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