Topic: Dielectric Phenomena and Future Polymer Dielectrics for Advanced Electronics

Date: 28 Dec. 2017

Time: 14:30 - 16:10

Venue: 501, Boxue Building, Wushan Campus 

About the speaker:

Professor Lei Zhu

Professor Lei Zhu received his B.S. degree in Materials Chemistry in 1993 and M.S. degree in Polymer Chemistry and Physics in 1996 from Fudan University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Polymer Science from University of Akron in 2000. After two-year post-doctoral experience at the Maurice Morton Institute, University of Akron, he joint Institute of Materials Science and Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Connecticut, as an assistant professor. In 2007, he was promoted to associate professor with tenure. In 2009, he moved to Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University as an Associate Professor. In 2013, he was promoted to full Professor. His research interests include high κ polymer and organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials for high energy density capacitor applications, development of artificial antibody as nanomedicines, and supramolecular self-assembly of discotic liquid crystals. He is recipient of NSF Career Award, 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award, DuPont Young Professor Award, and Rogers Teaching Excellence Award. He is author and co-author of 148 refereed journal publications and 5 book chapters. He delivered over 130 invited talks and 45 contributed presentations, and his total citation is ~6000 times with an h-index of 46 (Google Scholar).