Lei Zhai

University of Central Florida, USA

Title: TBA

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Biography

Dr. Lei Zhai is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Director of Nanoscience Technology Center at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology before he joined UCF in 2005. His research at UCF focuses on the self-assembly of polymers, nanocomposites, polyelectrolyte nanostructures and polymer derived ceramic composites. He has more 20 years’ experience in materials development and characterization. He has published than 130 peer reviewed scientific articles and 11 granted patents. His publication has been cited for more than 21,000 times according to Google Scholar. Dr. Zhai is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award and a Scialog Fellow (Research Corporation for Science Advancement). He received the Outstanding Chemist Award at American Chemical Society (ACS) Orlando Section in 2013 and serve as the associate editor of Materials.

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