Surfaces/Interfaces of soft matters
Functional coatings with extreme wetting and tunable adhesion
Engineering coatings for oil seal, drag-reduction and antibiofouling
Biolubrication
Curriculum Vitae:
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, 7.1997 M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China, 7.2000 Ph.D. in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 5.2004 Research associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK 4.2005-3.2008 Positions and honors: State key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics Deputy Director Professor, 2008-present, Associate Professor, May, 2004 – March 2005. Guest Professor at University of Shihezi, from 2011 “Young Excellence in Science and Technology of Gansu Province”, 2009. “Young Scholar Award in Tribology”, Chinese Engineering Institute, 2009. “National Young Excellence” Award from National Science Foundation of China, 2011. “Young Scholar Award of Chemistry”, Chinese Chemical Society, 2011. Dr. Feng Zhou is a full Professor in Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS and Deputy director of State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication. He gained PhD in 2004 and spent three years (2005-2008) in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge as a research associate. He has published more than 120 journal papers that received more than 3200 citations and has the H-index 31. His research interests include the surfaces/interfaces of soft matters, functional coatings with extreme wetting and tunable adhesion, engineering coatings for oil seal, drag-reduction and antibiofouling, and biolubrication. He has gained a number of awards including “Young Scholar Award in Tribology”, Chinese Engineering Institute, 2009; “National Young Excellence” Award from National Science Foundation of China, 2011; and “Young Scholar Award of Chemistry”, Chinese Chemical Society, 2011.
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