Information
- Professor of Chemistry
- Department of Chemistry
- University of California
- 1156 High Street
- Santa Cruz, CA 95064
- (831)-459-3776 (office)
- (831)-459-3912 (lab)
- (831)-459-2935 (FAX)
- zhang@chemistry.ucsc.edu
Education
- 1989, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
- 1983, B.S. with highest honors in Chemistry, Fudan University,
Shanghai, PRC
Experience
- 2004-present, Full Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
- 2004-present, Senior Editor of J. Physical Chemistry/ACS
- 1998-2004, Associate Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
- Jan-March 2000, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
- May-Sept. 2000, Visiting Scholar, Bell Labs, Lucent
- 1992-1998, Assistant Professor, University of California at Santa Cruz
- 1989-1992, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
- Feb-March 1992, Visiting Scientist, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
- 1984-1989, Research/Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Seattle
Awards/Honors/Memberships
- 2007 Elected Fellow of of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2006-present, Guest Professor, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China
- 2007-2009, Overseas Young Investigator Award, NSF of China, Sponsored by
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- 2005-2007, Senior Visiting Scholar, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- 2006-present, Member of AAAS
- 1991-present, Member of the American Chemical Society
- 1988-present, Member of the American Physical Society
- 1984-85, Doering Chemistry Graduate Program (CGP) Fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle
- 1983, Recipient of CGP Award by the Chinese Education Commission
- 1983, Outstanding Student Award, Fudan University, China
Current Group Members (graduate students and postdoctors only)
- Dr. Nadejda Rozanova
- Tammy Oshiro
- Abe Wolcott
- Rebecca Newshouse
- Jenny Hensel
- Carley Carrado
Past Group Members (graduate students and postdoctors only)
- Dr. Leo Seballos, current at University of Missouri, St. Luis.
- Dr. Adam Schwartzberg, currently at UC Berkeley.
- Dr. Thaddeus Norman, Jr., currently at LLNL.
- Dr. Chris Grant, currently at Rutgers University.
- Dr. Fanxin Wu, currently at UC Berkeley
- Dr. Sarah Gerhardt
- Dr. Melissa Kreger
- Dr. Mike Brelle
- Dr. Brian Smith
- Dr. Archita Sengupta, currently at Novellus.
- Dr. Greg Smestad
- Dr. Nerine Cherepy, currently at Lawrence Livermore Natinal Lab.
- Dr. Trevor Roberti
- Dr. Lori Howe
- Janet McGowen, currently at Intel.