Youyou Zheng

510-***-****

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abid9z@r.postjobfree.com

Qualifications Summary

Chemical Engineer

Intellectually curious and innovative researcher with PhD in Chemical

Engineering (particularly, biomaterials design and development). Seven-

year track record of professional success spanning multidisciplinary

academic and commercial venues. Hands-on research and statistical

analysis experience in biopolymer synthesis and characterization.

Experience in patent filing for biochemical assay materials and strong

publication / presentation history. Background training and managing

small teams in laboratory settings. Open to relocation.

Selected Accomplishments

. Synthesized, characterized, and modified various surface molecularly

imprinted polymers with recognition abilities to mimick antibodies, the

polymeric materials could be used in drug delivery, immunoassays (such as

ELISA), biosensors, protein purification and separation, and as elements

in medical devices.

. Familiar with bioanalytical chemistry and various biotechniques such as

cell culture and bioconjugation.

. Experienced in toxicology effect analysis of various nanomaterials (e.g.

carbon nanotubes) on LA 4 cell line.

. Design and management of experimental assays via a wide variety of

analytical instruments such as AFM, SEM, TEM, NMR, ATR-FTIR, DSC, TGA,

HPLC, GPC, Fluorescence/epifluorescence Microscope, and UV/VIS

spectrophotometer, etc.

. Developed various scaffolds for osteoblast cell culture and characterized

the materials using SEM, fluorescent spectrophotometer, and other

analytical instruments.

. Knowledge of Six Sigma, DOE (Design of Experiments) and statistical

analysis software such as Minitab.

. Trained and oversaw graduate and undergraduate students in utilizing

experimental equipment.

. Studied suspension polymerization production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

resin and investigated process development and scale-up of polymer

production in an industrial environment.

. Selected to present at national scientific conferences.

Technical Skills

Organic Polymer Chemistry, Colloid Chemistry, Reaction

Chemistry & Kinetics/Mechanism Analysis, Polymer Characterization,

Biochemistry: Photopolymerization, Photolithography, Biochemistry,

Nanotechnology, Structure - Property Relationships,

Surface Chemistry, Polymer Chemical / Thermal / Physical

Analysis, Polymer Synthesis, Free Radical Polymerization,

UV Polymerization, Polymer Surface Modification, Surface

Molecular Imprinting, Monomer Vacuum Distillation,

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), Tissue

Engineering, Cell Culture, Bioconjugate Technique,

Protein Chemistry, and Drug Delivery

Engineering: Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics, Finite Elements Analysis,

Statistical Methods, Design of Experiments (DOE), Digital

Image Processing, Database (SQL) and statistical software

(JMP, Minitab, etc.)

Material TEM, SEM, environmental SEM, AFM, ATR-FTIR, GPC,

Characterizati Viscometer, NMR and DSC

on:

Biochemical UV-Visible Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Spectroscopy,

Assay: Confocal Microscope, UV / VIS Spectrophotometer, HPLC,

Optical and Fluorescent Microscope

Computer MathCAD, Polymath, AutoCAD, SigmaPlot, Femlab, Polymath,

Skills Microsoft Office, MS Access, MS Visio, Adobe Acrobat,

Adobe Photoshop, DataBase (dBase) and Visual FoxPro

Education & Training

MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (formerly University of

Missouri-Rolla)

08/2004 ~ 08/2009

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Chemical Engineering

Doctoral Thesis: Protein Responsive Synthetic Materials for Biomedical

Applications

Advisor: Professor David B. Henthorn

Honors & Awards:

. Teaching Assistantship - Molecular Chemical Engineering and Engineering

Economic Analysis (2009)

. Teaching Assistantship - Student Project Design (2008)

. Teaching Assistantship - Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (2007)

. Research Assistantship - Chemical Engineering (2004 - 2009)

SICHUAN UNIVERSITY, China. 09/1998 ~ 07/2002

Bachelor of Science (BSc) - Chemical Engineering

Specialization: Fine Chemical Engineering

Honors & Awards:

. University Fellowship (1998 - 2002)

. Internship - Titanium Dioxide Batch Digestion Reaction, Titanium Industry

Co. Ltd. (2002)

. Internship - Resin Production, Jinlu Resin Co. Ltd. (2001)

University Teaching Certificate - License to teach at all colleges /

universities in China. 2004

Professional Experience

MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 08/2009 ~ present

Research Scientist - Chemical Engineering & Biochemistry

. Designed and synthesized novel materials with ability to selectively

recognize and bind template biological molecules, such as immunoglobulins

and cell adhesion molecules, out of a host of competitive species.

