Zhang, Xumu

Position:

Professor

	Phone:	732-445-0429
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	Office:	Room 0330 William Levine Hall-Ernest Mario School Of Pharmacy
	Mail:	Chemistry & Chemical Biology, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854

Education	Links
B.S. in Chemistry, Wuhan University, Hubei, The People’s Republic of China, 1982 M.S. in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Chinese Science Academy, Fuzhou, the People’s Republic of China, 1985 M.S. in Organometallic Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA, 1987 Ph. D. in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1992 Postdoctoral and Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1992-1994 Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1994-1999 Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1999-2003 Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2003-2006 Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 2007	Group Website

Education

Links

B.S. in Chemistry, Wuhan University, Hubei, The People’s Republic of China, 1982
M.S. in Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, Chinese Science Academy, Fuzhou, the People’s Republic of China, 1985
M.S. in Organometallic Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, CA, 1987
Ph. D. in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1992
Postdoctoral and Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1992-1994
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1994-1999
Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 1999-2003
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2003-2006
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 2007

Group Website

Research Summary

Synthetic organic, inorganic and organometallic chemistry, transition metal catalyzed asymmetric reactions for the synthesis of biologically active compounds, biomimetic chemistry, molecular recognition and material chemistry.

Awards & Honors

Franklin Veatch Graduate Fellowship, 1991, Stanford University
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award, 1994
DuPont Young Faculty Award, 1996
Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 1996
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award, 1998
The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, 2000
The Outstanding Oversea Chinese Young Scientist B, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2000
The Penn State Faculty Scholar Medal, 2001
The Young Innovation Award of ChiTec (Chinese High Tech) in Chemistry, 2001
The American Chemical Society Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 2002
The SDCA (San Diego Chinese Association) Achievement Award, 2002

Research Areas:

Inorganic Chemistry

Research Areas:

Organic Chemistry