Prof. Wen-Jun WANG's Group

Prof. Shiping Zhu

Personal Profile

Professor Zhu received B.Eng. degree from Zhejiang University in 1982 and PhD degree from McMaster University in 1991. He joined Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering at McMaster University in 1994 as a faculty member. He became Canada Research Chair in polymer reaction engineering in 2001. He served as Department Chair for Chemical Engineering from 2009 to 2014. He was bestowed the highest title honor of “Distinguished University Professor” at McMaster University in 2015. Professor Zhu joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in 2017. He is a Presidential Chair Professor in the School of Science and Engineering, currently serving as Vice President for external and student affairs and Founding President for Shenzhen Institute for Advanced Polymer Materials.

Professor Zhu’s research is in the area of polymer chemical engineering, specializing polymer reaction engineering. He has made significant original contributions to metallocene solution polymerization of olefins, controlled radical polymerization, polymerization kinetic modelling and industrial process digitalization. He received Chemical Institute of Canada “Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award” in 2011 and Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering premier award “R.S. Jane Memorial Award” in 2016.

Professor Zhu received the National Science Fund for Overseas Distinguished Young Scholars in 2004. He was elected as Fellow of Chemical Institute of Canada in 2009, Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2010, Engineering Institute of Canada in 2011, Royal Society of Canada in 2014 and The World Academy of Sciences in 2020.

Professor Zhu has long term devoted to teaching and research in chemical engineering and polymer science. He has trained about 150 higher degree personnel, published 400 technical papers, received 18,000 citations with H index 77.

Professor Zhu is keen on the popularization of science. In the recent years, he has visited more than one hundred universities and high schools, delivering “The First Lecture in Chemical Engineering” “Devoted to the Arts of Science and Engineering for the Goods of Common People”, and published “Song of Chemical Engineering”, “Disciplinary Construction as Building Chinese Honorific Arch”, “Life is Integration, Happiness is Derivative”.

Professor Zhu is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Progress in Polymer Science, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Macromolecular Theory and Simulation, Chemical Industry and Engineering Progress, and Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering (English Edition).

Academic Publications

1.Qi Zhang, Wen-Jun Wang*, Yangyang Lu, Bo-Geng Li, Shiping Zhu*, "Reversibly Coagulatable and Redispersible Polystyrene Latex Prepared by Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene Containing Switchable Amidine", Macromolecules, 2011, 44(16), 6539-6545
2.Yingwu Luo*, Xiaoguang Wang, Bo-Geng Li*, Shiping Zhu*, "Toward Well-Controlled ab Initio RAFT Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene Mediated by 2-(((Dodecylsulfanyl)carbonothioyl)sulfanyl)propanoic Acid ", Macromolecules, 2011, 44(2), 221-229
3.Ying Zhao, Yingwu Luo*, Bo-Geng Li, Shiping Zhu*, "pH Responsivity and Micelle Formation of Gradient Copolymers of Methacrylic Acid and Methyl Methacrylate in Aqueous Solution ", Langmuir, 2011, 27(18), 11306-11315
4.Yingwu Luo*, Xiaoguang Wang, Yue Zhu, Bo-Geng Li*, Shiping Zhu*, "Polystyrene-block-poly(n-butyl acrylate)-block-polystyrene Triblock Copolymer Thermoplastic Elastomer Synthesized via RAFT Emulsion Polymerization", Macromolecules, 2010, 43(18), 7472-7481

5.Wenjun Wang*, Dunming Wang, Bo-Geng Li, Shiping Zhu*, "Synthesis and Characterization of Hyperbranched Polyacrylamide Using Semibatch Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (RAFT) Polymerization", Macromolecules, 2010, 43(9), 4062-4069
6.Hongyan Gu, Santiago Faucher, Shiping Zhu*,  "Diffusion of Semi-Flexible Polyelectrolyte Through Nanochannels", AIChe Journal, 2010, 56(7), 1684-1692
7.Xiaoguang Wang, Yingwu Luo*, Bogeng Li*, Shiping Zhu*, "Ab Initio Batch Emulsion RAFT Polymerization of Styrene Mediated by Poly(acrylic acid-b-styrene) Trithicicarbonate", Macromolecules, 2009, 42(17),6414-6421  
8.Rui Wang, Wenhua Li, Yingwu Luo, Bogeng Li*, Anchang Shi*, Shiping Zhu*, "Phase Behavior of Ternary Homopolymer/Gradient Copolymer Blends", Macromolecules, 2009, 42(6),2275-2285
9.Rui Wang, Yingwu Luo*, Bogeng Li*, Shiping Zhu*, "Modeling of Branching and Gelation in RAFT Copolymerization of Vinyl/Divinyl Systems", Macromolecules,2009,42(1),85-94
10. Xiaoying Sun, Yingwu Luo*, Rui Wang, Bo-Geng Li*, Shiping Zhu*, "Sernibatch RAFT polymerization for producing ST/BA copolymers with controlled gradient composition profiles", AICHE Journal, 2008, 54(4), 1073-1087  
11.Dong An, Linbo Wu*, Bo-Geng Li*, Shiping Zhu, "Synthesis and SO2 absorption/desorption properties of poly(1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidine acrylate)", Macromolecules,2007,40 (9): 3388-3393
12.Xiaoying Sun, Yingwu Luo*, Rui Wang, Bo-Geng Li*, Bei Liu, Shiping Zhu*, "Programmed synthesis of copolymer with controlled chain composition distribution via semibatch RAFT copolymerization", Macromolecules,2007,40 (4): 849-859
13.Rui Wang, Yingwu Luo*, Bo-Geng Li, Shiping Zhu*, "Control of gradient copolymer composition in ATRP using semibatch feeding policy", AIChe Journal, 2007, 53 (1): 174-186
14.Rui Wang, Yingwu Luo, Bogeng Li*, Xiaoying Sun, Shiping Zhu*, "Design and control of copolymer composition distribution in living radical polymerization using semi-batch feeding policies: A model simulation", Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 2006, 15(4), 356-368
15.YQ Shen, SP* Zhu, FQ Zeng, RH Pelton, "Versatile initiators for macromonomer syntheses of acrylates, methacrylates, and styrene by atom transfer radical polymerization", Macromolecules, 2000, 33(15), 5399-5404

16.YQ Shen, SP* Zhu, FQ Zeng, RH Pelton,"Atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate by silica gel supportedcopper bromide/multidentate amine", Macromoleculars,2000,33(15),5427-5431      

17.FQ Zeng, YQ Shen, SP* Zhu, FQ Zeng, RH Pelton, "Synthesis and characterization of comb-branched polyelectrolytes. 1. Preparation of cationic macromonomer of 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate by atom transfer radical polymerization", Macromoleculars, 2000, 33(5), 1628-1635
18.Shiping Zhu, "Modeling stable free-radical polymerization", Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics, 1999, 37(18), 2692-2704 
19.Shiping Zhu, "Modeling of molecular weight development in atom transfer radical polymerization", Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, 1999, 8(1), 29-37  
20.WJ Wang, DJ Yan, SP Zhu*, AE Hamielec, "Kinetics of long chain branching in continuous solution polymerization of ethylene using constrained geometry metallocene", Macromoleculars, 31(25), 8677-8683       

21.SP Zhu, AE Hamielec*, "Kinetics of Polymeric Network Synthesis via Free-Radical Mechanisms - Polymerization and Polymer Modification", Makromolekulare Chemie-Macromolecular Symposia, 1992, 63, 135-182