Yingxi Elaine Zhu (fr5348)
University information
Title: Professor
Unit: Chemical Engineering
Department: College of Engineering
Contact information
College of Engineering
Phone:
313-577-1842
Email:
yzhu3@wayne.edu
Title:
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Address:
5050 Anthony Wayne Dr, Detroit, MI 48202
Building:
College of Engineering
Room:
1109
Biography:
- 8/2015-present, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, MI
- 5/2015-8/2015, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN
- 8/2009-5/2015, Associate Professor, Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, IN
- 11/2004-7/2009, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, IN
- 8/2003-10/2004, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics and Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University, MA (Advisor: Prof. David A. Weitz)
- 1/2002-7/2003, Research Scientist, R&D Center, General Motors, MI
- Molecular/macromolecular structure and dynamics at surface and interface
- Biointerfacial interactions, lipid bilayers, protein aggregation
- Experimental physics of soft condensed matter: structure and dynamics of polymers, colloids, and supramolecular complexes
- Ac-electrokinetic and microfluidic techniques for molecular/colloidal manipulation, functional energy-related material synthesis, controlling encapsulate release
- (Bio)rheology and tribology
- Membrane separation and filtration
- Solid polymer electrolyte for Li-ion battery
- American Physical Society (APS)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)
Research Interests
Polymers and colloids in solutions and under confinement, lipid biomembranes, surface and interfacial science, nanocolloidal and supramolecular assembly, membrane separation, energy materials
Research Projects
Professional Affiliations
Education:
- Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001. (Ph.D. Advisor: Prof. Steve Granick)
- B.S., Polymer Science and Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 1997.
