Associate Prof. Zan Hua
Education
B.S., Materials Chemistry, Anhui Normal University, 2011
M.S., Polymer Chemistry and Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2014
PhD, Chemistry, University of Warwick, 2018
Associate Professor at Biomass Molecular Engineering Centre (BMEC)
Anhui Agricultural University.
Z.Hua@ahau.edu.cn
Dr. Hua received his B.S. degree majoring in Materials Chemistry at Anhui Normal University in 2009 and M.Sci in Polymer Chemistry and Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2014. Then he pursued his PhD working with Prof. Rachel K. O’Reilly in the University of Warwick, UK. In July 2018, he was recruited as a high-level talent and joined the Department of Material Science and Engineering, Anhui Agricultural University in 2016. Dr. Hua has very good expertise in polymer synthesis and self-assembly. He has published many high profile papers. His main research interests are novel and high performance materials based on biomass resources.
Selected publications:
1.Hua, Z.; Wilks, T. R.; Keogh, R.; Herwig, G.; Stavros, V. G.; O’Reilly, R. K. Chem. Mater. 2018, 30, 1408-1416.
2. Hua, Z.; Keogh, R.; Li, Z.; Wilks, T. R.; Chen, G.; O’Reilly, R. K., Macromolecules 2017, 50, 3662-3670.
3. Hua, Z.; Pitto-Barry, A.; Kang, Y.; Kirby, N.;Wilks, T. R.; O’Reilly, R. K., Polym. Chem. 2016, 7, 4254-4262.
4. Hua, Z.; Yang, J.; Wang, T.; Liu, G.; Zhang, G., Langmuir 2013, 29, 10307-10312.
Recuitment: We want to recruit graduate students majoring in Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering. Self-motivated undergraduate students are highly welcome to conduct basic research in our lab.
