Feng Zhou, doctoral tutor. He received doctorate degree in 2004 from Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From April 2005 to March 2008 he was a research assistant in the University of Cambridge, UK, Department of Chemistry; From March 2008 to April 2013 he was appointed as "Hundred Talents Program" professor by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP-CAS). After 2013, he was a permanent professor at LICP-CAS. Since 2011, he has been the deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Solid Lubrication, LICP-CAS. He took a number of positions in association of different academic organizations, such as vice chairman of the Tribology Division of China Mechanical Engineering Society, chairman of the Committee of Lubricating Materials and Friction Chemistry, member of China Chemical Society, director of Chinese chemical society Deputy Director of the Youth Committee, Secretary General of the Gansu Provincial Chemical Society. His research interests are the material surface and interface, bionic lubrication, drag reduction and noise reduction and marine pollution research. He published more than 260 SCI papers, in JACS, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Tribology International, Tribology Letters, Wear, etc, which have been cited more than 10,000 times, he has an h-index of 57. Some of the papers have been highlighted by Nature, NPG Asia Materials, Chemical Technology and many times. He published two book chapters in English 2, co-edited "nano-lubricating material and technology" (Zhou Feng, Wang Xiaobo, Liu Weimin, Science Press) and edited a book named "Antifouling Surfaces and Materials: from Land to Marine Environment" (Springer, Feng Zhou Ed). He has been authorized 16 Chinese invention patents, He has been invited as a plenary/keynote/invited speaker more than 20 times at international or domestic conferences. He serves on the editorial board of journals, "Journal of Tribology", "Chemical Bulletin", "Journal Fiber Bioengineering and Informatics", "Tribology International". He has supervised or co-supervised more than 20 PhD and master students, three of them gained national excellence award. Dr Feng Zhou has been given a number of awards as listed in the following:
2005 Gansu Province Science and Technology Progress Award (ranked sixth);
2009 China Mechanical Engineering Society Tribology Branch Tribology Young Scholar Award;
2011 Chinese Chemical Society "Youth Chemistry Award";
2011 National Outstanding Youth Fund;
2012 "National Top Personnel Program" of the "National Special Program"
2013 International Bionic Engineering Society "Outstanding Youth Award";
2013 outstanding researcher of "Hundred Talents Program" from Chinese Academy of Sciences
2014 Gansu Provincial Natural Science Award (ranked first);
2015 National Natural Science Award (ranked first);
2016 the fourteenth "China Youth Science and Technology Award" and the first "China outstanding young science and technology talent award";
2016 the Distinguished visiting fellowship of the Royal Society of Engineers.
Dr Feng Zhou is a surface and interface scientist. He developed a number of novel ways to modify surfaces with especially polymer brushes that are highly cited in the fields. He and colleagues put forward the engineering special wetting materials and greatly pushed the fundamental research to industries. He was the first to discuss the relationship between 'wetting' and 'lubrication', a deep interpretation of Chinese translation of lubrication and discuss friction control, which are all reflected from his two invited review papers. He builds very strong links with industries and commercialize ten more products, which brings very much profits for companies.