Evan Wenbo Zhao is a tenured assistant professor at the Institute for Molecules and Materials (IMM) at Radboud University Nijmegen. His group is part of the Magnetic Resonance Research Center. Evan did his postdoctoral research with Prof. Clare P. Grey FRS at the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge where he co-pioneered in situ magnetic resonance methods for studying redox flow batteries. He earned his PhD degree in Chemistry with Prof. Clifford Russell Bowers at the University of Florida where he co-discovered the Surface Water Are Magnetized by Parahydrogen (SWAMP) effect. Evan obtained his BEng degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanyang Technological University.
Educational qualification
2017 PhD in Chemistry, University of Florida, US
Advisor: Prof. Clifford Russell Bowers
2012 BE in Materials Science and Engineering, First Class Honors, Nanyang Technological University, SG
Professional experience
Since 2022 Tenured Assistant Professor, Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
2021-2022 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Magnetic Resonance Research Center,
Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL
2017-2021 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
Advisor: Prof. Clare P. Grey FRS
2014 Visiting Research Fellow, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US
2011 Intern, ExxonMobil, SG
Award and grant
2023 NWO Open Competition Domain Science - XS, Dutch Research Council, NL
2023 Materials Chemistry Horizon Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
2022 NWO Open Competition Domain Science - M, Dutch Research Council, NL
2021 Long-Term Synchrotron Beamline Time, B22, Diamond Light Source, UK
2020 Experimental Design Award, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK
2020 Materials for the Energy Transition Award, Cambridge Royce, UK
2019 Futures Early Career Award, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), UK
2018 Manifest Researcher Exchange Award, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK
2016 Martin Vala Award, University of Florida, US
2014 Alternate Sponsored Fellow, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US
2013 Early Career Physical Chemistry Award, University of Florida, US
2012 Graduate School Fellow, University of Florida, US
行万里路，读万卷书 (It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books)
