Address:

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
4500N, A34, MS 6181
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6181

Phone:

Fax:

(865) 241-4829

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Position:

Degree:

PhD, Bio-Chemical Engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow
MS, Chemical Engineering, Nanking University of Chemical Technology
BS, Chemical Engineering, Nanking University of Chemical Technology

Activities:

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Nanomaterials

Associate Editor, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2001-2005)

Founder and Organizer, Symposium Series for Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies, American Ceramic Society

Liaison Director for Nanoscience and Engineering Executive Committee American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Tennessee ( Knoxville)

Guest Professor, Department of Chemistry, South China University of Technology

Private Instructor for Guitar and Violin instruments

Description:

Michael Hu is a Senior Research Staff Member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He had two years post-doctoral research experience in biomolecular sciences and biotechnology. Since joining ORNL staff in 1995, he has served as a principal investigator and a project leader for multiple R&D projects in nanomaterials and nano-bio-technologies. Michael’s research focus on tailoring nanostructures through chemical and bio-inspired synthesis of functional nanomaterials in the form of nanoparticles, nanocrystals or quantum dots, nanowires and arrays, highly ordered mesoporous nanostructures, nanocrystalline ceramics, nanocomposites, nanostructured films, and inorganic membranes. Interdisciplinary research areas include colloid and interfacial sciences, engineered self-assembly, (bio)molecular engineering of surfaces/interfaces and nanostructures, anodization of alumina and titania nanopore arrays, nucleation and crystal growth, and sol-gel science and technology. An overarching vision is the integration of nanomaterials chemistry, chemical engineering, and biomolecular sciences into “engineered nanostructures” with potential applications in energy, electronic/photonic devices, sensing and detection, bioseparations, catalysis, medicine environment, and homeland security.