Tracy C. Zhang
Research Chemist

Tracy ZhangExperience

  • 2004 – Present: Research Chemist, Michigan Molecular Institute, Midland, MI
  • 2003 – 2004: Teaching Assistant,  Chemistry Department, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
  • 2000 – 2002: Instructor, School of Computer Science  Robert Morris College, Chicago, IL    
  • 1999 – 2000: Programmer/ Analyst, Gold Eagle Company, Chicago, IL
  • 1997 – 1999: Teaching Assistant/Graduate Student, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • 1985 - 1996: Lecturer, Jiangxi College of Light Industry, Nanchang, China.

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Education

  • 2007 - M.S. in Chemistry, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
  • 1999 - M.S. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago       Chicago, IL
  • 1985 - B.S. in Organic Chemistry, Nanchang University, NanChang, China

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Publications

    • Books
    1. Dendritic Polymer Networks: A New Class of Nano-structured Antifouling Coatings, Dvornic, P.R.; Sarkar, A.; Rousseau, J.; Hartmann-Thompson, C.; Merrington, A.; Carver, P.; Zhang, T.; Keinath, S.E.  Preprints of Extended Abstracts presented at the ACS National Meeting, American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, 2008,  48(1),  520-525
    2. Surface Modification of Polyamide Reverse Osmosis Membranes using Coatings and Formulations based on Hyperbranched and Dendritic Polymers. Sarkar, A.; Carver, P.I.; Zhang, T.; Merrington, A.; Bruza, K.J.; Rousseau, J.L.; Keinath, S.E. and Dvornic, P.R. New Membranes and Advanced Materials for Wastewater Treatment, Mueller, A., Guieysse, B., Sarkar, A. (Eds.), ACS Symposium Series 000, American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 2009 (in press)

    • Papers
    1. Dendrimer-based Coatings for Surface Modification of Polyamide Reverse Osmosis Membranes.   Sarkar, A.; Carver, P.I.; Zhang, T.; Merrington, A.; Bruza, K.J.; Rousseau, J.L.; Keinath, S.E. and Dvornic, P.R. J. Membr. Sci., 349 (2010) 421-428
    2. A Comparative Study of Amphiphilic PAMAM Dendrimers at the Air-Water Interface with   Different Hydrophobe Attachment Groups.   Zhang, Tracy; Dvornic, Petar R.; Kaganove, Steven N.    Michigan Molecular Institute, Midland, MI, USA.  Langmuir  (2007),  23(21),  10589-10597 
    3. PAMAMOS dendrimers: opening new possibilities to engineering nanotechnology.   Dvornic, Petar R.; Hartmann-Thompson, Claire; Kaganove, Steven N.; Rousseau, Joseph; Sarkar, Abhijit; Zhang, Tracy.    Michigan Molecular Institute,  Midland,  MI,  USA.  Polymer Preprints (American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry)  (2006),  47(2),  1166-1167


