Jian Zhang

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jian Zhang

Associate Professor of Chemistry
jzhang3@unl.edu

 

Education

• University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Ph.D. Chemistry, April 2008
• Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, M.S. Chemistry, June, 2002
• Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, B.S. Chemistry, June, 1999

Research Experience

• AssociateProfessor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2017-present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2011-2017
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University, 2008-2011
  – Advisor: Chad Mirkin, Department of Chemistry
  – Research Focus: Photochemical and chemical synthesis of noble metal nanocrystals, mechanistic study of metal nanostructures
• Graduate Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, 2002-2008
  – Advisor: Stéphane Petoud, Department of Chemistry
  – Research Focus: Lanthanide coordination chemistry, fluorescence spectroscopy, energy transfer mechanism, lanthanide nanoparticles.

Honors and Awards

• NSF CAREER Award (2016)
• Achievement Award for Outstanding Service in Materials and Nanoscience Educational Outreach, UNL (2014)
• Outstanding Researcher, International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University (2010)
• Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh (2006)
• Graduate Excellence Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh (2004-2006)
• Excellent Undergraduate Research Thesis, Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University (1998)
• Excellent Student Scholarship, Lanzhou University (1995-1998)