Assistant Chemistry

Baofang Zhang Ph.D. E-mail: ***********@*****.*** Phone: 330-***-****

Status: Green Card holder

Objective

To secure a full-time position that will utilize expertise in chemistry, polymer, materials, colloid, formulation, analyzing and coating to provide research and technical support for the business unit by developing new products or improving existing techniques.

Qualifications and Skills

Solid education background in polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and material science;

Experience with studying the relationships between properties and structures, and synthesizing macromolecules, amphiphilic inorganic/organic hybrid molecules;

Using HPLC, GC-MS, LC-MS, DLS, FTIR, UV-VIS, NMR, GPC/SEC, DSC, DMA, TGA, optical microscope, AFM, SEM, TEM, XPS, contact angle to separate compounds, identify structures, study absorption properties, and characterize surface morphologies;

Preparing regular reports and presenting results at meetings in a professional way;

Designing experiments independently, efficiently managing time, short and long-term planning;

Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skill;

Excellent team player, comfortable working in an international and interdisciplinary team.

Experience

07/2017-10/2018 Research Chemist

Pidilite USA Innovation Center, Raleigh, NC

Acrylic adhesives: BOPP (Biaxially Oriented Polyprolene) and DecoGlue (contact adhesives) projects

Synthesized water-based acrylic adhesives using emulsion methods and characterized the polymer products using GC-MS and GPC techniques;

Studied the relationship between structures and properties using DSC, DLS and viscometer;

Studied their commercial applications as adhesives.

08/2008-12/2010 Graduate Study (analytical chemistry)

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Analyzed small carbon chemicals like CO2 from the soil and air gas collected from crop field using GC-MS;

Detected successfully single fluorescent molecules from blood by chemically modified microchip channels with different polymer materials using UV-VIS.

07/2006-07/2008 Research Assistant

Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, China

Synthesized inorganic nanomaterials CaCO3 and Ag2S with controllable morphologies and sizes by controlling the protein template.

Characterized nanomaterials using AFM, SEM, TEM, XPS and FTIR.

Education

05/2016-6/2017 Postdoctoral Fellow Supervisor: Prof. Rafael Auras

Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

Studied the absorption of acrylic resin film to fragrance compounds in beverage

Synthesized copolymers with monomer styrene, ethyl acrylate, and methacrylic acid, and characterized copolymer using GPC, FTIR, GC-MS;

Coated acrylic resins materials on metal surface with controllable different thickness and cross-linking density, characterized the film thickness using SEM and cross-linking density using swelling experiments;

Explored the absorption properties of the coating film to the fragrance compounds in the beverage using GC-MS.

2011- 2016 Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry Advisor: Tianbo Liu

University of Akron Akron, OH,

The self-assembly of amphiphilic inorganic/organic hybrid polymer materials in solution (monitor the self-assembly process using DLS, TEM, SEM and UV-Vis)

2003-2006 M.S. Physical Chemistry

Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China

Studied the stability and optical properties of functional inorganic materials hydrotalcite by simulation methods

1999-2003 B.S. Chemistry

Henan Normal University. Xinxiang, Henan Province, China

Awards and Honors

2017 NPA (National Postdoctoral Association) Annual Meeting Travel Award

Travel Award for National Professional Conference, the University of Akron, 2015

Award for Graduate Student Leadership, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2005

The First Place Scholarship for Undergraduates, Henan Normal University, 1999-2003

Professional Affiliation

American Chemical Society

Volunteer Experience

9th Michigan State University Graduate Academic Conference 2/25/2017

Science fairs at local schools sponsored by the University of Akron 01/2013- 12/2015

Food program for low income families, Akron 01/2013-12/2015

Publications

Baofang Zhang, Jie Song, Craig Hill, and Tianbo Liu, Self-Assembly of Polyoxovanadate-Containing Fluorosurfactants, Langmuir, 2016, 32, 128**-*****.

Baofang Zhang, Pradeep Parameswaran, Leroy Cronin, and Tianbo Liu, Self-assembly of triangular polyoxometalate-organic hybrid macro-ions in mixed solvents, Chem. Commun. 2015, 51, 8630-8633.

Bao-Fang Zhang, Min Pu, Biao-Hua Chen and Kun-Hui Liu, New environmental-friend material-imidazoliumr based Ionic liquids, J. Mater. Sci. Eng. (Chinese), 2006, 24 (1), 165-168.

Patents Issued

“Electrodeposition preparation of hybrid material of hydroxyapatite/protein”, LinYang, Zhongjun Ma, Shanhu Liu, Baofang Zhang, and XiuqingYang, China Patent # 200710145416.2 China.

Conferences

The 15th NPA (National Postdoctoral Association) Annual Meeting 2017, San Francisco CA, USA

The 249th ACS National Meeting, 2015 March, Denver, Colorado, USA, Oral presentation

The 244thACS National Meeting, 2012 August, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Poster

The 3rdAsian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (AsBIC-III), 2007, November, Xiamen, China, oral presentation

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