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)