Qun Huo

Biography

 EDUCATION 1999 Ph.D. Chemistry University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 1994 M.Sc. Chemistry Sun Yat-sen University, P.R. China 1991 B.Sc. Polymer Science University of Science and Technology of China, P.R. China PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 2005-present Associate Professor University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida Joint appointments in: NanoScience Technology Center, Department of Chemistry, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences (School of Medicine), and Department of Mechanics, Materials and Aerospace Engineering (College of Engineering) 2009-present President Nano Discovery Inc. Orlando, Florida 2001-2005 Assistant Professor North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 1999-2001 Postdoctoral Associate University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida HONORS AND AWARDS 2008-present National Institute of Health (NIH) panel review member 2010 Florida State University System, Scholar Boost Award 2010-present Associate Editor, Reviews in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (RNN) 2008 Natural Science Foundation of China Oversea Young Investigator award 2006-present Associate Editor, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (Elsevier) 2006 US-Japan Young Researcher Exchange Program for Nanotechnology and Nanomanufacturing delegation team (NSF and Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (total 14 members from USA, selected by NSF program officers) 2005 National Science Foundation NIRT award (PI) 2003 National Science Foundation CAREER award (PI)

Research Interest

We are a nanomaterial chemistry group who specializes in the synthesis, property studies and application development of nanoparticle materials. In the bottom-up approach towards nanomaterial development, there are two most important issues to be addressed: one is the synthesis of nanobuilding blocks and the other one is how to assemble the nanobuilding blocks together into materials or devices with expected structures, properties and functions. The property of a nanomaterial is not only dependent on nanobuilding blocks alone, but also determined by the architectural organization of nanobuilding blocks. Therefore, it is extremely important to achieve a precise control on both the chemical structures of individual nanoparticles and the architectural structures of the assembled nanoparticle materials.