Prof. Zou, Zhigang’s Biography

Engaging long-term in the fundamental and application research of energy and environmental materials, Prof. Zou is now a member of Chinese Academy of Science, the chief scientist of the “973” project, “high-efficiency photocatalytic materials and their applications in energy and environment”, an adjunct professor of Hokkaido University in Japan, and a visiting fellow of the Japanese National Research Institute of Materials (NIMS). He is also the academic leader of “National State Key Laboratory of NBC protection” of the People's Liberation Army, and the chairman of National Committee of Photochemistry and Photocatalysis. He has made systematic and original contributions to the academic fields of the new-generation energy and environmental materials, including superconductive, photocatalytic materials, etc. by developing the design theories, critical syntheses, and application fundamentals. He has published over 500 research articles, SCI cited for 20,000 times without self-citation, with an H index of 69. He also achieved over 30 Chinese, 1 US, and 2 Japanese patents. He founded the Kunshan Sunlaite New Energy Technology Co. Ltd., and actively expand the new energy and environmental materials and devices widely applied in various aspects of military, industrial, and people’s daily life. Several research outputs have been industrialized in this company. And two of them have been applied in national defense construction, which were highly praised by the military. He won the International Centre for Diffraction Data Certificate Award twice in 1999 and 2003, the best paper award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International in 2003, the first prize of Jiangsu Science and Technology Award twice in 2012 (first contributor) and 2016, and the second prize of Chinese National Science Award as the first contributor. In 2015, he was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Science.In 2018, he was elected as a member of the Third World Academy of Science.