Education
- PhD (Inorganic Chemistry) Texas A&M University, USA, 2010
- MS (Polymer Chemistry and Physics) Zhejiang University, China, 2006
- BS (Polymer Materials and Engineering) Zhejiang University, China, 2003
Awards and Honours
- Highly Cited Researcher 2019 (Cross-Field), 11/2019
- Faculty of Engineering Teaching Commendation List, 2017/2018, National University of Singapore, 02/2019
- Young Researcher Award, National University of Singapore, 05/2018
- Engineering Young Researcher Award, National University of Singapore, 11/2017
- Outstanding Youth Award, 2017 Global Chinese Chemical Engineers Symposium, 07/2017
- Outstanding Young Faculty Award, AIChE Singapore Local Section, 05/2017
- Faculty of Engineering Teaching Commendation List 2014/2015, National University of Singapore, 02/2016
Research Interests
- Gas Storage & Separation
- Desalination & Nanofiltration
- Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)
- Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)
- Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Membranes
Selected Publications
Peh, S. B.; Xi, S. B.; Karmakar, A.; Yeo, J. Y.; Wang, Y. X.; Zhao, D.* Accelerated formation kinetics of a multicomponent metal–organic framework derived from preferential site occupancy. Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 9350-9355.
Ying, Y. P.; Tong, M. M.; Ning, S. C.; Ravi, S. K.; Peh, S. B.; Tan, S. C.; Pennycook, S. J.; Zhao, D.* Ultrathin two-dimensional membranes assembled by ionic covalent organic nanosheets with reduced apertures for gas separation. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4472-4480.
Kundu, T.; Wahiduzzaman, M.; Shah, B. B.; Maurin, G.; Zhao, D.* Solvent induced control over breathing behavior in flexible metal-organic frameworks for natural gas delivery. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 8073-8077.
Hu, Z. G.; Wang, Y. X.; Farooq, S.; Zhao, D.* A highly stable metal-organic framework with optimum aperture size for CO2 capture. AIChE J. 2017, 63, 4103-4114.
Wang, X. R.; Chi, C. L.; Zhang, K.; Qian, Y. H.; Gupta, K. M.; Kang, Z. X.; Jiang, J. W.; Zhao, D.* Reversed thermo-switchable molecular sieving membranes composed of two-dimensional metal-organic nanosheets for gas separation. Nat. Commun. 2017, 8, 14460.
Kang, Z. X.; Peng, Y. W.; Qian, Y. H.; Yuan, D. Q.; Addicoat, M. A.; Heine, T.; Hu, Z. G.; Tee, L.; Guo, Z. G.; Zhao, D.* Mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) comprising exfoliated 2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) for efficient CO2 separation. Chem. Mater. 2016, 28, 1277-1285.