Curriculum Vitae

LEI ZHU, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, 2000
M.S., Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1996
B.S., Materials Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 1993

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, OH, January 2009 - present
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, CT, August 2007 - January 2009
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering and Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, CT, August 2002 - August 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow
Maurice Morton Institute and Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, OH, 2000 - 2002

AWARDS AND HONORS
· Polymer Program Director's Award for Faculty Excellence, 2008
· RogersTeaching Excellence Award, 2005
· DuPont Young Professor Award, 2005
· 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2004
· NSF CAREER Award, 2004
· Gencorp University Signature Award for Outstanding Academic
   and Research Work, 1999
· Guanghua Graduate Student Award, 1995