Background

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Nov. 2004 – present, RPI

Ph.D. (Dec. 2004)        The University of Akron, Prof. Ping Wang’s Group

M.S. (Jul. 1998)           Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

B.S. (Jul. 1995)            Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Research area

Enzymatic synthesis of low molecular weight gelators based on nature resources (e.g. sugar) that gel a broad range of organic solvents; fundamental study of the gelation mechanism; potential applications of the organogels.

Nanobiotechnology study, including the applications of nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles, combined with biomolecules (e.g. proteins and enzymes).

Enzymatic assembly of nano-building blocks, including nanoparticles and nanowires.

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Publications

      Xuesong Li, Guangyu Zhu, Jonathan S. Dordick, and Pulickel M. Ajayan, Compression modulated pore tunable carbon nanotube membrane filters. Nature Materials, 2006. Submitted.

10. Guangyu Zhu and Jonathan S. Dordick, Solvent effect on organogel formation by low molecular weight molecules. Chemistry of Materials, 2006. in press.

9.   George John, Guangyu Zhu, Jun Li, and Jonathan S. Dordick, Enzymatically-derived sugar containing self-assembled organogels with nanostructured morphologies. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2006. 45(29): p. 4772-4775. Highlighted on cover.

8.   Kaushal Rege, Gunaranjan Viswanathan, Guangyu Zhu, Aravind Vijayaraghavan, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Jonathan S. Dordick, In vitro transcription and protein translation from carbon nanotube-DNA assemblies. Small, 2006. 2(6): p. 718-722.

7.   Guangyu Zhu and Ping Wang, Novel interface-binding chloroperoxidase for interfacial epoxidation of styrene. Journal of Biotechnology, 2005. 117(2): p. 195-202.

6.   Lifang Wang, Guangyu Zhu, Ping Wang, and Bi-min Zhang Newby, Self-assembling of polymer-enzyme conjugates at oil/water interfaces. Biotechnology Progress, 2005. 21(4): p. 1321-1328.

5.   Kelley A. Distel, Guangyu Zhu, and Ping Wang, Biocatalysis using an organic-soluble enzyme for the preparation of poly(lactic acid) in organic solvents. Bioresource Technology, 2005. 96(5): p. 617-623.

4.   Guangyu Zhu and Ping Wang, Polymer-enzyme conjugates can self-assemble at oil/water interfaces and effect interfacial biotransformations. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2004. 126(36): p. 11132-11133.

3.   Hongfei Jia, Guangyu Zhu, and Ping Wang, Catalytic behaviors of enzymes attached to nanoparticles: The effect of particle mobility. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2003. 84(4): p. 406-414.

2.   Hongfei Jia, Guangyu Zhu, Bradley Vugrinovich, Woraphon Kataphinan, Darrell H. Reneker, and Ping Wang, Enzyme-carrying polymeric nanofibers prepared via electrospinning for use as unique biocatalysts. Biotechnology Progress, 2002. 18(5): p. 1027-1032.

1.   Guangyu Zhu, Baolin Luo, and Lingling Xin, Gas-liquid mass transfer in a reaction-membrane separation coupled process. Selected Papers of Engineering Chemistry and Metallurgy, 2000: p. 65-72

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Research Highlights

Enzymatically synthesized organogelators; the interaction of biomolecules with nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles.
                                                                                                                                         

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Honors & Awards

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