Dr. Zhang's CV - James Madison University

Yanjie ZhangJames Madison UniversityDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, MSC 4501901 Carrier Dr., Harrisonburg, VA 22807Phone : 540-568-6839E-mail: zhang3yx@jmu.eduEducation and Professional EmploymentsAssistant Professor of ChemistryJames Madison University (August 2009-present)Postdoctoral Research AssociateTexas A&M University (June 2002–July 2009)Advisor: Professor Paul S. CremerResearch Area: On-Chip Investigations of Polymer and Protein Folding and AggregationPostdoctoral Research AssociateChangchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (July2001–May 2002)Advisor: Professor Yichun LiuResearch Area: Holographic Recording in Polymer FilmsPh.D. in Organic Chemistry (June 2001)Jilin University, ChinaAdvisor: Professor Yingying ZhaoThesis: “Controllable Assembly of Chiral Molecules at Interfaces”B.S. in Chemistry (June 1996)Jilin University, ChinaGraduated with highest honorsAwardsChangbai Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Young Researchers, Changchun Institute ofOptics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2004)Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Jilin University, China (1997)The 6th Pharmaceutical Company of Northeast China’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Students(1994)Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award, Jilin University, China (1993, 1994, 1995)Peer Review for Journals and Funding AgenciesReviewed manuscripts for Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry B,Langmuir, Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A,

Colloid and Polymer Science, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Polymer, PLOS ONE, andSurface and interface AnalysisReviewed proposals submitted to:ACS Petroleum Research Fund (ACS PRF)The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF)The Azerbaijan National Science Foundation (ANSF)Professional AffiliationsAmerican Chemical SocietyPublications (undergraduate coworker underlined)37. Lutter, J. C; Wu, T.-Y.; Zhang, Y. J.* “Hydration of Cations: A Key to Understanding ofSpecific Cation Effects on Aggregation Behaviors of PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymers” TheJournal of Physical Chemistry B, 2013, revised.36. Palmer, M. R.; Hagerman, J. M; Matano, L. M.; DeWitt, K. M.; Zhang, Y. J.* “Thermodynamicanalysis and fluorescence imaging of homochiral amino acid-amino acid interactions at the air/water interface” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2013, accepted.35. Deyerle, B. A.; Zhang, Y. J.* “Effects of Hofmeister Anions on the Aggregation Behavior ofPEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymers” Langmuir, 2011, 27, 9203-9210.34. Chen, X.; Flores, S. C.; Lim, S.-M.; Zhang, Y. J.; Yang, T. L. ; Kherb, J. ; Cremer, P. S. “SpecificAnion Effects on Water Structure Adjacent to Protein Monolayers” Langmuir, 2010, 26,16447-16454.33. Zhang, Y. J.; Cremer, P. S. “Chemistry of Hofmeister Anions and Osmolytes” Annual Review ofPhysical Chemistry, 2010, 61, 63-83.32. Zhang, Y. J.; Cremer, P. S. “The Inverse and Direct Hofmeister Series for Lysozyme”Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009, 106, 15249-15253.31. Sagle, L. B.; Zhang, Y. J.; Litosh, V. A.; Chen, X.; Cho, Y.; Cremer, P. S. “Investigating theHydrogen Bonding Model of Urea Denaturation” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009,131, 9304-9310.30. Cho, Y.; Sagle, L. B.; Iimura, S.; Zhang, Y. J.; Kherb, J.; Chikoti, A.; Scholtz, J. M.; Cremer, P. S.“Hydrogen Bonding of β-Turn Structure is Stabilized in D 2 O” Journal of the American ChemicalSociety, 2009, 131, 15188-15193.29. Cho, Y.; Zhang, Y. J.; Christensen, T.; Sagle, L. B.; Chilkoti, A.; Cremer, P. S. “Effects ofHofmeister Anions on the Phase Transition Temperature of Elastin-like Polypeptides” The Journalof Physical Chemistry B, 2008, 112, 13765-13771.2

