Yagang Zhang
Professor
Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Biography
Yagang Zhang received his B.S. from Lanzhou University and his M.S. from Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He worked for two years as a project manager at XJIPC and was promoted to Associate Professor in April 2005. He then moved to the United States started his PhD with Professor Ken D. Shimizu at University of South Carolina. He joined Professor Zimmerman’s group at UIUC as a Postdoc Research Associate in 2010. He joined Professor Kenneth S. Suslick group in 2012 working on explosives detection using colorimetric sensor arrays. Currently he is Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. “One Thousand Talents” Professor-Xinjiang Program, “One Hundred Talents” Distinguished Professor from overseas. Research in Zhang’s group focuses on design and development of advanced functional materials, chemical sensors, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, green chemistry and clean process based on molecular recognition and molecular imprinting. Yagang Zhang received his B.S. from Lanzhou University and his M.S. from Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He worked for two years as a project manager at XJIPC and was promoted to Associate Professor in April 2005. He then moved to the United States started his PhD with Professor Ken D. Shimizu at University of South Carolina. He joined Professor Zimmerman’s group at UIUC as a Postdoc Research Associate in 2010. He joined Professor Kenneth S. Suslick group in 2012 working on explosives detection using colorimetric sensor arrays. Currently he is Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences. “One Thousand Talents” Professor-Xinjiang Program, “One Hundred Talents” Distinguished Professor from overseas. Research in Zhang’s group focuses on design and development of advanced functional materials, chemical sensors, fiber-reinforced polymer composites, green chemistry and clean process based on molecular recognition and molecular imprinting.
Research Interest
Design and development of advanced functional materials, Chemical sensors, Fiber-reinforced polymer composites, Green chemistry and Clean process based on molecular recognition and molecular imprinting.
