Jingdong Zhang | |
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| Born | June 2, 1968 |
| Died | January 9, 2020(2020-01-09) (aged 51) |
| Alma mater | Shanghai University Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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| Institutions | Technical University of Denmark Kyushu University |
Jingdong Zhang (June 2, 1968 – January 09, 2020) was a Chinese–Danish chemist and Professor of Chemistry at theTechnical University of Denmark. Her research considered nanochemistry and the novel materials for catalysis, as well as the development of advanced characterisation techniques such asscanning tunnelling microscopy andatomic force microscopy. She was elected to theAkademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber in 2017.
Zhang was born in 1968 inChina.[1] She studied chemistry and environmental engineering atShanghai University. After earning her Master's degree, Zhang moved to theChinese Academy of Sciences' Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry (CIAC) for her graduate research.[2] Here she worked under the supervision ofErkang Wang.[1]
Zhang was appointed to theExploratory Research for Advanced Technology (ERATO) project, which saw her working on electrochemiscopy at theKyushu University inSendai, Japan.[1] She joined the faculty at theTechnical University of Denmark in 1998, where she was eventually promoted to Professor in 2016.[3] Her research considered electrochemistry for nanomedicines and sustainable energy.[4] In particular, she was interested in the electrochemistry that occurs at interfaces.[4] During the late nineties, electrochemistry rapidly grew as a research area, integrating aspects of solid state physics and materials science. Zhang was quick to pick up new materials and characterisation techniques, includingatomic force microscopy at single molecule resolution.[5] She was particularly interested in redox metalloproteins and enzymes and new (bio)electrochemical surfaces.[5] These surfaces included graphene, nanoparticles and nanoporous metallic surfaces.[5]
She was awarded theDanish Society of Engineers Agnes and Betzy Prize in 2011.[3] The following year she was elected to theRoyal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. In 2017 Zhang was appointed to theAkademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber. Zhang was a member of the editorial board ofChemElectroChem. A special issue ofChemElectroChem honouring Zhang and her legacy was published in 2021.[5]
Zhang was married toQijin Chi, a chemist at theTechnical University of Denmark, with whom she had one son.[5]
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