28. Zhang, Y. J.; Furyk, S.; Sagle, L. B.; Cho, Y.; Bergbreiter, D. E.; Cremer, P. S. “Effects of HofmeisterAnions on the LCST of PNIPAM as a Function of Molecular Weight” The Journal of PhysicalChemistry C, 2007, 111, 8916-8924.27. Shi, J. J.; Yang, T. L.; Kataoka, S.; Zhang, Y. J.; Diaz, A. J.; Cremer, P. S. “GM1 Clustering InhibitsCholera Toxin Binding in Supported Phospholipid Membranes” Journal of the American ChemicalSociety, 2007, 129, 5954-5961.26. Zhang, Y. J. and Cremer, P. S. “Interactions between Macromolecules and Ions: the HofmeisterSeries” Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2006, 10, 658-663.25. Zhang, Y. J.; Trabbic-Carlson, K.; Albertorio, F.; Chilkoti, A.; Cremer, P. S. “Aqueous Two-PhaseSystem Formation Kinetics for Elastin-like Polypeptides of Varying Chain Length”Biomacromolecules, 2006, 7, 2192-2199.24. Furyk, S.; Zhang, Y. J.; Ortiz-Acosta, D.; Cremer, P. S.; Bergbreiter, D. E. “Effects of End GroupPolarity and Molecular Weight on the Lower Critical Solution Temperature ofPoly(N-isopropylacrylamide)” Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 2006, 44,1492-1501.23. Zhang, Y. J.; Furyk, S.; Bergbreiter, D. E.; Cremer, P. S. “Specific Ion Effects on the Water Solubilityof Macromolecules: PNIPAM and the Hofmeister Series” Journal of the American Chemical Society,2005, 127, 14505-14510.22. Mao, H. B.; Li, C. M.; Zhang, Y. J.; Furyk, S.; Cremer, P. S.; Bergbreiter, D. E. “High ThroughputStudies of Polymer and Solution Structure on the Phase Separation of Thermoresponsive Polymers”Macromolecules, 2004, 37, 1031-1036.21. Zhang, Y. J.; Mao, H. B.; Cremer, P. S. “Probing the Mechanism of Aqueous Two-Phase SystemFormation for α-Elastin On-Chip” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125,15630-15635.20. Mao, H. B.; Li, C. M.; Zhang, Y. J.; Bergbreiter, D. E.; Cremer, P. S. “Measuring LCSTs by NovelTemperature Gradient Methods: Evidence for Intermolecular Interactions in Mixed PolymerSolutions” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2003, 125, 2850-2851.19. Zhang, Y. J.; Lu, Z. F.; Deng, X. F.; Liu, Y. C.; Zhao, Y. Y. “Holographic Grating Recorded byHe−Ne Laser Operating at 632.8 nm in Polymer Film Containing Push−Pull Azo Dye” OpticsCommunications, 2003, 220, 289-295.18. Zhang, Y. J.; Lu, Z. F.; Deng, X. F.; Liu, Y. C.; Tan, C. H.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Kong, X. G. “Photochromismand Holographic Recording in Polymer Film Containing Chiral Azo Molecules Derived from Amino3

Acid” Optical Materials, 2003, 22, 187-192.17. Zhang, Y. J.; Tan, C. H.; Liu, Q. S.; Lu, R.; Song, Y. L.; Jiang, L.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Li, T. J.; Liu, Y. C.“Atomic Force Microscopy Study of Self-Organization of Chiral Azobenzene Derived from AminoAcid” Applied Surface Science, 2003, 220, 224-230.16. Zhang, Y. J.; Lu, R.; Liu, Q. S.; Song, Y. L.; Jiang, L.; Liu, Y. C.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Li, T. J. “Influence ofSurface Hydrophobicity of Substrates on the Self-Organization of Chiral Molecule” Thin SolidFilms, 2003, 437, 150–154.15. Zhang, Y. J.; Jin, M.; Lu, R.; Jiang, L.; Song, Y. L.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Li, T. J. “Interfacial DependentMorphologies in the Self-Organization System of Chiral Molecule Observed by Atomic ForceMicroscopy” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2002, 106, 1960-1967.14. Zhang, Y. J.; Li, Y. S.; Liu, Q. S.; Jin, J.; Ding, B. Q.; Song, Y. L.; Jiang, L.; Du, X. G.; Zhao, Y. Y.;Li, T. J. “Molecular Rectifying Behaviors of a Planar Binuclear Phthalocyanine Studied by ScanningTunneling Microscopy” Synthetic Metals, 2002, 128, 43-46.13. Feng, C. L.; Zhang, Y. J.; Jin, J.; Song, Y. L.; Xie, L. Y.; Qu, G. R.; Jiang, L.; Zhu, D. B. “CompletelyInterfacial Photoisomerization of 4-hydroxy- 3’- trifluoromethyl -azonenzene Studied by STM onHOPG” Surface Science, 2002, 513, 111-118.12. Jin, J.; Li, Y. S.; Zhang, Y. J.; Yang, W. S.; Chen, X.; Song, Y. L.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Bai, Y. B.; Li, T. J.;Jiang, L. “Molecular Organization and Electric Property of Azobenzene Derivative at Liquid/GraphiteInterface Studied by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy” Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemicaland Engineering Aspects, 2002, 198-200, 249-253.11. Zhang, Y. J.; Song, Y. L.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Li, T. J.; Jiang, L.; Zhu, D. B. “Chiral Discrimination inLangmuir Monolayers of N–Acyl Glutamic Acids Inferred from π–A Measurements and AtomicForce Microscopy” Langmuir, 2001, 17, 1317-1320.10. Feng, C. L.; Zhang, Y. J.; Jin, J.; Song, Y. L.; Xie, L. Y.; Qu, G. R.; Jiang, L.; Zhu, D. B. “ReversibleWettability of Photoresponsive Fluorine-Containing Azobenzene Polymer in Langmuir-BlodgettFilms” Langmuir, 2001, 17, 4593-4597.9. Feng, C. L.; Jin, J.; Zhang, Y. J.; Song, Y. L.; Xie, L. Y.; Qu, G. R.; Xu, Y.; Jiang, L. “ReversibleLight-Induced Wettability of Fluorine-Containing Azobenzene-Derived Langmuir-Blodgett Films”Surface and Interface Analysis, 2001, 32, 121-124.8. Li, L. S.; Xu, T.; Zhang, Y. J.; Jin, J.; Li, T. J.; Zou, B. S.; Wang, J.-P. “Photovoltaic Characteristicsof br/p-Silicon Heterostructures Using Surface Photovoltage Spectroscopy” Journal of VacuumScience and Technology A, 2001, 19, 1037-1041.4