. Studied various characteristics and kinetic mechanisms of synthetic

polymers to determine optimal working conditions of polymers.

. Evaluated application / viability of these synthetic polymers for

biomedical / therapeutic usage in areas including:

. Studied toxicology effects of carbon nanotubes on LA 4 cell line.

NORTEKSOFT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY LTD., China. 05/2004 ~ 07/2004

Testing Engineer

. Collaborated with highly talented cross-functional team designing and

testing QMAX Enterprise Quality System Central software.

SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY, China. 07/2002 ~ 05/2004

Assistant Director - Student Affairs

. Placed in charge of all undergraduate student affairs for large

university.

. Provided wide range of IT advisory and hands-on database construction and

data analysis services.

. Developed massive student information database utilizing dBase and Visual

FoxPro.

. Served as Undergraduate Advisor specializing in engineering.

TITANIUM INDUSTRY CO. LTD., Pangang Group, China. 01/2002 ~ 07/2002

Intern

. Selected from nationwide pool of applicants for highly competitive

internship.

. Played active role on collaborative team studying sulphate process of

manufacturing titanium dioxide.

. Optimized control conditions for batch digestion reaction.

. Analyzed operation parameters of batch digestion reaction based on

systematic laboratory study of digestion kinetics; adjusted parameters in

industrial-scale acid digestion procedure.

JINLU RESIN CO. LTD., China. 01/2001 ~ 03/2001

Intern

. Studied suspension polymerization production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC)

resin.

. Investigated process development and scale-up of polymer production; made

recommendations to streamline and expedite process.

Publications & Presentations

Henthorn DB, Zheng Y and Peppas NA. Synthetic ligand-receptor interactions

in delivery systems, in Peppas NA, Hilt JZ and Thomas JB, eds,

Nanotechnology in Therapeutics: Current Technology and Applications, 3-23,

Horizon Press, Norfolk, UK, 2007.

Zheng Y, and Henthorn DB. Interfacial molecular imprinting for the

production of immunoresponsive materials, AICHE2006, US - Japan Joint

Topical Conference on Medical Engineering, Drug Delivery Systems and

Therapeutic Systems.

Zheng Y, and Henthorn DB. Surface molecularly imprinted materials applied

in immunoassays, AICHE2007, Polymers as Functional Components of Micro- and

Nanodevices.

Zheng Y, and Henthorn DB. Molecularly imprinted polymers used as

replacements for biological receptors. Accepted by Journal of Molecular

Recognition.

Zheng Y, and Henthorn DB. Recognitive imprinted polymers formed using a

protein stamp template. Submitted to Analytica Chimica Acta.

Zheng Y, and Henthorn DB. Interfacial molecular imprinting for the

production of immunoarrays (Presentation), 12th Annual Meeting of Institute

of Biological Engineering.

Zheng Y, and Henthorn DB. Surface molecularly imprinted materials applied

in immunoassays (Presentation), AICHE2007, Polymers as Functional

Components of Micro- and Nanodevices.

Zheng Y, and Henthorn DB. The synthesis and characterization of protein

microarray mimic materials (Presentation), 2008 Annual Meeting of

Biomedical Engineering Society.

Zheng Y, and Henthorn DB. Photopatternable symthetic materials with

biorecognition abilities for use in analytical microdevices (Presentation),

AICHE2008, Biomaterials.

Professional Affiliations

Member - American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)

Member - Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)

Member - Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE)

Member - Toastmasters International

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