Chongyu Zhu

Chongyu Zhu

Associate Professor

Master's Supervisor

Research directionSmart Polymers for Bio-applications


Dr. Chongyu Zhu graduated from Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University with a bachelor's degree in 2013. He then studied in Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick and received his PhD in 2017. After that, he carried out postdoctoral research in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley. After returning to China, he worked at Fudan University and Henkel Co., Ltd., and joined the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Donghua University in 2023. He is now working on the synthesis of polymer materials for biomedical use and "smart" functional finishing.


Research Interests:

1Biocompatible smart materials

2Functional finishing of medical textiles

3Medical polymers for diagnosis and treatment

4Polymeric drug delivery systems

Selected publications:

  1. J. Sun, B. Peng, Y. Lu, X. Zhang, J. Wei, C. Zhu*, Y. Yu, Small, 2022, 18, 2106443.

  2. Y. Lu#, L. Qin#, Q. Liu, Z. Li, W. Zhang, C. Zhu*, Y. Yu*, NPG Asia Mater., 2022, 14, 73.

  3. T. Mao, C. Zhu*, L. Tao*, Chinese J. Chem., 2021, 39, 2287-2295.

  4. Y. Zeng, C.Zhu*, L. Tao*, Macromol. Rapid Comm., 2021, 42, 2100022.

  5. C. Zhu, Y. Lu, L. Jiang, Y. Yu*, Adv. Funct. Mater., 2021, 31, 2009835.

  6. C. Zhu, Y. Lu, J. Sun, Y. Yu*, Langmuir, 2020, 36, 6611–6625.

  7. C. Zhu, E.K. Schneider, V. Nikolaou, T. Klein, J. Li, T.P. Davis, M.R. Whittaker, P. Wilson, K. Kempe, T. Velkov, D.M. Haddleton*, Bioconjugate Chem., 2017, 28, 1916−1924.

  8. C. Zhu, E.K. Schneider, J. Wang, K. Kempe, P. Wilson, T. Velkov, J. Li, T.P. Davis, M.R. Whittaker, D.M. Haddleton*, J. Control. Release, 2017, 259, 83-91.

  9. C. Zhu, J. Zhao, K. Kempe, P. Wilson, J. Wang, T. Velkov*, J. Li, T.P. Davis, M.R. Whittaker, D. M. Haddleton*, Macromol. Biosci., 2017, 17, 1600320.

  10. C. Zhu, B. Yang, Y. Zhao, C. Fu, L. Tao*, Y. Wei*, Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 5395-5400.



E-Mailczhu@dhu.edu.cn