Dr. Yu-Zhong Wang
Professor, Academician of CAE
Director, National Engineering Laboratory of Eco-Friendly Polymeric Materials (Sichuan)
Director, National Engineering Research Center for Advanced Fire-Safety Materials Development and Applications (Shandong)
Director,The Collaborative Innovation Center for Eco-Friendly and Fire-Safety Polymeric Materials (Ministry of Education)
Prof. Yu-Zhong Wang’s Research Group URL:
Research Interests
Bio-Based and Biodegradable Polymers, Fire-Safety Polymeric Materials, Recycling of Polymeric Materials, Advanced and Functional Polymers.
Biography
After earning his PhD degree in Sichuan University in 1994, he was promoted to a Professor in Sichuan University in 1995. He was a visiting professor of Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany) with the support of DAAD in 1999, and in the University of Nottingham (UK) in 2002 with the support of the Royal Society, respectively
He is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Honorary President of China Flame Retardant Society, the Vice President of Degradable Plastic Committee of CPPIA, Director of National Technical Committee for Standardization of Bio-Based and Biodegradable Products. He is also the members of the Science and Technology Committee of Ministry of Education, the Advanced Materials Special Committee of the Academic Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Editorial Boards of nine SCI journals and six Chinese core journals related to his expertise.
As a principle researcher, he has accomplished over 100 projects supported financially by the governments and companies, authored over 560 refereed SCI journal papers and 10 books and chapters, held 120 patents, and delivered more than 100 endowed and invited lectures. As a chairman, he organized some international and national academic conferences.
He was granted the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2005) , awarded Cheung Kong Scholar of Ministry of Education of China (2006), State Talent of China in 21st Century (2006), Younger Prize of Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology of Chinese Engineering Academy (2004), Excellent Postgraduate's Advisor of Sichuan Province (2000). He was awarded the Science & Technology Progress Award of the Ho-Leung-Ho-Lee Foundation (2017), the Highest Award of Sichuan Province for Science and Technology (2017), and thirteen (13) Science & Technology Awards by the State Council (3), Ministry of Education (5), Provincial Governments (5) of China (1999-2019), etc. He was selected as one of the Ten Most Popular Teachers by the students in Sichuan University.
Recent Publications and Patents
http://polymer.scu.edu.cn/yzwang/dblz.htm
