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Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang, PhD
Chemistry
University of Massachusetts-Boston, boston, USA
Biography

 

Prof. Wei Zhang is the Director of the Center for Green Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He received his PhD and did his post-doctoral research at the University of Pittsburgh with late Prof. Paul Dowd. He was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, Senior Chemist at DuPont Agricultural Products, and Director of Discovery Chemistry at Fluorous Technologies, Inc. (FTI).   

Research Interest

Prof. Zhang’s research is in the areas of green chemistry, fluorous chemistry, synthetic free radicals, organocatalysis, and medicinal chemistry. He has published over 160 peer-reviewed papers including three in Chem. Rev., four Tetrahedron Reports, and a book “Green techniques for organic and medicinal applications” (Willey 2012). He is currently an editor and editorial advisory member on five international journals.  

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