Lifeng Zhang, Ph.D

Lifeng Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Department of Nanoengineering Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering North Carolina A&T State University and The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2907 East Lee Street, Rm. 208I Greensboro, NC 27401 Tel: (336)285-2875 E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION  Ph.D., Fiber and Polymer Science and Engineering, 2006 University of California – Davis, United States  M.S., Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, 1997 Beijing Institute of Technology, China  B.Eng., Polymer Materials Science and Engineering, 1994 Xi’an Jiaotong University, China PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES  2012-Present, Assistant Professor of Nanoengineering, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN), North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27401  2007-2011, Research Scientist I-III, Department of Chemistry, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T), Rapid City, SD 57701 2010-2011, Research Scientist III 2009-2010, Research Scientist II 2007-2009, Research Scientist I  2006-2007, Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Textiles and Clothing, the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), CA 95616  2001-2006, Research/Teaching Assistant, Division of Textiles and Clothing and Department of Chemistry, UC Davis, CA 95616 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS  The Fiber Society RESEARCH EXPERIENCES  Research Grants o Enhancement of Raman Detection of Minerals and Biomarkers Using Advanced Plasmonic Nanomaterials Co-PI with Science PI: Chaoyang Jiang (University of South Dakota, USD); Administrative PI: Edward F. Duke (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, SDSM&T); other Co- PIs: Hao Fong (SDSM&T), P. Stanley May (USD), Brian A. Logue (South Dakota State University, SDSU) Total Amount: $750,000 Source: NASA/EPSCoR: NNX10AN34A Period: 09/01/2010 to 08/31/2013 o Synthesis of Porous Silver Nanotube Networks with Controlled Morphologies and Structures for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Applications PI with Co-PI: Hao Fong (SDSM&T) CV - L. Zhang, Page 2 of 10

