Zhou Lu
Research Interests:
Luminescent noble-metal (Cu(I), Ag(I), Au(I), and Pt(II)) complexes and their OLED applications;
Ground- and excited-state metal–metal bondings and interactions;
Supramolecular and non-covalent interactions;
Aromaticity of cyclic metal complexes;
Computational chemistry;
Metal-organic framework (MOF) catalysis;
Proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET);
Polyoxometalate (POM).
Contact:
zhoulu#rochester.edu; zhoulu#my.unt.edu; zlu941#gmail.com (replace # with @); X (Twitter): @zlu941
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Education Background
2018.08 - 2022.12 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Mohammad A. Omary (Google Scholar)
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2012.09 - 2016.06 B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Dan Li (Google Scholar, ResearchGate)
Shantou University, Shantou, CN
2015.07 - 2015.10 Exchange Student, Department of Chemistry
Supervisors: Dr. Wai-Pong To (Google Scholar) and Prof. Chi-Ming Che
University of Hong Kong, HK
Academic Experience
2023.01 - present Postdoc, Department of Chemistry
Supervisor: Prof. Ellen M. Matson (Google Scholar, Group website)
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
2017.12 - 2018.06 Research Assistant, Institute of Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry
College of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Jinan University, Guangzhou, CN
2016.07 - 2017.12 Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry
Shantou University, Shantou, CN
Service
2023.03 - 2023.10 Special Issue Editor, "Synthesis, Structure, and Characterization of Metal-Organic Complexes", Crystals.