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EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoc. Harvard University Aug, 2018-
Co-supervisor: Michael J Aziz
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Postdoc. University of Science and Technology of China June, 2014-Aug, 2016
Co-supervisor: Tongwen Xu
Functional Membrane Laboratory
School of Chemistry & Materials Science
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering and Technology Sept. 2009-June, 2014
Tsinghua University
Admitted Directly from undergraduate student to Ph.D candidate in 2009
Thesis: Selection, synthesis and characterization of phosphazene polymers based pervaporative (PV) membranes for the separation of thiophene-heptane mixtures
B.Sc. Polymer Science and Bio-functional Materials Sept. 2005-July, 2009
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Ion exchange membrane, fuel cell, redox flow battery, polymers of intrinsic microporosity, ion separation
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015.5 Awards for the Talented Youth, Beijing Membrane Society
2014.6 Outstanding PhD Graduate, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education
2013.11 The National Scholarship for PhD candidates, Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
2012.11 Tsinghua-Dow Chemical Scholarship for Excellent Graduate Students(1st Class), Tsinghua University
2010.10 Tsinghua-PetroChina Scholarship for Excellent Graduate Students, Tsinghua Universtiy
ACADEMIC SERVICES
Serving as reviewers of around 10 international SCI journals, including Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Journal of Membrane Science, Fuel, Journal of Materials Science, etc.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
[1]. Zhengjin Yang, Rui Guo, Richard Malpass-Evans, Mariolino Carta, Neil B McKeown*, Michael D Guiver *, Liang Wu and Tongwen Xu*. Highly Conductive Anion Exchange Membranes from Microporous Tröger’s Base Polymers. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 11499-11502.
[2]. Zhengjin Yang, Yazhi Liu, Rui Guo, Jianqiu Hou, Liang Wu, Tongwen Xu*. Highly Hydroxide Conductive Ionomers with Fullerene Functionalities. Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 2788-2791
[3]. Zhengjin Yang, Jiahui Zhou, Siwen Wang, Jianqiu Hou, Liang Wu, Tongwen Xu*. Strategy to Construct Alkali Stable Anion Exchange Membranes Bearing Ammonium Groups via Flexible Spacers. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2015, 3: 15015-15019
[4]. Zhengjin Yang, Jianqiu Hou, Xinyu Wang, Liang Wu, Tongwen Xu*. Highly Water Resistant Anion Exchange Membrane for Fuel Cells. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2015, 36(14): 1362-1367
[5]. Zhengjin Yang, Wei Zhang, Tao Wang, Jiding Li*. Improved thiophene solution selectivity by Cu2+, Pb2+ and Mn2+ ions in pervaporative poly[bis(p-methyl phenyl) phosphazene]desulfurization membrane, Journal of Membrane Science, 2014,454:463-469
[6]. Zhengjin Yang, Tao Wang, Xia Zhan, Jiding Li, Jinxun Chen. Poly [bis(p-methyl phenyl) phosphazene] Pervaporative Membranes for Separating Organosulfur Compounds from n-Heptane and Its Surface Functionalization. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 2013, 52 (38):13801-13809
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