Total Amount: $5,000 Source: SDSM&T Nelson Research Grant, 03984 Nelson Rsch FY 11 Period: 07/01/2010 to 12/31/2011 o Continuous Nano-Scaled Carbon Fibers with Superior Mechanical Strength and Their Innovative Composites for Aeronautics and Space Applications Co-PI with Science PI: Hao Fong (SDSM&T); Administrative PI: Edward F. Duke (SDSM&T); other Co-PI: Myung-Keun Yoon (SDSM&T) Total Amount: $750,000 Source: NASA/EPSCoR: NNX07AT52A Period: 09/01/2007 to 08/31/2011 o High Performance Supercapacitors Based on Nano-Engineered Electrodes Subcontract PI with PI: Kuiyang Jiang (Agitron Inc.); other subcontract PI: Hao Fong Total Amount: $487,872 Source: NSF SBIR Phase II: 1058570 Period: 04/01/11 to 03/31/13 o Polymer, Ceramic and Carbon/Graphite Nanofibers and Their Applications User grant at the High Temperature Materials Laboratory (HTML) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), 01/01/07 to 12/31/08  Other Research Activities o Key investigator/senior personnel in the following research projects at SDSM&T  Polycarbonate/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanofiber Nanocomposites for Ballistic Protection DOD ARL: DAAD19-02-2-0011, 05/01/05 to 06/30/10, $940,000  Nanofiber Nanocomposites for Novel Space Mirror Backing Structure DOD AFRL: FA9453-06-C-0366, 08/01/2007 to 07/31/2012, $300,000  Fabrication and Bioseparation Studies of Adsorptive Nanofelts Made from Electrospun Cellulose and/or Carbon Nanofibers NSF: CBET-0827844, 09/01/08 to 08/31/11, $315,269  Establishment of the South Dakota Catalysis Group at the University of South Dakota and South Dakota School of Mines & Technology – Addressing Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization DOE: DE-FG02-08ER64624, 10/01/08 to 09/30/12, $283,713  SBIR Phase I: High Performance Supercapacitors Based on Nano-engineered Electrodes NSF SBIR Phase I: 0912671, 07/01/09 to 06/30/10, $99,969, Agitron Inc.  Friction Stir Joining of Advanced Aerospace Materials and Structures Advanced Materials Processing and Joining Laboratory at SDSM&T, 07/01/08 to 6/30/09 Research activities at UC Davis  Carbon nanofibers with specific surface and/or internal structures from electrospinning of polyacrylonitrile based binary systems  Super-hydrophobic/hydrophilic nonwoven fabrics by surface chemical reaction and/or coating  Fabrication of multi-component polymer nanofibers through electrospinning and development of nano-scale fibers with specific structures like sheath-core, or nanoporous with enhanced specific surface and functionality, a pioneer work in the field of electrospinning following the attention of novel nanomaterials structures and properties  Nano-Porous Ultra-High Specific Surface Fibers (National Textiles Center projects: C03-CD01s & C04-CD06s)  Liquid Wetting and Flow in Nano-Fibrous Systems: Multi-scale and Heterogeneous (National Textiles Center project: M04-CD01) CV - L. Zhang, Page 3 of 10 o Earlier research activities  Controlled phase separation morphology and structure-property relationship in polymer blend from melt extrusion  Reactive blending of engineering plastics using di-block or graft copolymers as compatibilizers for high performance polymer alloys  Surface modification of non-polar polymers (e.g. polypropylene) via solid-phase grafting polymerization  Recycling of PET drink bottles TEACHING EXPERIENCES  2012: Instructor for “Fundamentals of Nanomaterials” (NANO 704) and “Introduction to Nanoproessing” (NANO 785), Department of Nanoengineering, Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN), North Carolina A&T State University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro  2007-2011: Substitute instructor for “Organic and Biochemistry” (CHEM 108) and “Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry” (CHEM 316), Department of Chemistry, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology  2006: Substitue instructor for “Fiber Structure and Properties” (FPS 161), “Polymer Synthesis and Reaction” (FPS 150/250), Division of Textiles and Clothing, the University of California at Davis  2005 and 2003: Teaching assistant for “Textile Chemical Analysis” (FPS 161L), Division of Textiles and Clothing, the University of California at Davis; Teaching assistant for “General Chemistry”, Department of Chemistry, the University of California at Davis PUBLICATIONS  Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (†equally contributing author, *corresponding author) 2012 55. Liu, Jie; Chen, Gui; Gao, Hui; Zhang, Lifeng; Liang, Jieying; Ma, Zhaokun; Fong, Hao. Structure and thermo-chemical properties of continuous bundles of aligned and stretched electrospun polyacrylonitrile precursor nanofibers collected in a flowing water bath. Carbon, in press, doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2011.10.046. 54. Chen, Qi; Zhang, Lifeng; Zhao, Yong; Wu, Xiang-Fa; Fong, Hao. Hybrid multi-scale composites developed from glass microfiber fabrics and nano-epoxy resins containing electrospun glass nanofibers. Composites Part B: Engineering, in press, doi:10.1016/j.compositesb.2011.08.044. 53. Chen, Qi; Zhang, Lifeng*; Yoon, Myung-Keun; Wu, Xiang-Fa; Arefin, Ragib H.; Fong, Hao. Preparation and evaluation of nano-epoxy composite resins containing electrospun glass nanofibers. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2012, 124(1), 444-451. 52. Gao, Yu; Presser, Volker; Zhang, Lifeng; Niu, Jun Jie; Mcdonough, John; Perez, Carlos R.; Liu, Haibo; Fong, Hao; Gogotsi, Yuri. High power supercapacitor electrodes based on flexible TiC-CDC nano-felts. Journal of Power Sources, 2012, 201, 368-375. 51. Zhang, Lifeng; Wang, Xiaoxu; Zhao, Yong; Zhu, Zhengtao; Fong, Hao. Electrospun carbon nano-felt surface-attached with Pd nanoparticles for hydrogen sensing application. Materials Letters, 2012, 68, 133-136. 2011 50. Schneiderman, Steven; Varadaraju, Hemanthram; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Menkhaus, Todd J. Mathematical Model Using Non-Uniform Flow Distribution for Dynamic Protein CV - L. Zhang, Page 4 of 10

