LEI ZHU, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Department of Chemical, Materials and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 2000
M.S., Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1996
B.S., Materials Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1993

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, CT, August 2007 - present
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, CT, August 2002 - August 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow
Maurice Morton Institute and Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, OH, 2000 - 2002

AWARDS AND HONORS
· RogersTeaching Excellence Award, 2005
· DuPont Young Professor Award, 2005
· 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2004
· NSF CAREER Award, 2004
· Gencorp University Signature Award for Outstanding Academic and Research Work (The best graduate student award, Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 1999)
· Guanghua Graduate Student Award (excellent graduate student award, Fudan University, China, 1995)
· Baogang Award (national award for best undergraduate students, Shanghai, China, 1992)