Lei Zhai

Affiliation

University of Central Florida

Biography

Dr. Lei Zhai is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Director of NanoScience Technology Center at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon University, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology before he joined UCF in 2005. His research at UCF focuses on the self-assembly of conjugated polymers, polyelectrolyte nanostructures and polymer derived ceramic composites. He has more than 100 peer reviewed publications and 11 granted patents. His publication has been cited for more than 15,000 times according to Google Scholar. Dr. Zhai is a recipient of NSF CAREER Award.