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Abstract

Journal of Materials Chemistry profiles Dongyuan Zhao, Associate Editor for China.

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Dongyuan Zhao was born in Northeast China. He received a B.S. degree in 1984 and an M.S. degree in 1987, both from Jilin University. After he was awarded a Ph.D. in 1990, also from Jilin University, he accepted a faculty position in the Department of Fine Chemical Engineering at Shenyang Institute of Chemical Technology. He was then promoted to Associate Professor in 1992. Between the years of 1992 and 1998 he worked abroad as a post-doctoral fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Since 1998, he has worked in the Department of Chemistry at Fudan University as a Professor and is now duty-director of its Advanced Materials Laboratory. Currently, he is a visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University. He was selected as a Chinese Academician of Science in 2007, Council Member of the International Zeolite Association in 2004 and Council Member and General Secretary of the International Mesostructured Materials Association in 2002. He has received several national awards, such as the Cheung Kong Professorship in 2000 and the 2nd Grade National Prize of Science in 2004. He has also received several international awards, including the DuPont Professor Award in 2005. In 2008, he was appointed as the Chinese Associate Editor of Journal of Materials Chemistry after serving on the journal's Advisory Board for one year. His current research interests include synthesis, structural characterization and applications of ordered porous materials, such as mesoporous materials, zeolites, and coordination polymers.

Plate1 Dongyuan Zhao

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