7. Zhang, Y. J.; Li, L. S.; Jin, J.; Jiang, S. M.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Li, T. J.; Du, X. G.; Yang, S. Q. “OrganizedLangmuir-Blodgett Monolayers and Multilayers Based on Semi-amphiphilic BinuclearPhthalocyanine: Structural and Photovoltaic Characteristics” Langmuir, 1999, 15, 2183-2187.6. Zhang, Y. J.; Li, L. S.; Jin, J.; Du, X. G.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Li, T. J. “Organized Langmuir-BlodgettMonolayers and Multilayers Based on Semi-amphiphilic Binuclear Phthalocyanine: AFMInvestigation and Photovoltaic Characteristics” Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science andTechnology Section A, 1999, 337, 257-260.5. Jin, J.; Li, L. S.; Li, Y.; Zhang, Y. J.; Chen, X.; Wang, D. J.; Jiang, S. M.; Li, T. J.; Gan, L. B.; Huang,C. H. “Structural Characterization of C 60 -Derivative Langmuir-Blodgett Films and Their PhotovoltaicBehaviors” Langmuir, 1999, 15, 4565-4569.4. Jin, J.; Li, L. S.; Wang, X. Q.; Li, Y.; Zhang, Y. J.; Chen, X.; Li, Y.-Z.; Li, T. J. “Steady-StateSpectroscopic and Photovoltage Studies of Hemin and Hemin/n-Octadecylamine Langmuir-BlodgettFilms” Langmuir, 1999, 15, 6969-6974.3. Jin, J.; Li, L. S.; Zhang, Y. J.; Tian, Y. Q.; Jiang, S. M.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Bai, Y. B.; Li, T. J.“Characterization and Structure of Side-on Azo Copolymers in Langmuir-Blodgett Films” Langmuir,1998, 14, 5231-5236.2. Jin, J.; Li, L. S.; Zhang, Y. J.; Tian, Y. Q.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Shen, D. F.; Li, T. J.; Jiang, S. M.; Zheng, N.“Preparation and Structural Properties of an Azobenzene Liquid Crystal Langmuir-Blodgett Film”Supramolecular Science, 1998, 5, 595-598.1. Jin, J.; Li, L. S.; Tian, Y. Q.; Zhang, Y. J.; Liu, Y.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Shi, T. S.; Li, T. J. “Structure andCharacterization of Surfactant Capped CdS Nanoparticle Films by the Langmuir-Blodgett Technique”Thin Solid Films, 1998, 327-329, 559-562.Conference Presentations (undergraduate coworkers underlined)23. “Specific ion effects on the aggregation of PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers”Zhang, Y. J.; Deyerle, B. A.; Lutter, J. L.; Wu, T.-Y.The 246 th ACS National Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 8-12, 2013 (oral)22. “Effects of Hofmeister anions on the partition of caffeine between organic-aqueous phases”Rogers, B. A.; Zhang, Y. J.The 246 th ACS National Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 8-12, 2013 (poster, wasselected to participate in the 2013 Physical Chemistry Symposium Workshop for UndergraduateChemistry Majors)21. “Effects of Anions on the Interfacial Tension at Hydrophobic/Aqueous Interface”Trinh, N.; Deyerle, B. A.; Zhang, Y. J.UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD, October 20, 2012 (poster)5