Breakthrough with Membrane Adsorption Media. Journal of Chromatography A, 2011, 1218(51), 9121-9127. 49. Schneiderman, Steven; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Meankhaus, Todd J. Surface- functionalized electrospun carbon nanofiber mats as an innovative type of protein adsorption/purification medium with elevated capacity and high throughput. Journal of Chromatography A, 2011, 1218(50), 8989-8995. 48. Zhong, Ganji; Wang, Ke; Zhang, Lifeng; Li, Zhong-Ming; Fong, Hao; Zhu, Lei. Nanodroplet formation and exclusive homogenously nucleated crystallization in confined electrospun immiscible polymer blend fibers of polystyrene and poly (ethylene oxide). Polymer, 2011, 52(24), 5397-5402. 47. Chen, Qi; Zhang, Lifeng; Rahman, Arifur; Zhou, Zhengping; Wu, Xiang-Fa; Fong Hao. Hybrid multi-scale epoxy composite made of conventional carbon fiber fabrics with interlaminar regions containing electrospun carbon nanofiber mats. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2011, 42(12), 2036-2042. 46. Varadaraju, Hemanthram; Schneiderman, Steven; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Menkhaus, Todd J. Process and economic evaluation for monoclonal antibody purification using a memberane-only process. Biotechnology Progress, 2011, 27(5), 1297-1305. 45. Netzer, Nathan L.; Qiu, Chao; Zhang, Yongyi; Lin, Cuikun; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Jiang, Chaoyang. Gold-silver bimetallic porous nanowires for surface-enhanced Raman scattering. Chemical Communications, 2011, 47(34), 9606-9608. 44. Tian, Ming; Hu, Qinghua; Wu, Haiyan; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Zhang, Liqun. Formation and morphological stability of polybutadiene rubber fibers prepared through combination of electrospinning and in-situ photo-crosslinking. Materials Letters, 2011, 65(19-20), 3076- 3079. 43. Hedin, Nyle; Sobolev,Vladimir; Zhang, Lifeng; Zhu, Zhengtao; Fong, Hao. Electrical properties of electrospun carbon nanofibers. Journal of Materials Science, 2011, 46(19), 6453-6456. 42. Presser, Volker†; Zhang, Lifeng†; Niu, Jun Jie; McDonough, John; Fong, Hao; Gogotsi, Yuri. Flexible nano-felts of carbide-derived carbon with ultra-high power handling capability. Advanced Energy Materials, 2011, 1, 423-430 (Note: This paper has been featured as the frontispiece of this issue of the journal). 41. Zhong, Ganji; Zhang, Lifeng; Su, Run; Wang, Ke; Fong, Hao; Zhu, Lei. Understanding polymorphism formation in electrospun fibers of immiscible poly(vinylidene fluoride) blends. Polymer, 2011, 52(10), 2228-2237. 40. Wang, Xiaoxu; Karanjit, Sudeep; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Qiao, Qiquan; Zhu, Zhengtao. Transient photo-current and photo-voltage studies on charge transport in dye sensitized solar

cells made from the composites of TiO2 nanofibers and nanoparticles. Applied Physics Letters, 2011, 98, 082114. 39. Koepsell, Laura; Zhang, Lifeng; Neufeld, Daniel; Fong, Hao; Deng, Ying. Electrospun polycaprolactone nano-fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering of annulus fibrosus. Macromolecular Bioscience, 2011, 11(3), 391-399. 38. Zhang, Lifeng; Luo, Jie; Menkhaus, Todd J.; Varadaraju, Hemanthram; Sun, Yuyu; Fong, Hao. Antimicrobial nano-fibrous membranes developed from electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers. Journal of Membrane Science, 2011, 369(1-2), 499-505. 37. Lai, Chuilin; Zhong, Ganji; Yue, Zhongren; Chen, Gui; Zhang, Lifeng; Vakili, Ahmad; Wang, Ying; Zhu, Lei; Liu, Jie; Fong Hao. Investigation of post-spinning stretching process on morphological, structural, and mechanical properties of electrospun polyacrylonitrile copolymer nanofibers. Polymer, 2011, 52(2), 519-528. 36. Yin, Kezhen; Zhang, Lifeng; Lai, Chuilin; Zhong, Lanlan; Smith, Steve; Fong, Hao; Zhu, Zhengtao. Photoluminescence anisotropy of uni-axially aligned electrospun conjugated CV - L. Zhang, Page 5 of 10

polymer nanofibers of MEH-PPV and P3HT. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011, 21, 444- 448. 2010 35. Joshi, Prakash; Zhang, Lifeng; Chen, Qiliang; Galipeau, David; Fong, Hao; Qiao, Qiquan. Electrospun carbon nanofibers as low cost counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2010, 2(12), 3572-3577. 34. Joshi, Prakash; Zhang, Lifeng; Davoux, Daren; Zhu, Zhengtao; Galipeau, David; Fong, Hao;

