Yingxi Elaine Zhu
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Contact
- 313-577-1842
- yzhu3@wayne.edu
- 5050 Anthony Wayne Dr, Detroit, MI 48202
- College of Engineering
Yingxi Elaine Zhu
Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
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
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
- 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
Professional Affiliations
- American Physical Society (APS)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)
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.