About Dr. Hao Sun
Selected Awards/Recognitions
2023 NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium Faculty Research Award 2022 ACS-PRF Undergraduate New Investigator Award 2021 ACS PMSE Future Faculty Scholar 2019 Northwestern University Postdoc Professional Development Travel Award 2018-2019 Publons Global Peer Review Award For Chemistry 2017 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Finance Students Abroad 2015 Eastman Chemical Company Fellowship 2015 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Travel Award, University of Florida Professional Membership
Member, American Chemical Society Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science Academic Service Grant Reviewer: ACS Petroleum Research Fund Journal Reviewers: Advanced Science (Wiley), Chemical Communications (RSC), ACS Macro Letters, Polymer Chemistry (RSC), CCS Chemistry, Journal of Polymer Science (Wiley), Polymer Degradation and Stability, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (RSC), ACS Omega, ACS Symposium Series, RSC Advances, MRS Advances,, Designed Monomers and Polymers, Polymer Science (Springer), Macromolecular Research, Pharmaceutics, Polymers, Biomolecules, Materials, Molecules, Nanomaterials, Processes, International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Guest Editors: Advances in Polymer Technology (Wiley) |
Biography
Dr. Hao Sun is an organic and polymer chemist. He conducted his PhD research on stimuli-responsive polymers with Prof. Brent Sumerlin at University of Florida, and obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry in August 2017. From 2017 to 2021, he was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Nathan Giannesschi at Northwestern University. He is currently a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomedical Engineering at University of New Haven. Professional Experience
2021/8- current Assistant Professor of Chemistry Director of Chemistry Graduate Program Department of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Tagliatela College of Engineering University of New Haven, West Haven, CT, USA 2017/9 - 2021/7 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Chemistry Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA Education 2012/8 - 2017/8 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Ph.D. in Chemistry 2011/8-2012/8 Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA 2009/9-2011/6 Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China M.Sc. in Polymer Chemistry & Physics 2005/9-2009/6 Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry Teaching
2022 Fall - University of New Haven CHEM 2202 Organic Chemistry II CHEM 4501 Advanced Organic Chemistry CHEM 6698 Thesis I CHEM 6685 Graduate Research Project CHEM 6688 Graduate Internship CHEM 6695 Independent Study I 2022 Spring - University of New Haven CHEM 2202 Organic Chemistry II 2021 Fall - University of New Haven CHEM 2201 Organic Chemistry I CHEM 4501 Advanced Organic Chemistry 2019-2020 Fall - Northwestern University BME 444-0-01 Organic Nanomaterials (Guest Lecturer) 2017 Spring - University of Florida CHM2211L Organic Chemistry Lab 2012-2016 - University of Florida CHM2045L and CHM2046L General Chemistry Lab Science Outreach
2021-2022 Mentor for Amity public school Science Research Program 2018 Summer Mentor of REU students 2016 Summer Mentor of REU students |