Name Zhang Huiqi Gender Male Academic Background Doctor degree Graduate School Nankai University Professional Title professor Administrative Post Department/Institute Institute of Polymer Science Special Talent New Century Excellent Talents, Ministry of Education Address Chemistry Building-South Building, Room 302, Nankai University, Weijing Road 94, Tianjin 300071, CHINA Telephone 022-23507193 Email zhanghuiqi@nankai.edu.cn Research Group Website Research Interest We are currently focused on the design, synthesis, and applications of biomimetic and intelligent polymers. The detailed research nterests include: 1) The fundamental research on controlled/"living" radical polymerizations and their application in precision synthesis of functional polymers; 2) Preparation of biomimetic molecularly imprinted polymers (artificial antibodies and plastic enzymes) and their applications in various bioanalyses and drug delivery; 3) Preparation of photoresponsive liquid crystalline polymers and their applications (e.g., as artificial muscles). History Professor Dr. Huiqi Zhang studied chemistry at Nankai University (Tianjin, China) starting from 1987 and received his PhD in Polymer Chemistry and Physics there in 1996 under the supervision of Professor Binglin He and Professor Wenqiang Huang. He then obtained a faculty position at Tianjin University (Tianjin, China) and stayed there until May 1999. After working successively at University of Twente, the Netherlands (with Professor David N. Reinhoudt and Dr. Willem Verboom), Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands (with Professor Rob van der Linde and Professor Ulrich S. Schubert), and Lund University, Sweden (with Professor Klaus Mosbach) as a post-doc/guest researcher, he came back to China and took a full professor position at Nankai University in August 2006. His current research interests are biomimetic and intelligent polymers, with main focus on such research areas as controlled/“living” radical polymerization, water-compatible molecularly imprinted polymers, and reactive photoresponsive liquid crystalline polymers. Honors and Awards 1）2007, New Century Excellent Talents (Ministry of Education); 2）Since Oct. 2014-Board member of the Society for Molecular Imprinting; 3）Since Oct. 2017-Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of European Polymer Journal. Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications So far, Prof. Zhang has published more than 70 scientific papers in such journals as J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Chem. Commun., Macromolecules, ACS Macro Lett., Biomacromolecules, Biosens. Bioelectron, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, and Polym. Chem. with him as the first author or the corresponding author. In addition, he has also published 3 English book chapters and applied 10 invention patents (Among them, 9 patents have been authorized (including 1 US patent)). Recently published representative papers: 1) Yue Ma, Guoqing Pan, Ying Zhang, Xianzhi Guo, Huiqi Zhang*, Narrowly dispersed hydrophilic molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for efficient molecular recognition in real aqueous samples including river water, milk, and bovine serum, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52(5): 1511-1514. 2) Guoqing Pan, Ying Zhang, Yue Ma, Chenxi Li, Huiqi Zhang*, Efficient one-pot synthesis of water-compatible molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres by facile RAFT precipitation polymerization, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2011, 50(49):11731-11734. 3) Man Zhao, Cong Zhang, Ying Zhang, Xianzhi Guo, Husheng Yan, Huiqi Zhang*, Efficient synthesis of narrowly dispersed hydrophilic and magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres with excellent molecular recognition ability in a real biological sample, Chem. Commun. 2014, 50(17): 2208-2210. 4) Yue Ma, Ying Zhang, Man Zhao, Xianzhi Guo, Huiqi Zhang*, Efficient synthesis of narrowly dispersed molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres with multiple stimuli-responsive template binding properties in aqueous media, Chem. Commun. 2012, 48(50): 6217-6219. 5) Huiqi Zhang*, Jingshuai Jiang, Hongtao Zhang, Ying Zhang, Pingchuan Sun, Efficient synthesis of molecularly imprinted polymers with enzyme inhibition potency by the controlled surface imprinting approach, ACS Macro Lett. 2013, 2(6): 566-570. 6) Liangjing Fang, Hongtao Zhang, Zidong Li, Ying Zhang, Yuying Zhang, Huiqi Zhang*, Synthesis of reactive azobenzene main-chain liquid crystalline polymers via Michael addition polymerization and photomechanical effects of their supramolecular hydrogen-bonded fibers, Macromolecules 2013, 46(19): 7650-7660. 7) Jingshuai Jiang, Ying Zhang, Xianzhi Guo, Huiqi Zhang*, Narrow or monodisperse, highly cross-linked, and “living” polymer microspheres by atom transfer radical precipitation polymerization, Macromolecules 2011, 44(15): 5893-5904. 8) Man Zhao, Xiaojing Chen, Hongtao Zhang, Husheng Yan, Huiqi Zhang*, Well-defined hydrophilic molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres for efficient molecular recognition in real biological samples by facile RAFT coupling chemistry, Biomacromolecules 2014, 15(5): 1663-1675. 9) Yaqiong Yang, Zhengzheng Wang, Hui Niu, Huiqi Zhang*, One-pot synthesis of quantum dot-labeled hydrophilic molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for direct optosensing of folic acid in real, undiluted biological samples, Biosens. Bioelectron. 2016, 86: 580-587. 10) Hui Niu, Yaqiong Yang, Huiqi Zhang*, Efficient one-pot synthesis of hydrophilic and fluorescent molecularly imprinted polymer nanoparticles for direct drug quantification in real biological samples, Biosens. Bioelectron. 2015, 74: 440-446. 11) Yaqiong Yang, Hui Niu, Huiqi Zhang*, Direct and highly selective drug optosensing in real, undiluted biological samples with quantum dots-labeled hydrophilic molecularly imprinted polymer microparticles, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2016, 8(24): 15741-15749. 12) Chenxi Li, Yue Ma, Hui Niu, Huiqi Zhang*, Hydrophilic hollow molecularly imprinted polymer microparticles with photo- and thermoresponsive template binding and release properties in aqueous media, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7(49): 27340-27350. 13) Guang Han, Juyin Nie, Huiqi Zhang*, Facile preparation of recyclable photodeformable azobenzene polymer fibers with chemically crosslinked networks, Polym. Chem. 2016, 7(32): 5088-5092. 14) Juyin Nie, Xiaopeng Liu, Yu Yan, Huiqi Zhang*, Supramolecular hydrogen-bonded photodriven actuators based on an azobenzene-containing main-chain liquid crystalline poly(ester-amide), J. Mater. Chem. C 2017, 5(39): 10391-10398. Professional Cultivation So far, 10 PhD students and 22 master students have been graduated from the group.