Title: Tuning the Synthesis of Metal-Organic Frameworks through Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis

Speaker: Professor Hongcai Joe Zhou (Texas A&M University, USA)

Date/Time: 9:00-10:00 AM, Dec. 18, 2016 (Sun.)

Location: Room 601, Chemistry Building.

Biography:

Professor Hongcai Joe Zhou graduated from Texas A&M University with a Ph.D. degree in 2000.  At TAMU he was the George W. Kunze Prize winner; his Ph.D. advisor was Dr. F. A. Cotton. He then spent two years at Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. R. H. Holmbefore joining the faculty of Miami University in 2002.  Professor Zhou's awards include a Research Innovation Award from Research Corporation in 2003, an NSF CAREER Award in 2005, a Cottrell Scholar Award from Research Corporation in 2005, the 2006 Miami University Distinguished Scholar - Young Investigator Award, and the 2007 Faculty Excellence Award from Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.  Dr. Zhou and his research group moved to Texas A&M University in the summer of 2008. He is currently an Associate Editor for the ACS journal Inorganic Chemistry. He was appointed a full professor in 2008, a Davidson Professor in Science in 2014, and a Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry in 2015.