Post Doctoral Researcher
Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials,
National University of Ireland,
Galway
Research Interests
Mechanism studies of Controlled/Living radical polymerizations (ATRP, RAFT and NMP)
Synthesis of Functional polymers
Synthesis of dendritic/hyperbranched polymers via CRP
Professional Qualifications
2005-2009 Ph.D in polymer chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham,UK
2004-2005 M.Sc in polymer science and engineering, Department of Materials Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
2000-2004 B.Sc in polymer science and engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
Publications
Wang, W., Zheng, Y., Roberts, E., Duxbury, C. J., Ding, L., Irvine, D. J., and Howdle, S. M., ‘Controlling chain growth: a new strategy to hyperbranched materials’ Macromolecules, 2007, 40(20), 7184-7194., IF 4.4.
Newland, B., Tai, H., Zheng, Y., Velasco, D., Di Luca, A, Howdle, S.M., Alexander, C., Wang, W., and Pandit, A., A Highly Effective Gene Delivery Vector - Dendritic Poly(2-(Dimethylamino) Ethyl Methacrylate) From In-situ Deactivation Enhanced ATRP, accepted by Chemical Communications, IF 5.3.
Zheng, Y., Thurecht, K. J., Zong, M., and Howdle, S.M., ‘Biodegradable and triggerable core-shell materials via RAFT and ROP: design for the next drug delivery generation’ submitted to Biomacromolecules, IF 4.2.
Zheng, Y., Wang, W., Irvine, D. J., and Howdle, S. M. Synthesis of core-shell star polymers from the hyperbranched core via a facile route. Submitted to Macromolecules, IF 4.
