Education
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2006 – Present
(expected May 2011) Ph.D. Organic Polymer Chemistry,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg, VA 24061,
GPA 4.00 /
4.00
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1999 – 2006
Master and Bachelor of Chemistry,
Fudan University, Shanghai China
Academic
Awards
2009
Best Graduate Mentor Award for Summer Undergraduate Research
Program at Virginia Tech 2009
2007
Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute (MII) Fellowship by
Solvay Advanced Polymer Inc. at Virginia Tech
2004 2002
The People's Scholarship 2nd and 3rd Prize of Fudan University
2004 1999
Title of Excellent Student and Excellent Leader of Fudan
University
Conference Proceedings and
Presentations
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Bin Zhang,
S. Richard Turner. “Synthesis of Cyclohexylene Ring
Containing Semi-crystalline Polyarylethersulfones”
234th ACS National Meeting, Washington DC, United States,
August 16-20, 2009, POLY-56.
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Bin Zhang,
S. Richard Turner. “Synthesis of Cyclohexylene Ring
Containing Semi-crystalline Polyarylethersulfones”
Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute (MII) Technical
Conference and Review Poster Section, Blacksburg, VA, United
States, April 6th 2009.
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Bin Zhang,
S. Richard Turner. “Synthesis
of Semicrystalline Polyethersulfones”
Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute (MII)
Technical Conference and Review Poster Section, Blacksburg,
VA, United States, Dec. 10th 2007.
Research Experiences
Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University
Aug. 2006 – present
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Working on
Synthesis of Cyclohexylene Ring Containing
Semicrystalline Polyarylethersulfones for Potential Flexible
Substrate Applications.
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Working as a
mentor for Summer Undergraduate Research Program on
Synthesis of Bis-Maleimide with
Degradable pH Sensitive Acetal Linkage for Drug Delivery
Systems.
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Worked as
instructor in
Adhesion
Science Short Course at Virginia Tech.
Gave lectures on peel test of polymer adhesive materials to
industrial researchers.
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Worked as
Graduate Teaching Assistant for Dr. Crawford on
General Chemistry Lab Class for Chemistry
Majors;
for Dr. Amateis on
General
Chemistry Lab Class for non-majors;
for
instructors
Kay
Castagnoli and Claire Santos on
Organic
Chemistry Lab Class.
Shanghai
Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Material
at Fudan University, Shanghai China
July 2003 –
July 2006
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Worked on
Master of Physical Chemistry at the Lab of Professor Heyong
He. Research Topics: Activation and Functionalization of
Light Alkanes; Synthesize and Applications of Porous and
Nanoscale Materials.
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Worked as
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Chemistry and
Macromolecule Science Department at Fudan University.
Peking
University, Beijing China
Aug. 2004 –
Sept. 2004
Shanghai
Institute of Organic Chemistry, China
Feb. 2002 –
July 2003
Publications
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Nanostructured CoMoO4 supported on mesoporous
SBA-15 for catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of propane to
propene, Pei SuPeng, Zhang Bin,
Jiao Kun, et al., ACTA PHYSICO-CHIMICA SINICA, 2008,
24(4): 561-564.
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Solid
synthesis of CsxH3-xPW12O40
salts and their catalytic activity for the isomerization of
n-butane, Zou Yan, Yue Bin, Zhang Bin,
et al., CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 2006, 35(2): 202-203.
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Growth
of porous single-crystal Cr2O3 in a 3-D
mesopore system, Jiao Kun, Zhang Bin,
Yue Bin, et al., CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS, 2005,
45: 5618-5620.
Extracurricular Achievements
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2006 –
present at Virginia Tech
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Vice
president and web master of the Badminton Club at Virginia
Tech
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2003 – 2006
at Fudan University, Shanghai China
Vice president
for Fudan University Graduate Student Union; president of
recreational sports of chemistry department
Class
President; Captain
of the basketball, baseball and badminton team of Chemistry
Department; Chief Editor for the newspaper of
Chemistry Department
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