Qiao, Qiquan. Composite of TiO2 nanofibers and nanoparticles for dye sensitized solar cells with significantly improved efficiency. Energy and Environmental Science, 2010, 3, 1507- 1510. 33. Wu, Zhi-Chuan; Zhang, Yong; Tao, Ting-Xian; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao. Silver nanoparticles on amidoxime fibers for photo-catalytic degradation of organic dyes in waste water. Applied Surface Science, 2010, 257(3), 1092-1097. 32. Zhang, Lifeng; Hu, Jianjun; Voevodin, Andrey A.; Fong, Hao. Synthesis of continuous TiC nanofibers and/or nanoribbons through electrospinning followed by carbothermal reduction. Nanoscale, 2010, 2, 1670-1673. 31. Liu, Jie; Tian, Yuli; Chen, Yujia; Liang, Jieying; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao. A surface treatment technique of electrochemical oxidation to simultaneously improve the interfacial bonding strength and the tensile strength of PAN-based carbon fibers. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2010, 122(2-3), 548-555. 30. Wen, Shipeng; Liu, Li; Zhang, Lifeng; Chen, Qi; Zhang, Liqun; Fong, Hao. Hierarchical

electrospun SiO2 nanofibers containing SiO2 nanoparticles with controllable surface- roughness and/or porosity. Materials Letters, 2010, 64(13), 1517-1520. 29. Menkhaus, Todd J.; Varadaraju, Hemanthram; Zhang, Lifeng; Schneiderman, Steven; Bjustrom, Stephany; Liu, Li; Fong, Hao. Electrospun nanofiber membranes surface functionalized with 3-dimensional nanolayers as an innovative adsorption medium with ultra- high capacity and throughput. Chemical Communications, 2010, 46(21), 3720-3722. 28. Zhou, Zhenping; Liu, Kunming; Lai, Chuilin; Zhang, Lifeng; Li, Juanhua; Hou, Haoqing; Reneker, Darrell H.; Fong, Hao. Graphitic carbon nanofibers developed from bundles of aligned electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers containing phosphoric acid. Polymer, 2010, 51(11), 2360-2367. 27. Sun, Xinbo; Zhang, Lifeng; Cao, Zhengbing; Deng, Ying; Liu, Li; Fong, Hao; Sun, Yuyu. Electrospun composite nanofiber fabrics containing uniformly dispersed antimicrobial agents as an innovative type of polymeric materials with superior antimicrobial efficacy. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2010, 2(4), 952-956. 26. Zhang, Lifeng; Gao, Yi; Chen, Qi; Tian, Ming; Fong, Hao. Bis-GMA/TEGDMA dental composites reinforced with nano-scaled single crystals of fibrillar silicate. Journal of Materials Science, 2010, 45(9), 2521-2524. 2009 25. Xie, Yu; Joshi, Prakash; Ropp, Mike; Galipeau, David; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; You, Youngjae; Qiao, Qiquan. Structural effects of core-modified porphyrins in dye-sensitized solar cells. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 2009, 13(8-9), 903-909. 24. Zhang, Lifeng; Kopperstad, Perry; West, Michael; Hedin, Nyle; Fong, Hao. Generation of polymer ultrafine fibers through solution (air-) blowing. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2009, 114(6), 3479-3486. 23. Zhu, Zhengtao; Zhang, Lifeng; Smith, Steve J.; Fong, Hao; Sun, Yugang; Gosztola, David. Fluorescence studies of electrospun MEH-PPV/PEO nanofibers. Synthetic Metals, 2009, 159(14), 1454-1459. CV - L. Zhang, Page 6 of 10

