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Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry, 2013 
Carnegie Mellon Univ. Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Visiting student, Institute of Physical Chemistry, 2011
Univ. of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany

M.S. in Material Sci. & Eng., 2008
Tsinghua Univ. Beijing, China

B.S. in Polymer Sci. & Eng., 2003 
Qingdao Univ. Qingdao, China

Dr. Wang's research focuses on pursuing more efficient synthetic methods and achieving higher level perfection in the design of polymer architectures via controlled/living polymerization methods; and the study of applications of polymeric materials with well-defined structures in organic electronics, batteries, nanodiagnostics, and therapeutics, stimuli-responsive materials, etc.

Current research topics include:

• Synthesis of ultrahigh molecular weight polymers with tailored molecular structures
• Efficient synthesis of bottlebrush polymers by ATRP and click polymerization
• Application of polymeric materials in solid Li metal batteries

• Y Wang*, Clay A, Nguyen M, ATRP by Continuous Feeding of Activators: Limitingthe End-Group Loss in the Polymerizations of MethylMethacrylate and Styrene. Polymer 2019, submitted.
• Y Wang*, ATRP of Methyl Acrylate by Continuous Feeding of Activators Giving Polymers with Predictable End-Group Fidelity. Polymers 2019, 11, 1238.
• Y Wang* Smart Polymeric Nanoparticles: Combining Targeted Delivery, Imaging and Therapy into One Nanomedicine Platform. Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine 2017, 9, 269-271.
• Y Wang, P Krys, K Matyjaszewski, S Harrisson. Radical Generation and Termination in SARA ATRP of Methyl Acrylate: Effect of Solvent, Ligand, and Chain Length. Macromolecules 2016, 49, 2977-2984.
• Konkolewicz, D.; Krys, P.; Gois, J. R.; Mendonca, P. V.; Zhong, M.; Wang, Y.; Gennaro, A.; Isse, A. A.; Fantin, M.; Matyjaszewski, K. Aqueous RDRP in the Presence of Cu-0: The Exceptional Activity of Cu-I Confirms the SARA ATRP Mechanism. Macromolecules 2014, 47, 560-570.