Kai Zhang / 张凯

The Person

• Birthplace
  Anhui, China
  
  
• Nationality
  Chinese
  
  
• Position
  Head of Department
  
  
• Address
  Büsgenweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
  
  
• Telephone
  0049-551-4505
  
  
• Email
  kzhang1@uni-goettingen.de
  
  
• Homepage
  http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/513437.html
  
  

Education

• 2011
  PhD, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
  
  
• 2007
  Diplom in Food Chemistry, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
  
  
• 2002
  Bachelor in Food Science and Technology, Hefei University of Technology, China
  
  
  

Working experiences

• Since 2019
  Professor, Wood Technology and Wood Chemistry, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany
  
  
• 2015 - 2019
  Juniorprofessor, Wood Technology and Wood Chemistry, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Germany
  
  
• 2015
  Call on Assistant Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  
  
• 2015
  Call on Juniorprofessor at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  
  
• 2012
  Junior Research Group Leader, Soft Control - LOEWE Research Cluster, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
  
  
• 2011
  PostDoc, the Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation, the Pennsylvania State University, United States
  
  
• 2011
  Research Assistant, Institute for Plant and Wood Chemistry, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
  
  

Research interests

• Chemistry of wood components
• Nanocellulose
• Functional materials
• Green chemistry
• Biomaterials
• Polymeric nanoparticles
• Surface science