Kai Zhang / 张凯

The Person

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