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Posters & Presentations

    1. NMR studies on Ag(I) complex with G2-PAMAM-OH dendrimer.   Ho, Che-Hin; Chai, Minghui; Zhang, Tracy; Sarkar, Abhijit; Dvornic, Petar R.  Department of Chemistry,  Central Michigan University,  Mt. Pleasant,  MI,  USA.  Abstracts of Papers, 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 16-20, 2009 
    2. NMR studies on Ag(I) complex with G2-PAMAM dendrimer.   Wang, Zhiyuan; Thurmand, Charmane; Chai, Minghui; Zhang, Tracy; Sarkar, Abhijit; Dvornic, Petar R.  Department of Chemistry,  Central Michigan University,  Mt. Pleasant,  MI,  USA.  Abstracts of Papers, 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 16-20, 2009 
    3. Synthesis and Surface Grafting of PAMAM Dendrimers with Biocidal N-Halamine End-Groups. Steven N. Kaganove,  Tracy Zhang, Keri Niec, and Stephen Cendrowski.  International Conference on Multifunctional Nanoscale Materials for the 21st Century, Argonne, IL, USA, March, 2009
    4. Dendritic Polymer Coatings: A New Method to Reduce Fouling of Reverse Osmosis Membranes.  P. Carver, A. Sarkar, J. Rousseau, C. Hartmann-Thompson, A. Merrington, T. Zhang, S.E. Keinath and P.R. Dvornic, 64th ACS Midland Section Fall Scientific Meeting, Midland, MI, October 24, 2008.
    5. Characterization of amphiphilic PAMAM dendrimers using diffusion NMR.  Do, Hien; Wang, Zhiyuan; Chamberlain, Nicole E.; Chai, Minghui; Zhang, Tracy; Kaganove, Steven N.    Department of Chemistry,  Central Michigan University,  Mt. Pleasant,  MI,  USA.    Abstracts of Papers, 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, August 17-21, 2008
    6. Dendritic polymer networks: A new class of nanostructured antifouling coatings.      Dvornic, Petar R.; Sarkar, Abhijit; Rousseau, Joseph; Hartmann-Thompson, Claire; Merrington, Adrian; Carver, Peter; Zhang, Tracy; Keinath, Steven E.    Michigan Molecular Institute,  Midland,  MI,  USA.  Abstracts of Papers, 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008
    7. Investigation of Amphiphilic PAMAM Dendrimers as Components in Biomimetic Interfaces.  T. Zhang, S.N. Kaganove and P.R. Dvornic.  63rd ACS Midland Section Fall Scientific Meeting, Midland, MI, October 19, 2007.
    8. Reduce Biofouling of Reverse Osmosis Membranes by Surface Modification.  A. Sarkar, A. Merrington, J.L. Rousseau, A. Chakrabarti, P.I. Carver, T. Zhang, S.E. Keinath and P.P. Dvornic, 63rd ACS Midland Section Fall Scientific Meeting, Midland, MI, October 19, 2007.  
    9. A comparative study of amphiphilic PAMAM dendrimers with different hydrophobe attachement groups at the air-water interface.  Tracy Zhang, Steven H. Kaganove, Petar R. Dvornic,  30th Marcomolecular Science and Engineering Annual Symposium,  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October, 2006
    10. Application of Amphiphilic PAMAM Dendrimers in Biomimetic Interfaces.  T. Zhang, S. N. Kaganove and P.R. Dvornic  62nd ACS Midland Section  Fall Scientific Meeting, Mount Pleasant, MI, October 21, 2006
    11. PAMAMOS Dendrimers: Opening New Possibilities to Engineering Nanotechnology.  P.R. Dvornic, C. Hartmann-Thompson, S.N. Kaganove, J. Rousseau, A. Sarkar and T. Zhang.  232nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006.
    12. Dendritic polymer approaches for the decontamination of vapor phase cyanide.      Kaganove, Steven N.; Zhang, Tracy; Dvornic, Petar R.   Michigan Molecular Institute,  Midland,  MI,  USA.    Abstracts, 38th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Frankenmuth, MI, United States, May 16-20 (2006)
    13. Application of amphiphilic PAMAM dendrimers in biomimetic interfaces.  Zhang, Tracy; Kaganove, Steven N.; Dvornic, Petar R.    Michigan Molecular Institute,  Midland,  MI,  USA.  Abstracts, 38th Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Frankenmuth, MI, United States, May 16-20  (2006)
    14. Polyamidoamine-Organosilicon (PAMAMOS) Dendrimer Coatings for Vapor Phase Cyanide Removal.  S.N. Kaganove, T. Zhang and P.R. Dvornic  Pacifichem 2005, International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, HI, December 15-20, 2005
    15. Prototype Vapor Phase Cyanide Filtration System Based on Polyamidoamine Organosilicon (PAMAMOS) Dendrimers.  T. Zhang, S.N. Kaganove and P.R. Dvornic,  61st ACS Midland Section Fall Scientific Meeting, Midland, MI, October 14, 2005
    16. Polyamidoamine-organosilicon (PAMAMOS) Dendrites Coatings for Vapor Phase Cyanide Removal.  S.N. Kaganove, T. Zhang and P.R. Dvornic,  4th International Dendrimer Symposium IDS-4, Mount Pleasant, MI, May 18-21, 2005.


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