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Professor Yagang Zhang is an organic and materials chemist on the faculty of Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Early life and education
He was born in Xinjiang in 1977, He attended Lanzhou University where he received a B.S. degree in 2000 working for Prof Youquan Deng. In 2010 he received a Ph.D. at University of South Carolina where he worked with Prof. Ken D. Shimizu on molecularly imprinted polymers and molecular recognition.

Career
After his Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Prof. Steven C. Zimmerman and Kenneth S. Suslick, he joined the faculty at Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences(2013).

He was appointed the Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2013, having previously held a Associate Professorship in 2015.

Research
His research focus on design and development of advanced functional materials, chemical sensors, fibre-reinforced polymer composites, green chemistry and clean process based on molecular recognition.

Professor Zhang is also insterested in scientific editorial and advisory. He has been serving as reviewer for J. Am. Chem. Soc., Chemical Communication, Green Chemistry, Macromolecules, ACS Micro Letters, Softer Matter, Organic and Bimolecular Chemistry, The Journal of Organic Chemistry, RCS Advances, Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Recognition, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 32 journal articles have been reviewed for above journals since 2012.

Awards and achievements

 * 2012 - Editorial Board, Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology
 * 2012 - Editorial Advisory Board, Current Organic Chemistry
 * 2010 Hiram and Lawanda Allen Award for Excellence in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina
 * 2009 Spring “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium Awards” American Chemical Society, Polymer Chemistry Division, Salk Lake City, Utah.
 * 2009 Spring “Graduate Student Travel Awards” College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Carolina
 * 2008 April “The Lauren Brubaker Carolina Awards” University of South Carolina
 * 2007 Spring “J. R. Durig Graduate Student Travel Awards” Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina
 * 2005-2006 “Joseph W. Bouknight Teaching Award” Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina
 * 2003 “President Scholarship” for excellent graduate student, Chinese Academy of Sciences