22. Zhou, Zhengping; Lai, Chuilin; Zhang, Lifeng; Qian, Yong; Hou, Haoqing; Reneker, Darrell H.; Fong, Hao. Development of carbon nanofibers from aligned electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofiber bundles and characterization of their microstructural, electrical, and mechanical properties. Polymer, 2009, 50(13), 2999-3006. 21. Zhang, Lifeng; Chandrasekar, Ramya; Howe, Jane Y.; West, Michael K.; Hedin, Nyle E.;

Arbegast, William J.; Fong, Hao. A metal matrix composite prepared from electrospun TiO 2 nanofibers and Al 1100 alloy via friction stir processing. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2009, 1(5), 987-991. 20. Zhu, Zhengtao; Zhang, Lifeng; Howe, Jane Y.; Liao, Yiliang; Speidel, Jordan T.; Smith, Steve; Fong, Hao. Aligned electrospun ZnO nanofibers for simple and sensitive ultraviolet nanosensors. Chemical Communications, 2009, (18), 2568-2570. 19. Chandrasekar, Ramya; Zhang, Lifeng; Howe, Jane Y.; Hedin, Nyle E.; Zhang, Yan; Fong, Hao. Fabrication and characterization of electrospun Titania nanofibers. Journal of Materials Science, 2009, 44(5), 1198-1205. 18. Liu, Jie; Zhou, Peixun; Zhang, Lifeng; Ma, Zhaokun; Liang, Jieying; Fong, Hao. Thermo- chemical reactions occurring during the oxidative stabilization of electrospun polyacrylonitrile precursor nanofibers and the resulting structural conversions. Carbon, 2009, 47(4), 1087-1095. 17. Zhang, Lifeng; Howe, Jane Y; Zhang, Yan; Fong, Hao. Synthesis and characterization of zirconium tungstate ultra-thin fibers. Crystal Growth and Design, 2009, 9(2), 667-670. 16. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Carbon nanofibers with nanoporosity and hollow channels from binary polyacrylonitrile systems. European Polymer Journal, 2009, 45(1), 47-56. 2008 15. Liao, Yiliang; Zhang, Lifeng; Gao, Yi; Zhu, Zhengtao; Fong, Hao. Preparation, characterization, and encapsulation/release studies of a composite nanofiber mat electrospun from an emulsion containing poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid). Polymer, 2008, 49(24), 5294- 5299. 14. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Ultrafine cellulose acetate fibers with nanoscale structural features. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2008, 8(9), 4461-4469. 13. Gao, Yi; Sagi, Sriramaraju; Zhang, Lifeng; Liao, Yiliang; Cowles, David M.; Sun, Yuyu; Fong, Hao. Electrospun nano-scaled glass fiber reinforcement of Bis-GMA/TEGDMA dental composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2008, 110(4), 2063-2070. 12. Zhang, Lifeng; Menkhaus, Todd J; Fong, Hao. Fabrication and bioseparation studies of adsorptive membranes/felts made from electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibers. Journal of Membrane Science, 2008, 319(1-2), 176-184. 11. Liu, Yi; Sagi, Sriramaraju; Chandrasekar, Ramya; Zhang, Lifeng; Hedin, Nyle E; Fong, Hao.

Preparation and characterization of electrospun SiO2 nanofibers. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2008, 8(3), 1528-1536. 10. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Ultra-fine cellulose acetate/poly(ethylene oxide) bicomponent fibers. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2008, 71(2), 196-207. 2007 and before 9. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Nanoporous ultrahigh specific surface polyacrylonitrile fibers. Nanotechnology, 2006, 17(17), 4416-4423. 8. Zhang, Lifeng; Guo, Baohua; Zhang, Zengmin. Synthesis of multifunctional polypropylene via solid phase cografting and its grafting mechanism. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2002, 84(5), 929-935. 7. Zhang, Lifeng; Guo, Baohua; Zhang, Zengmin. Studies on the technique and mechanism of solid grafting polypropylene with dual monomers. Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities, 2001, 22(8), 1406-1409. CV - L. Zhang, Page 7 of 10

