Tairong Kuang

Tairong Kuang, is currently serving as a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT). He is also the Deputy Director of the Institute of Polymer Materials and Engineering and the Head of the Functional Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory (FPAM Lab). Dr. Kuang obtained his Ph.D. through a joint training program between South China University of Technology (SCUT) and The Ohio State University (OSU), USA.

Honors and Recognitions:

• Selected as Nanoscale 2025 Emerging Investigators (2025)

• Recognized in the World’s Top 2% Scientists Annual List (2020-2024)

• Awarded Zhejiang Province Academician Mentorship Program for Young Talents (mentored by Academician Jinping Qu) (2024)

• Named “Xingyao Yunhe” Academic Rising Star of Zhejiang University of Technology (2024)

• Designated as a ZJUT High-Level Talent (Category C) (2024)

• Recognized as Jiangsu Province Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talent (2021)

• Awarded Yunhe Young Scholar of Zhejiang University of Technology (2019)

• Selected for the National Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Support Program (2017)

  
  

  
  

Research Interests

Multiphase/Multiscale Functional Polymer Materials: Structural Design, Processing Control, and Device Applications

Research Focus

• Interface and Phase Behavior Regulation in Multiphase Systems: Optimizing nanoparticle dispersion, interfacial compatibilization, and phase separation stability to enhance the performance of multiphase polymer materials.

• Multiscale Structural Construction and Advanced Processing: Leveraging composite external field-assisted crystallization control and precise pore structure modulation via supercritical CO₂ foaming to construct hierarchical structures across multiple scales.

• Functional Device Development and Application Expansion: Designing high-performance polymer-based materials for electronic information, urban low-altitude economy, flexible electronics, and biomedical applications.

• Waste Recycling and High-Value Utilization: Addressing circular economy challenges by recovering, extracting, and repurposing industrial waste materials such as waste plastics, discarded electronic components, and spent lithium-ion batteries, facilitating resource recycling and the implementation of green manufacturing strategies.

Research Projects

Dr. Kuang has led numerous national and industrial research projects, including:

• National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): 2 General Projects & 1 Youth Project

• Key Project of the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation

• Zhejiang Province Lingyan R&D Tackling Plan

• Key Research Project of the Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau

• Major Special Project in Ningbo City

• Industry-Sponsored Research Projects with leading enterprises such as Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical, MINTH Group, Hangzhou Foster, and Weixing Group.

Scientific Achievements

• Published over 80 SCI papers in leading journals such as Advanced Materials, Chem, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, and Nano Energy.

• Authored 13 ESI Highly Cited/Hot Papers with over 7,000 citations.

• Filed 39 Chinese patents, with 14 granted.

• Contributed to one book chapter in an international monograph.

• Recipient of the First Prize of Anhui Province Science and Technology Progress Award.

Academic Appointments & Editorial Roles

• Committee Member of the SAMPE China Mainland Chapter on Polymer Foaming and Porous Materials

• Young Member of the Rheology Committee, Chinese Chemical Society & Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

• Guest Editor of Advanced Engineering Materials (JCR Q2)

• Youth Editorial Board Member of:

  • Chinese Chemical Letters (CAS Q1)

  • Polymer Science and Technology (English Edition)

  • Advanced Nanocomposites

  • Rubber & Plastics Technology and Equipment

  • China Plastics

• Peer Reviewer for Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Green Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Chemical Engineering Journal, Polymer, Composites Science and Technology, Composites Part B: Engineering, and other prestigious SCI journals.

• Expert Evaluator for:

  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

  • Ministry of Education Undergraduate Teaching Evaluation Committee (Youth Expert)

  • Zhejiang Provincial High-Tech Enterprise Assessment

  • Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Advisory Committee

  • Guangdong, Sichuan, and Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundations

  
  

Awards & Honors

1. Nanoscale 2025 Emerging Investigators

2. Second Zhejiang University of Technology “Xingyao Yunhe” Academic Rising Star

3. Zhejiang University of Technology Annual Outstanding Teacher Award

4. Top 10 Young Teachers in the 14th ZJUT Young Faculty Teaching Competition

5. Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis (Design) Advisor, Zhejiang University of Technology

6. First Prize in the First Young Faculty Teaching Skills Competition, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology

7. Excellent Graduate Student of Guangdong Province

For more details, please visit the research group website: http://www.polymer.cn/ss/kuangtr/index.html