Dr. Dawei Zhang is a professor at the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University (ECNU). He obtained his B.Sc. from Northeastern University in China in 2011. From 2011 to 2017, he completed a joint Ph.D. degree in supramolecular chemistry from ENS-Lyon and ECNU under the supervision of Prof. Alexandre Martinez and Prof. Guohua Gao, respectively.

He worked as a Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Prof. Jonathan R. Nitschke at the University of Cambridge from 2017 to 2021. In May 2021, he joined ECNU as an independent PI and established his own research group. His research interest is focused on supramolecular chemistry and cage-based supramolecular materials.

Work Experience

2025 - | Professor, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, China

2017 - 2021 | Herchel Smith Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK

Education

2013 - 2017 | Ph.D. in Supramolecular Chemistry, ENS-Lyon, France

2011 - 2017 | Ph.D in Physical Chemistry, East China Normal University, China

2007 - 2011 | B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Northeastern University, China