Zhi-Jian Zhao (赵志坚) received his BS(2006) and MS(2008) from Zhejiang University and PhD(2012) from Technical University of Munich. Currently Dr. Zhao is a faculty member in Energy and Catalysis Adventure Team, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University. Dr. Zhao’s research interest in mechanistic studies on heterogeneous catalyst using multi-scaling simulation methods, including density functional theory, molecular mechanics.
Link to group website
http://gonglab.tju.edu.cn
2008-2012, Technical University of Munich, Department of Chemistry, supervisor Prof. N. Rösch, PhD
2006-2008, Zhejiang University, Department of Chemistry, supervisor Prof. Qi Wang, MS
2002-2006, Zhejiang University, Department of Chemistry, supervisor Prof. Qi Wang, BS
Work Experience
2019-now, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Professor
2019-2022, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Departement of Chemistry-Division V, Rotating Program Director
2015-2019, Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Associate Professor
2014-2015, Stanford University, School of Chemical Engineering, and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and supervisors Dr. F. Studt and Prof. J. Nøskov, PostDoc
2013-2014, Purdue University, School of Chemical Engineering, supervisor Prof. J. Greeley, PostDoc
2012, Technical University of Munich, Department of Chemistry, supervisor Prof. N. Rösch, PostDoc
Selected Awards
2023 物理化学学报青年科学家奖
2023 Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry by J Phys Chem C
2023 Excellent Paper Award, 12th National Youth Chemical Engineering Symposium
2022 侯德榜化工科学技术奖青年奖
2022 Excellent Paper Award, 11th National Youth Chemical Engineering Symposium
2020 Emerging Investigators by Chemical Society Review
2020 天津大学我心中的的十佳好导师
2019 Top Young talents of Ten Thousand talents Plan
2017 Beiyang Young Scholar of Tianjin University
2016 Beiyang Young Teacher of Tianjin University
2016 Excellent Paper Award, 6th National Youth Chemical Engineering Symposium
2008 竺可桢奖学金, Zhejiang University
2008 Excellent Master Student of Zhejiang Province
Editorial Boards
2022-present, Executive Editor, Chemical Engineering Science
2023-present, Editorial Board, Chemical Science
2021-present, Editorial Board, Chinese Chemical Letters
2021-2022, Young Star Editor, Nano Research
2020-present, Youth Editorial Board, Green Chemical Engineering
2017-2022, Associate Editor, Chemical Engineering Science
2019-2021, Youth Editorial Board, Chinese Chemical Letters
个人简介：
赵志坚，本科（2006年）、硕士（2008年）毕业于浙江大学化学系，导师为王琦教授。2012年博士毕业于德国慕尼黑工业大学催化研究中心，导师为研究中心主任Rösch教授。2013-2015年，分别在美国普渡大学Greeley课题组、斯坦福大学Nøskov教授（美国、丹麦工程院院士）课题组进行博士后研究工作。2015年11月回国，加入天津大学化工学院巩金龙老师团队，负理论催化研究方向。目前任天津大学化工学院教授，天津市能源化工国际联合研究中心副主任。曾获天津大学“我心目中的十佳好导师”（2020）、“万人计划”青年拔尖人才（2019）、天津市自然科学一等奖（2017年，排名第五）、天津大学北洋青年学者（2017）、天津大学北洋青年骨干教师（2016）等荣誉。2022年起担任化工三大期刊Chemical Engineering Science的Executive Editor。
迄今为止在Nature Nano.、Nature Commun.、JACS、Angew. Chem.、Chem. Sci.、Chinese J. Catal.、ACS Catal.、J. Catal.、Nature Rev. Mater.、Chem. Soc. Rev.等国际权威杂志发表发表SCI学术论文160余篇，撰写专著一章，累计引用13000余次。Angew. Chem.、Chem. Sci.、Nature Rev. Mater.等文章被遴选为封面重点报道。曾主持国家自然科学基金重点项目等四项，科技部重点研发计划课题一项、政府间合作项目一项。
主要研究领域为人工智能指导下的催化剂理性设计设计。从表面反应机理入手，理解催化反应过程，通过发展人工智能辅助的新型计算方法，筛选潜在的高活性、高选择性催化剂，并通过实验合成验证筛选结果。
Other Links
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eFpT6UMAAAAJ&hl=en