyin Yu, (2001) Natural Silk Spinning Process: A nucleation-Dependent Aggregation Mechanism? Eur. J. Biochem. 268(24), 6600-6606.
[13] Wang, P.; Liu, R.; Wu, X.; Ma, H.; Cao, X.; Zhou, P.; Zhang, J.; Weng, X.; Zhang, X.-L.; Qi, J.; Zhou, X.; Weng, L. (2003); A Potent, Water-Soluble and Photoinducible DNA Cross-Linking Agent, J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (Communication); 125(5), 1116-1117.
[14] XIE Xun , ZHOU Ping , YAO Jin-Rong , ZOU Peng , SHAO Zheng-Zhong, (2003) Synthesis of 1 ,6-Diaminohexane Mono-end-protected by t-butyloxycarbonyl, Chinese Journal of Synthetic Chemistry, 11（5），406-408,.
[15] Ping Zhou, Steve C. F. Au-Yeung, (2003) Determination of rotational reorientation correlation time and 59Co nuclear quadrupolar coupling constant of polyammonium macrocyclic cobalticyanide supercomplexes in dilute aqueous solutions – an application of dynamic laser light scattering method，Chinese J. Nuclear Magnetic. Resonance. (2003)，20（4），319－328
[16] Zhou L, Chen X, Shao ZZ, Zhou P, Knight DP, Vollrath F，（2003）Copper in the silk formation process of Bombyx mori silkworm，FEBS LETTERS， 554 (3)， 337-341.
[17] Yao, JR; Chen, X; Zhou, P; Shao, ZZ; Yu, TY, (2003) Vibrational spectroscopy studies on the blend films of silk fibroin and silk-protein like polymers， CHEMICAL JOURNAL OF CHINESE UNIVERSITIES-CHINESE，24 (11)， 2113-2115.
[18] Liu JH, Chen X, Shao ZZ, Zhou P，（2003）Preparation and characterization of chitosan/Cu(II) affinity membrane for urea adsorption，J. APPL. POLYM. SCI. 90 (4): 1108-1112
[19] Yao JR, Xiao DH, Chen X, Zhou P, Yu TY, Shao ZZ, (2003) Synthesis and solid-state secondary structure investigation of silk-proteinlike multiblock polymers, Macromolecules, 36 (20), 7508-7512
[20] Chen X, Zhou L, Shao ZZ, Zhou P, Knight DP, Vollrath F，(2003)Conformation transition of silk protein membranes monitored by time-resolved FT-IR spectroscopy - Conformation transition behavior of regenerated silk fibroin membranes in alcohol solution at high concentrations，ACTA CHIMICA SINICA 61 (4): 625-629.
[21] YU Tong-yin , MEI Na , CHEN Guang , ZHOU Ping, SHAO Zheng-zhong , CHEN Xin , YAO Jin-rong (2003), Application of Silk Fibroin in Tissue Engineering, Journal of Fudan University (Natural Science), 42 (6), 828-832.
[22] ZHOU Ping, Steve C.F.Au-Yeung, (2004) HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTION IN COBALTIC SUPRAMOLECULAR COMPLEXES—STUDIED 59Co NMR AND MOLECULAR MODELLING, Chinese Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 21 (1), 1-15.
[23] Guang Chen, Ping Zhou, Luanfeng Pan, Na Mei, Chungen Wu, Xin Chen, Zhengzhong Shao(2004) Silk fibroin modified porous poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffold for human fibroblast culture in vitro，Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine，15 (6): 671-677。
[24] Xie, X; Zhou, P; Deng, F; Wu, PY; Zong, XH; Yao, WH, (2004) Influence of pH value on the conformation transition of silk fibroin, CHEMICAL JOURNAL OF CHINESE UNIVERSITIES-CHINESE, 25 (5): 961-965 MAY 2004
[25] Chen, X; Huang, YF; Shao, ZZ; Huang, Y; Zhou, P; Knight, DP; Vollrath, F. Function of potassium in spinning process of spider Nephila, （2004）CHEMICAL JOURNAL OF CHINESE UNIVERSITIES-CHINESE, 25 (6): 1160-1163。
[26] Chen G, Zhou P, Pan LF, Mei N, Wu CG, Chen X, Shao ZZ, (2004) Growth of human fetal lung fibroblasts on the natural biomaterial-chitosan scaffold, ACTA CHIMICA SINICA 62 (10): 992-997.
[27] Yang YH, Shao ZZ, Chen X, Zhou P (2004) Optical spectroscopy to investigate the structure of regenerated Bombyx mori silk fibroin in solution, BIOMACROMOLECULES 5 (3): 773-779.
[28] Ping Zhou, Xun Xie, David P. Knight, Xiao-Hong Zong, Feng Deng, Wen-Hua Yao, (2004), Effects of pH and Calcium ions on the Conformation Transitions in Silk Fibroin Using 2D Raman Correlation Spectroscopy and 13C Solid State NMR, Biochemistry-US, 43（35）, 11302-11311.
[29] Xiaohong Zong, Ping Zhou, Zhengzhong Shao, Shiming Chen, Xin Chen, Bingwen Hu, Feng Deng, Wenhua Yao (2004), Effect of pH and Cu(II) on the Conformation Transitions of Silk Fibroin Based on EPR, NMR and Raman Spectroscopy, Biochemistry-US, 43（38）, 11932-11941.
[30] Yi Liu, Zhengzhong Shao, Ping Zhou, Xin Chen (2004), Thermal and crystalline behaviour of silk fibroin/nylon 66 blend films, Polymer, 45（22）, 7705-7710.
[31] Yang Y, Chen X, Shao ZZ, Zhou P, Porter D, Knight DP, Vollrath F (2005), Toughness of spider silk at high and low temperatures, Advanced Materials 17 (1): 84-88 JAN 18 2005.
[32] Na Mei, Guang Chen, Ping Zhou, Luan-Feng Pan, Chun-Gen Wu, Xin Chen, Zheng-Zhong Shao (2005), Biocompatibility of Poly( -caprolactone) Scaffold Modified by Chitosan—The Fibroblasts Proliferation in vitro, J. Biomater. Appl. 19（4）323-339.
[33] ZONG Xiaohong, ZHOU Ping, SHAO Zhengzhong, WANG Honghai & CHUNYU Lijuan (2005), Cu(II) effect on the conformation of regenerated silk fibroin in dilute aqueous solution, Chinese Science Bulletin, 50 (11), 1080-1084.
[34] Na MEI, Ping ZHOU, Luan-Feng PAN*, Guang CHEN, Chun-Gen WU, Xin CHEN, Zheng-Zhong SHAO, Guo-Qiang CHEN, Biocompatibility of Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) Modified by Silk Fibroin, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine，in press.
[35] Bing-Wen Hu, Ping Zhou, Isao Noda and Guang-Zhi Zhao, An NMR Approach Applicable to Biomolecular Structure Characterization, Analytical Chemistry, ASAP.