Dr. Cheng Zhu obtained his Bachelor's degree in Polymer Science and Engineering (2014) and Ph.D. in Chemistry (2019) from Soochow University. Then he worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder from 2019 to 2023. In addition, he was appointed “BASF research scholar” during 2022 to 2023 in collaboration with BASF SE, Germany. In May 2024, he joined GTIIT as an associate professor in the program of Materials Science and Engineering. He has accumulated expertise in Carbon quantum dot, catalysis and energy conversion, novel anti-corrosion technology, and molecular dynamics simulations. Up to now, he has published >40 papers at renowned journals, including Science Advances, PNAS, Advanced Materials, Nature Catalysis, ACS Nano, ACS Catalysis, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental et al. His total citation is over 2600 with an H-index of 31.

Dr. Cheng Zhu is now leading a research group at GTIIT. With a combination of both experimental and computational simulation methods, his group is dedicated to designing high-performance nanostructures as next-generation materials in the following applications: (1) multifunctional carbon-based quantum dots, (2) photocatalysis and clean energy, (3) multifunctional polymer-nanocomposite, (4) environmentally friendly metal corrosion protection coating, (5) polymer recycling and conversion, and (6) biomaterials design guided by molecular dynamics simulations.

Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=mDMc5CEAAAAJ