Dr. Rong Zhu

After graduation from PKU in 2010, Rong did his Ph.D. study at MIT, where he worked in the lab of Prof. Steve Buchwald. His graduate research focused on copper-catalyzed enantioselective lactonization reactions via radicals. After he obtained Ph.D. degree in 2015, he performed postdoctoral research with Prof. Tim Swager on diverse topics at the interface between chemistry, materials and engineering, including RFID sensors, responsive polymers and anion recognition. Rong started his independent career at College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University in March 2018. His current research involve development of new catalytic synthesis of small molecules and polymers, and novel materials based on acetylenic backbone and strained rings.