Year of Election
Division
Nationality
Country/Region of working/living
City
Institute
CV
2024
Engineering Division
British
United Kingdom
Birmingham
University of Birmingham
Professor Zhibing Zhang BEng MSc PhD DSc CEng FIChemE FEurASc FREng is Leader of Micromanipulation and Microencapsulation Research Group, and Co-Director of the China Institute at the University of Birmingham, UK. Moreover, he is Director of Microforce Measurement Ltd UK, Vice President of World Bioprotection Forum, Member of Sino-British Engineering Technology Cooperation Steering Committee, Assessor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Microencapsulation, member of the International Advisory Board of Particuology, and Associate Editor of a new journal Health Engineering, and Member of EPSRC Peer Review College & Engineering Panel. He earned his BEng in Chemical Engineering from Hefei University of Technology, China in 1982, MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai in 1985 and 1988 respectively, and moved to the University of Birmingham, UK in 1989. He has severed as a member of International Committee of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, an assessor for Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Accreditation and a panel member for IChemE Education and Accreditation Forum, UK representative to the Management Committee of European COST 840 on Bioencapsulation Innovation and Technologies, and member of Consumer and Diversified Products Division Committee of Controlled Release Society, USA. His research has primarily focused on chemical product/formulation engineering and particle technology. He is widely recognized for his innovative micromanipulation techniques, which are the result of smart device miniaturization and system integration. Internationally esteemed as an authority in both biological and non-biological particle mechanics, Professor Zhang's expertise is unmatched. Utilizing his unique skills, he has led groundbreaking research on encapsulating active ingredients, paving the way for the development of functional particulate products across diverse fields such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, agrochemicals, human care, and fabric care. He has collaborated with > 50 international and national companies, and his research has contributed to commercialisation of a number of functional products which are sold worldwide. He has published >210 peer reviewed papers and > 280 other publications including book chapters, conference papers and patents, and given numerous plenary, keynote and invited lectures at international/national conferences, academic institutions and companies. He is a Finalist of the IChemE Global Awards 2014 in the category of Innovative Product, and Winner of the World Biopesticides Summit Award 2019 in the category of “Best Industrial Collaboration”. He was elected as Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), UK in 2018 and has recently been elected as Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (FEurASc).