Mingjiang Zhong

Associate Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Phone:
(203) 432-5790

Room / Office:
Room 429

Office Address:

17 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 208286
New Haven, CT 06520

Website: Zhong Research Group

New synthetic methods for the preparation of functional organic materials and organic-inorganic interfaces.
Polymeric and polymer-derived carbon materials for energy, catalysis, and environmental applications.
Combining sophisticated molecular design and analysis techniques to understand complex soft matter behaviors.

2022 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
2021 Wiley Journal of Polymer Science Early Career Investigator
2020 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
2019 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2019 ACS PMSE Young Investigator
2017 ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator
2013 Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award, Carnegie Mellon University
2013 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad
2013 ACS POLY Award for Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research, ACS Polymer Division
2012 Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University

Xue, Y.; Song, Q.; Liu, Y.; Smith, D.; Li, W.; Zhong, M. Hierarchically Structured Nanocomposites via Mixed-Graft Block Copolymer Templating: Achieving Controlled Nanostructure and Functionality. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 567–577.
Zhang, X.; Lin, F.; Cao, M.; Zhong, M. Rare Earth–Cobalt Bimetallic Catalysis Mediates Stereocontrolled Living Radical Polymerization of Acrylamides. Nature Synthesis 2023, 2, 855–863.
Liang, R.; Xue, Y.; Fu, X.; Le, A. N.; Osuji, C. O.; Johnson, J. A.; Li, W.; Zhong, M. Hierarchically Engineered Nanostructures from Compositionally Anisotropic Molecular Building Blocks. Nature Materials 2022, 21, 1434–1440.
Cao, M.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, X.; Li, F.; Zhong, M., Expanding the Toolbox of Controlled/Living Branching Radical Polymerization through Simulation-Informed Reaction Design. Chem2022, 8, 1460–1475.
Li, F.; Cao, M.; Feng, Y.; Liang, R.; Fu, X.; Zhong, M., Site-Specifically Initiated Controlled/Living Branching Radical Polymerization: A Synthetic Route Toward Hierarchically Branched Architectures. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 794–799.
Zhong, M.; Wang, R.; Kawamoto, K.; Olsen, B. D.; Johnson, J. A., Quantifying the Impact of Molecular Defects on Polymer Network Elasticity. Science 2016, 353, 1264–1268.