1. Zhenan Bao is a Chinese-born American chemical engineer.
14 Facts About Zhenan Bao
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Zhenan Bao served as the Department Chair of Chemical Engineering from 2018 to 2022.
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Zhenan Bao was an Associate Editor for the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Chemical Science, Polymer Reviews and Synthetic Metals.
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Zhenan Bao is the daughter of a professor of physical chemistry at Nanjing University.
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Zhenan Bao studied chemistry as an undergraduate student at Nanjing University beginning in 1987.
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In 1990, Zhenan Bao moved to the United States with her family, enrolling in the University of Illinois at Chicago as she had family nearby.
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Several months later, Zhenan Bao was accepted directly into the PhD program in chemistry at the University of Chicago without a bachelor's degree, owing to two awards she won while an undergraduate at Nanjing University.
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At the University of Chicago, as one of the first graduate students of Luping Yu, Zhenan Bao applied palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions towards the synthesis of conductive and liquid crystalline polymers.
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Zhenan Bao received a Master of Science in chemistry in 1993 and a Doctor of Philosophy in chemistry in 1995, both from the University of Chicago.
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Schon's papers were ultimately retracted due to fraud, but Zhenan Bao was cleared of allegations of misconduct.
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Zhenan Bao was named a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs in 2001.
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Zhenan Bao founded the Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiative and is the current faculty director.
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Zhenan Bao is a co-founder and on the board of directors for C3 Nano and PyrAmes Health, both of which are Silicon Valley venture-funded startup companies.
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Zhenan Bao serves as an advising Partner for Fusion Venture Capital.