20. “Hofmeister Anion Effects on the Phase Behaviors of PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymers”Deyerle, B. A; Turner, E. E.; Zhang, Y. J.The 26th Annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Weber State University,Ogden, Utah, March 29-31, 2012 (oral)19. “Organogel formation by amino acid surfactants”DeLuca, A. M.; DiDomenico, A.; Hagerman, J. M.; Matano, L. M.; Zhang, Y. J.SERMACS, Richmond, VA, October 26-29, 2011 (poster)18. “Effects of osmolytes on the phase behaviors of triblock copolymer”Turner, E. E.; Deyerle, B. A; Zhang, Y. J.SERMACS, Richmond, VA, October 26-29, 2011 (poster)17. “Two-component gel formation based on amino acid surfactants”DiDomenico, A.; DeLuca, A. M.; Hagerman, J. M.; Matano, L. M.; Zhang, Y. J.UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD, October 22, 2011 (Poster, won the firstplace poster award in chemical science)16. “Specific Ion Effects on the Phase Behaviors of PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymers”Deyerle, B. A; Zhang, Y. J.UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD, October 22, 2011 (Poster)15. “Chiral Interactions at the Air/Water Interface”Hagerman, J. M.; Palmer, M. R.; Matano, L. M.; Zhang, Y. J.UMBC Undergraduate Research Symposium, Baltimore, MD, October 22, 2011 (Poster)14. “Effect of Hofmeister Ions on the Phase Behavior of PEO-PPO-PEO”Zhang, Y. J.; Deyerle, B. A.Telluride Science Research Center Workshop, The Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Ions andOsmolytes in Solution, July 11-15, 2011 (invited talk)13. “Specific Ion Effects on the Phase Behaviors of Thermoresponsive Triblock Copolymers”Deyerle, B.; Zhang, Y. J.ACS Reginal Meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April 8, 2011 (Poster)12. “Synthesis and Characterization of Amino Acid Surfactants”Hagerman, J.; Matano, L.; Zhang, Y. J.ACS Reginal Meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April 8, 2011 (Poster)11. “Chiral Interactions at the Air-Water Interface”Palmer, M.; Hagerman, J.; Matano, L.; and Zhang, Y. J.ACS Reginal Meeting, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, April 8, 2011 (Poster)6

10. “Biomineralization Templated by Amino Acid-Based Chiral Molecules”Hagerman, J.; Deyerle, B.; Zhang, Y. J.Virginia Academy of Science 2010 Annual Meeting, Harrisonburg, VA, May 21, 2010 (Poster)9. “Hofmeister Effects on the Phase Behaviors of PEO-PPO-PEO Triblock Copolymers”Deyerle, B.; Hagerman, J.; Zhang, Y. J.Virginia Academy of Science 2010 Annual Meeting, Harrisonburg, VA, May 21, 2010 (Poster)8. “Specific Anion Effects on Protein Aggregation”Zhang, Y. J.; Deyerle, B.; Hagerman, J.; Cremer, P. S.Virginia Academy of Science 2010 Annual Meeting, Harrisonburg, VA, May 21, 2010 (Oral)7. “Specific Anion Effects on Protein Folding and Aggregation”Zhang, Y. J.; Sagle, L. B.; Kherb, J.; Cho, Y.; Cremer, P. S.The 17th Texas Protein Folders Meeting, Navasota, TX, April 24-26, 2009 (Poster)6. “Hofmeister Effects on Polymer and Protein Aggregation”Zhang, Y. J.; Sagle, L. B.; Kherb, J.; Cho, Y.; Cremer, P. S.237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, March 22-26, 2009(Oral)5. “On-Chip Investigations of Specific Ion Effects on Polymer and Protein Aggregation”Zhang, Y. J.; Bergbreiter, D. E.; Cremer, P. S.234th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007 (Oral)4. “PNIPAM as a Model System to Study the Mechanism of the Hofmeister Series”Zhang, Y. J.; Furyk, S.; Bergbreiter, D. E.; Cremer, P. S.Gordon Research Conference on Chemistry at Interfaces, University of New England, Biddeford, ME,July 9-14, 2006 (Poster)3. “Investigation of Cooperative Phase Transition in Elastin Aqueous Solution”Zhang, Y. J.; Mao, H. B.; Cremer, P. S.47 th Annual Meeting of Biophysical Society, San Antonio, TX, March 1-5, 2003 (Poster)2. “Interfacial Dependent Self-Organization of a Chiral Molecule from Helical Fibers to Flat-LayeredStructure”Zhang, Y. J.; Song, Y. L.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Li, T. J.; Jiang, L.; Zhu, D. B.7 th China-Japan Bilateral Symposium on Intelligent Electrophotonic Materials & MolecularElectronics, Beijing, China, November 29 - December 1, 2000 (Oral)1. “Organized Langmuir-Blodgett Monolayers and Multilayers Based on Semi-Amphiphilic BinuclearPhthalocyanine: AFM Investigation and Photovoltaic Characteristics”7

Zhang, Y. J.; Li, L. S.; Jin, J.; Du, X. G.; Zhao, Y. Y.; Li, T. J.2 nd Asian Symposium on Organized Molecular Films for Electronics and Photonics, Beijing, China.November 1-4, 1998 (Poster)8