Zhang, Donghui (Catherine), Ph.D.

Dartmouth College, Chemistry Ph.D. 2003;

University of Minnesota, Polymer synthesis and characterization Postdoct, 2003-2005;

February, 2005 – present:

Research Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department,

New Mexico State University

dhzang@nmsu.edu

Research Interests

        I am interested in developing synthetic routes to novel polymeric and composite materials and identifying suitable applications based on their physical property studies. This includes novel conducting metallo-polymers, polymeric nano-composites as well as functional polymers that can be derived from bio-renewable sources. I am also interested in developing devices that are based on polymeric materials, such as polymer-based sensor, polymeric actuators and organic solar cells.