6. Zhang, Lifeng; Guo, Baohua; Zhang, Zengmin. Synthesis of multifunctional polypropylene via solid co-grafting and the mechanism study. Acta Polymerica Sinica, 2001, (3), 338-341. 5. Zhang, Lifeng; Guo, Baohua; Zhang, Zengmin. Synthesis of PP-g-MAH via solid grafting with a quantitative express method for analyzing MAH content. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), 2001, 41(10), 5-8. 4. Zhang, Lifeng; Guo, Baohua; Zheng, Zengmin. Application of comonomer in solid-state graft of maleic anhydride onto polypropylene. China Plastics Industry, 2000, 28(6), 7-9. 3. Zhang, Lifeng; Zhang, Zengmin. Study on toughening blends of polycarbonate and recycled PET. China Synthetic Resin and Plastics, 1999, 16(4), 3-7. 2. Ren, Chongyuan; Luo, Yilin; Zhang, Lifeng. Microwave curing of thermosetting resin. Thermosetting Resin, 1995, 10(3), 38-40. 1. Qi, Liying; Li, Xuxiang; Zhang, Lifeng. Forecast on the physical properties of polymer aging and degradation. Computers and Applied Chemistry, 1995, 12(3), 216-219.  Presentationss at Conferences and Forums (* corresponding author) 28. Hedin, Nyle E.; Sobolev, Vladimir; Zhang, Lifeng; Zhu, Zhengtao; Fong, Hao; Handberg, Erin; Serfling, Greg. Electrical properties of electrospun carbon nanofibers. 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, Colorado, United States, August 28-September 1, 2011. 27. Lai, Chuilin; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Christopher, Lew P. Lignin-based carbonaceous nano-fibrous felts. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, October 16-21, 2011. 26. Presser, Volker; Zhang, Lifeng; Niu, Jun Jie; McDonough, John; Perez, Carlos R; Fong, Hao; Gogotsi, Yury. Flexible nano-felts of carbide-derived carbon with ultra-high power handling capability. 220th ECS meeting and electrochemical energy summit, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, October 9-14, 2011. 25. Presser, Volker; Zhang, Lifeng; Niu, Jun Jie; McDonough, John; Fong, Hao; Gogotsi Yury. Flexible carbon nano-felt with ultra-high power handling ability. 4th International Conference on Carbons for Energy Storage/Conversion and Environment Protection (CESEP’11), Vichy, France, September 25-29, 2011. 24. Zhang, Lifeng; Presser, Volker; Niu, Jun Jie; McDonough, John; Fong, Hao; Gogotsi Yury. Flexible carbon nano-felt derived from electrospun TiC nanofibers and its superior electrochemical properties. 2011 Annual World Conference on Carbon, Shanghai, China, July 24-29, 2011 (Note: This is a keynote presentation). 23. Lai, Chuilin; Zhang, Lifeng*; Christopher, Lew P.; Fong, Hao. Carbonaceous nano-fibrous felts developed from alkali lignin. 2011 TAPPI International Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials, Washington D.C., United States, June 6-8, 2011. 22. Zhang, Lifeng*; Presser, Volker; Gogotsi, Yuri; Fong, Hao. High power-density supercapacitor electrodes based on flexible TiC-CDC carbon nano-felts. 2011 SD EPSCoR All Investigator Meeting, Cedar Shore Resort, Chamberlain, South Dakota, United States, June 1-3, 2011. 21. Joshi, Prakash; Zhang, Lifeng; Chen, Qiliang; Fong, Hao; Galipeau, David; Qiao, Qiquan. “Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber Counter Electrode for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells”. 2011 SD EPSCoR All Investigator Meeting, Cedar Shore Resort, Chamberlin, South Dakota, United States, June 1-3, 2011. 20. Netzer, Nathan; Qiu, Chao; Zhang, Yongyi; Lin, Cuikun; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Jiang, Chaoyang. “Gold-Silver Bimetallic Nanowires and Their Applications in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering”. 2011 SD EPSCoR All Investigator Meeting, Chamberlin, South Dakota, United States, June 1-3, 2011. CV - L. Zhang, Page 8 of 10

