Prof. Biao Zuo (左彪)
Vice Dean of School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, ZSTU
Tel: 0571-86843639
E-mail: chemizuo@zstu.edu.cn
Education （教育经历）:
2011/09 - 2014/11, Ph.D. in Chemistry and Physics of Textile Materials, ZSTU
2008/09 - 2011/06, M.S. in Polymer Science, ZSTU
2004/09 - 2008/06, B.S. in Applied Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (ZSTU)
Positions/Appointments （工作经历）:
2021/09 - , Professor, Department of Chemistry, ZSTU
2018/09 - 2020/08, Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, USA,
2017/12 - 2021/08, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, ZSTU
2016/06 - 2016/09, Visiting Scholar, Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University, Japan
2014/12 - 2017/11, Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, ZSTU
Awards and Honors （获奖与荣誉）:
2024 The 19th Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation for Young Scientists in the Higher Education
Institutions of China (霍英东教育基金会 第十九届高等院校青年科学奖)
2024 第十四届“挑战杯”中国大学生创业计划竞赛，全国银奖，指导教师（1/4）
2024 Youth May Fouth Medal of ZSTU (浙江理工大学青年五四奖章)
2023 中国国际大学生创新大赛（研究生主赛道），全国金奖，指导教师（1/5）
2023 Teacher award of Textile Vision Science & Education Foundation
(中国纺织工业联合会 纺织之光教师奖)
2022 Elected as Raising Star in Polymer Science by Polymer Journal.
2021 Chinese Chemical Society Prize for Young Scientists （中国化学会青年化学奖）
2021 National Natural Science Foundation of China -- Outstanding Youth Foundation
（国家自然科学基金优秀青年基金）
Professional Activities （学术兼职）:
2024.09 - , 中国化学会高分子“三刊”青年编委
2023.09 - , Council Member of Zhejiang Composite Materials Association (浙江省复合材料协会理事)
2022.06 - , Member of Award Recommendation Committee, CCS (中国化学会奖励推荐委员会委员)
Teaching and Educational Reform Papers （教学改革论文）：
[1] 阳禹辉, 罗锦添, 左彪*. 高分子物理课程中高分子表面与界面教学的思考与设计. 大学化学 2025, doi: 10.12461/PKU.DXHX202408056.
[2] 左彪*, 张旖芝, 陈铮凯, 田厚宽, 王勇能, 张伟, 王伟祖, 郑旭明, 王新平. 强化学术牵引，深化科教融合：创新化学本科人才培养的探索与实践. 大学化学 2024, 39, 38-43.
[3] 左彪*, 非晶物理框架下开展聚合物玻璃化转变教学的思考与探索, 高分子通报, 2022, 35, 70-72.
Representative Research Papers（研究论文）：
[1] Zhiwei Hao, Asieh Ghanekarade, Ningtao Zhu, Katelyn Randazzo, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Keiji Tanaka, Xinping Wang, David S. Simmons,* Rodney D. Priestley,* Biao Zuo*. Mobility gradients yield rubbery surfaces on top of polymer glasses. Nature, 2021, 596, 372-376.
[2] Houkuan Tian, Jintian Luo, Qiyun Tang*, Hao Zha, Rodney D. Priestley*, Wenbing Hu, Biao Zuo*. Intramolecular dynamic coupling slows surface relaxation of polymer glasses.
Nature Communications 2024, 15, 6082.
[3] Yuhui Yang, Houkuan Tian, Simone Napolitano,* Biao Zuo*. Crystallization in thin films of polymer glasses: The role of free surfaces, solid interfaces and their competition. Prog. Polym. Sci., 2023, 144, 101725.
[4] Houkuan Tian, Quanyin Xu, Haiyang Zhang, Rodney D. Priestley,* Biao Zuo*. Surface dynamics of glasses. Appl. Phys. Rev. 2022, 9, 011316.
[5] Jintian Luo, Xiang Wang, Ben Tong, Zhiqiang Li, Lorenzo Augusto Rocchi, Valerio Di Lisio, Daniele Cangialosi,* Biao Zuo*. Length Scale of Molecular Motions Governing Glass Equilibration in Hyperquenched and Slow-Cooled Polystyrene. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2024, 15, 357-363.
[6] Tiancheng Jin, Hao Zha, Katelyn Randazzo, Biao Zuo,* Rodney D. Priestley, Xinping Wang. Local Disorder Facilitates Chain Stretching in Crowded Polymer Brushes. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 11, 7814-7818.
[7] Quanyin Xu, Ningtao Zhu, Huasong Fang, Xinping Wang, Rodney D. Priestley, Biao Zuo*. Decoupling Role of Film Thickness and Interfacial Effect on Polymer Thin Film Dynamics. ACS Macro Lett., 2021, 10, 1-8.
[8] Houkuan Tian, Chaofan Bi, Zhiqiang Li, Chen Wang, Biao Zuo*. Metastable Polymer Adsorption Dictates the Dynamical Gradients at Interfaces. Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 4346-4353.
[9] Yuhui Yang, Quanyin Xu, Tiancheng Jin, Xinping Wang, Simone Napolitano,* Biao Zuo*. Relaxations of Entropically Stressed Polymer Glasses. Macromolecules, 2023, 56, 5924-5931.
[10] Hao Zha, Qing Wang, Xinping Wang, Daniele Cangialosi, Biao Zuo*. Enhanced Free Surface Mobility Facilitates the Release of Free-Volume Holes in Thin-film Polymer Glasses. Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 2022-2028.
