Group Leader
Professor Zhenzhong Yang
Personal:
Date & Place of Birth: May 1968, Liao Ning Province
Minority Ethnic Group: Xibo
Present Status:
Professor, ICCAS
Director, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education:
1986.09-1991.07 B.S.E. Polymer Materials and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
1991.09-1994.07 M.S. Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University
1994.09-1997.07 Ph.D. Polymer Physics and Chemistry, ICCAS
Professional Experience:
1997.08-1998.09 Postdoc at BASF, Ludwigshafen
1998.10-1999.04 Assistant professor, ICCAS
1999.04-2003.04 Associate professor, ICCAS
2003.04-Present Professor, ICCAS
2008-2012 ICCAS Deputy Director
2013.03-Present Director, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Honors and Awards:
2016 Leading Expert, National High-level Personnel Special Support Program
2016 Evonik Chemical Innovation Award Presented in Partnership with the Chinese Chemical Society
2013 National Young Leading Expert of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
2013 Winner of National Natural Science Award of China, Second Class, Primary Contributor
2012 Reward for Excellent Graduate Student Advisor of CAS
2010 Winner of Special Government Allowance
2009 Person Selected for National New Century Talents Project
2005 GM "Achievement of Science and Technology in China" Award
2005 CAS-Bayer Start-up Fund of year 2005-2006
2005 CCS-BASF Youth Knowledge Innovation Prize In 2005-2006
2004 Reward for Excellent Graduate Student Advisor of CAS
2003 Liu Da Gang Prize for Excellent Young Scientists
2003 Winner of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Completion Rating: Outstanding)
2001 Award for Innovative publications in Polymer Physics, Chinese Chemical Society
2000 Excellent Young employee of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academic Service & Affiliations:
Chief of Secretary, Chinese Chemical Society (28th)
Member of council, Chinese Chemical Society
Member of council, The Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China
Member of the Expert Advisory Committee, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Natural Science Foundation of China
Member of the National Polymer Professional Advisory Board
Associate Editor of Acta Polymerica Sinica
Associate Editor of Chemistry Online
Editorial Board Member of Chinese Chemical Letters (English Edition)
Editorial Board Member of Chinese Journal of Polymer Science (English Edition)
Editorial Board Member of Chemistry - An Asian Journal
Editorial Board Member of Science China Materials
Adjunct Professor, Peking University
Visiting Professor, Xiamen University
Adjunct Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Visiting Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology
Member of Academic Committee, Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Ministry of Education, Zhejiang University
Co-organizer of IUPAC World Polymer Congress, 2012, Virginia, USA
Organizer of Janus Materials Division, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, 2015, Honolulu, USA