19. Zhang, Lifeng*. Electrospinning and Nanofibers. The workshop on “Introduction to Nanotechnology”, Sinte Gleska University, Mission, South Dakota, United States, April 29- 30, 2011 (Note: This is an invited talk). 18. Presser, Volker; Zhang, Lifeng; Yu, Gao; McDonough, John; Niu, Jun Jie; Perez, Carlos; Fong, Hao; Gogotsi, Yuri. High power-density supercapacitor electrodes based on flexible carbon nano-felts. Research Day, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, April 8, 2011. 17. Chen, Qi; Zhang, Lifeng*; Yoon, Myung-Keun; Fong, Hao. Epoxy composites reinforced st with electrospun SiO2 nanofibers. 241 ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, California, United States, March 27-31, 2011. 16. Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao. TiC nanofibers and/or nanoribbons developed through electrospinning followed by carbothermal reduction. 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, California, United States, March 27-31, 2011. 15. Varadaraju, Hemanthram; Schneiderman, Steven; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Menkhaus Todd. Performance and economic analyses of nanolayer functionalized nanofibers as a novel protein purification medium. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, November 7-12, 2010. 14. Menkhaus, Todd; Varadaraju, Hemanthram; Schneiderman, Steven; Bjustrom, Stephany; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao. Nanolayer functionalized electrospun nanofibers as an ultra-high capacity membrane adsorption medium. The Recovery of Biological Products XIV Conference, Lake Tahoe, California, United States, August 1-6, 2010. 13. Varadaraju, Hemanthram; Schneiderman, Steven; Bjustrom, Stephany; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Menkhaus, Todd. Bioseparations using electrospun cellulose nanofiber adsorption membranes. American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, November 8-13, 2009. 12. Joshi, Prakash; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Li, Jing; Davoux, Daren; Galipeau, David; Qiao,

Qiquan. Electrospun TiO2 nanofibers for dye sensitized solar cells. South Dakota/Wyoming EPSCoR State Conference, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, September 23-24, 2009. 11. Joshi, Prakash; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao; Galipeau, David; Qiao, Qiquan. PbS quantum dots th embedded TiO2 nanofibers for dye sensitized solar cells. 34 IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, June 7-12, 2009. 10. Zhu, Zhengtao; Fong, Hao; Zhang, Lifeng; Smith, Steve; Sun, Yugang; Gosztola, David. Fluorescence of conjugated polymer MEH-PPV/PEO electrospun fibers. A joint Workshop of ACS/IEEE/MRS on Organic Microelectronics & Optoelectronics, San Francisco, California, United States, July 7-10, 2008. 9. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Electrospinning of cellulose acetate/poly (ethylene oxide) bicomponent fibers. 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, March 26- 30, 2006. 8. Hsieh, You-Lo; Du, Jian; Zhang, Lifeng. Cellulose and chitin ultra-fine and nanoporous fibers. 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, United States, March 26-30, 2006. 7. Hsieh, You-Lo; Zhang, Lifeng; Li, Lei. Nano-structured fibers from biomolecules. The Fiber Society 2005 Spring Conference: Technical Textiles from Fiber to Composites, St. Gallen, Switzerland, May 25-27, 2005. 6. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Nano-porous ultra-high specific surface polyacrylonitrile fiber. 229th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, California, United States, March 13-17, 2005. 5. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Nanoporous ultra-high specific surface fibers. 13th Annual National Textile Center Forum, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, March 20-22, 2005. 4. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Nanoporous ultra-high specific surface fibers. 12th Annual National Textile Center Forum, Hilton Head, South Carolina, United States, February 15-17, 2004. CV - L. Zhang, Page 9 of 10

