Basic Information
Name: Yunqing Zhu
Title: Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor
Email：1019zhuyq@tongji.edu.cn
Office address: 511 Decai Building, Jiading Campus, Tongji University
Biography
Yunqing Zhu is a Young Thousand-Talent Researcher of Tongji Uni and PhD supervisor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University. He obtained his PhD degree from Imperial College London in 2017, and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at both the University of Oxford (under the mentorship of Prof. Charlotte Williams, OBE, FRS) and Imperial College London (under the mentorship of Prof. Dame Molly Stevens, FREng, FRS). In June 2019, he joined Tongji University to begin his research in the field of materials science. His primary research focuses on the synthesis chemistry, materials chemistry, and biomedical applications of renewable and biodegradable polymer materials. To date, he has published more than 50 academic papers in prestigious international journals such as Nature, J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Sci., ACS Nano, Biomaterials, J. Controlled Release, Chem. Mater., Prog. Polym. Sci., Sci. China Mater., Macromolecules, ACS Macro Lett., and ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng., with over 5,000 SCI citations. He has led several research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Program and General Program, sub-projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Key R&D Program, and the Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program. He has also received awards such as the Imperial College Trust Fund Scholarship, the Messel Scholarship from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), and the inaugural Tongcheng Youth Award from the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation.
Research Interests
Polymer Chemistry;
Environmentally Friendly Polymer Materials;
Biodegradable Biomedical Polymer Materials
Education and Work Experience
Time |
Work experience |
2010-2013 |
M.Eng, Tongji University |
2013-2017 |
Ph.D, Imperial College London, UK |
2017-2018 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oxford University, UK |
2018-2019 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK |
2019-present |
Tongji University, Professor, Ph.D. Supervisor |
Academic Activities
Reviewer for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Reviewer for the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission
Thesis Evaluator for the Academic Degree Center of the Ministry of Education
Awards
2024: Tongcheng Youth Award, China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation
2016: Messel Award, Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), UK
Main Lectures
Recent Selected Publications
1. Rational Design of Polymeric mRNA Delivery Vectors to Achieve Excellent Room-Temperature Storage Stability and Delivery Efficiency. Chemistry of Materials, 2024, 36, 5422-5435.
2. Exploiting Catalytic Steric Hindrance for Enhanced Tishchenko Polymerization: Toward Biorenewable Aromatic Polyesters. Macromolecules, 2024, 57, 10576-10585.
3. Easy access to amphiphilic nitrogenous block copolymers via switchable catalysis. Chemical Science, 2024, 15 , 18650-18658.
4. Bioabsorbable Zwitterionic Hydrogels Achieving Excellent Protein Repulsion and Cell Adhesion. Chemistry of Materials, 2023, 35, 9208-9224.
5. π–π Interlocking Effect for Designing Biodegradable Nanorods with Controlled Lateral Surface Curvature. Chemistry of Materials, 2022, 34, 4937-4945.
6. Fully Bio-Based High-Performance Thermosets with Closed-Loop Recyclability. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 10, 1036-1046.
7. Giant Polymer Vesicles with a Latticelike Membrane. ACS Macro Letters, 2021, 1015-1022.
8. Big Is Beautiful: Enhanced saRNA Delivery and Immunogenicity by a Higher Molecular Weight, Bioreducible, Cationic Polymer. ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 5711-5727.
9. Metabolically Active, Fully Hydrolysable Polymersomes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019, 58 , 4581-4586.
10. Multiblock Polyesters Demonstrating High Elasticity and Shape Memory Effects. Macromolecules, 2018, 51, 2466-2475.
11. Sustainable Polymers from Renewable Resources. Nature, 2016, 540, 354-362.
12. Selective Polymerization Catalysis: Controlling the Metal Chain End Group to Prepare Block Copolyesters. JACS, 2015, 137 , 12179-12182.
Admissions and Recruitment Information
Master’s and PhD students with ambition and innovative ideas are welcome to apply to join our research group;
We are actively recruiting postdoctoral researchers and research assistants with backgrounds in organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, or related fields. Competitive compensation is provided.
