Mingjiang Zhong

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Department of Chemistry
Yale University

17 Hillhouse Ave, Room 429, New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: (203) 432-5790

Email: mingjiang.zhong@yale.edu

Education:

2013 Ph.D. in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
2011 M.S. in Chemistry Carnegie Mellon University
2008 B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University
2008 B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Peking University

Experience:

07/2024present 
Associate Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science
Yale University

07/201606/2024 
Assistant Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering and Chemistry
Yale University

10/201306/2016
Postdoctoral Scholar with Profs. Jeremiah A. Johnson and Bradley D. Olsen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

05/201306/2013
Visiting Graduate Student
University of California, Santa Barbara

09/201109/2013
Visiting Research Assistant
National Energy Technology Laboratory

09/200809/2013
Graduate research with Profs. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Tomasz Kowalewski
Carnegie Mellon University

11/200508/2008
Undergraduate research with Prof. Yun-Dong Wu
Peking University

Selected Awards and Honors:

Chinese-American Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professors Association (CAPA) Distinguished Junior Faculty Award (2025)
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2022)
Wiley Journal of Polymer Science Early Career Investigator (2021)
3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2020)
RSC Polymer Chemistry Emerging Investigator (2019)
National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2019)
ACS PMSE Young Investigator (2019)
ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator (2017)
Guy C. Berry Graduate Research Award, Carnegie Mellon University (2013)
Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad (2013)
ACS POLY Award for Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research (2013)
ACS Travel Grants, ACS Pittsburgh Section (2012)
Astrid and Bruce McWilliams Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University (2012)