3. Zhang Lifeng; Guo Baohua; Zhang Zengmin. Synthesis of high polar polypropylene via solid grafting maleic anhydride with comonomer. 2000 National Symposium on Application of Polymer Materials in Engineering, Lushan, Jiangxi, China, September 9-12, 2000. 2. Zhang Lifeng; Zhang Zengmin. Study on the structure and property relationships of PC/ Recycled PET blend. ’99 National Symposium on Polymer Science and Engineering, Shanghai, China, May 9-14, 1999. 1. Zhang Zengmin; Zhang Lifeng; Han Darong. Study on application of recycled PET preparation of PC/PET polymer alloy. ‘98 National Symposium on Application of Polymer Materials in Engineering, Wuyishan, Fujian, China, October 8-13, 1998.  Patents 4. Fong, Hao; Zhang, Lifeng. Flexible nano-felts of TiC derived carbon for energy applications. US Patent, 2011, in progress. 3. Qiao, Qiquan; Fong, Hao; Joshi, Prakash; Zhang, Lifeng. Carbon nanofibrous electrode as a low cost alternative to existing platinum counter electrode. US Patent, 2011, in progress. 2. Qiao, Qiquan; Joshi Prakash; Fong, Hao; Galipeau, David; Zhang, Lifeng. Semiconductor nanoparticle/nanofiber composite electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Patent, US 20110079275, WO 2011041762. 1. Hsieh, You-Lo; Xie, Jiangbing; Wang, Yuhong; Chen, Hong; Li, Lei; Zhang, Lifeng; Cecile, Corine. Generation of polymer-based nano-porous fibers and protein or enzyme membrane composition. Patent WO 2004/044281.  Books, Book Chapters, Preprints, and Proceedings (* corresponding author) 12. Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao. TiC nanofibers and/or nanoribbons developed through electrospinning followed by carbothermal reduction. Polymer Preprints, 2011, 52(1), 430- 431. 11. Chen, Qi; Zhang, Lifeng*; Yoon, Myung-Keun; Fong, Hao. Epoxy composites reinforced

with electrospun SiO2 nanofibers. Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, 2011, 104, 346-347. 10. Menkhaus, Todd J.; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao. Applications of electrospun nanofiber membranes for bioseparations. Nova Science Publishers Inc: Hauppauge NY, ISBN: 978-1- 60876-782-3, 2010. 9. Menkhaus, Todd J.; Zhang, Lifeng; Fong, Hao. Applications of electrospun nanofiber membranes for bioseparations. Chapter 3 in Handbook of Membrane Research: Properties, Performance and Applications. Nova Science Publishers Inc: Hauppauge NY, ISBN: 978-1- 60741-638-8, 2009, 105-135. 8. Cowles, David M.; Gao, Yi; Sagi, Sriramaraju; Zhang, Lifeng; Liao, Yiliang; Fong, Hao. Electrospun nano-scaled glass fibers and their reinforced dental composites. Chapter 2 in Glass Materials Research Progress, Nova Science Publishers Inc.: Hauppauge NY, ISBN: 978-1-60456-578-2, 2008, 39-59. 7. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Electrospinning of cellulose acetate/poly(ethylene oxide) bicomponent fibers. Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, 2006, 94, 74-75. 6. Zhang, Lifeng; Hsieh, You-Lo. Nano-porous ultra-high specific surface polyacrylonitrile fiber. Polymer Preprints, 2005, 46(1), 59-60. 5. Zhang Lifeng; Guo Baohua; Zhang Zengmin. Express method for quantitative analysis maleic anhydride content in maleic anhydride functionalized polypropylene. Proceedings of 2000 National Symposium on Application of Polymer Materials in Engineering, China, 2000, 129- 130. 4. Zhang Lifeng; Guo Baohua; Zhang Zengmin. Synthesis of high polar polypropylene via solid grafting maleic anhydride with comonomer. Proceedings of 2000 National Symposium on Application of Polymer Materials in Engineering, China, 2000, 109-13. CV - L. Zhang, Page 10 of 10

3. Zhang Lifeng; Zhang Zengmin. Study on the structure and property relationships of PC/ Recycled PET blend. Proceedings of ’99 National Symposium on Polymer Science and Engineering, China, 1999, f64-f65. 2. Zhang Lifeng; Zhang Zengmin. Study on toughening Polycarbonate (PC) and Poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) blend. Proceedings of 1st Academic and Technological Communication Conference on Applications of Engineering Plastics, China, 1998, 91-97. 1. Zhang Zengmin; Zhang Lifeng; Han Darong. Study on application of recycled PET preparation of PC/PET polymer alloy. Proceedings of ‘98 National Symposium on Application of Polymer Materials in Engineering, China, 1998, 261-262.