The Grainger College of Engineering
Materials Research Laboratory

Jade Wang

Jade Wang
Jade Wang
Research Scientist
(217) 300-2098
402 Seitz Materials Research Lab

Education

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Soil Chemistry, Ph.D.
  • Liaoning University, Chemistry, B.S.

Academic Positions

  • Senior Research Scientist, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Electron Microscopy, 2025-present
  • Staff Electron Microscopist, Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Electron Microscopy, 2017-2020
  • Academic Research Associate, Materials Science and Engineering and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Biomaterials & Functional Polymers, 2015-2017
  • Lab Assistant, Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experiments Center, Northwestern University, Surface Characterization, 2013
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Environmental Engineering, 2005-2007
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Functional Polymers and Characterization , 1999-2004

Research Statement

My research interests involve transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), and related techniques, including high-resolution imaging, micro-/nano- diffraction, and compositional analysis down to the atomic scale. I also have significant experience in the analysis of materials by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), including SE/BSE imaging and various analytical techniques (EDS, CL, EBSD, ECCI, EBIC) for obtaining materials information on microstructure, composition, crystal structure, and electronic, optical, and transport properties, as well as the effects of defects on the properties.

Selected Articles in Journals

  • Souza J., Claudino C., Kuznetsova M., Rodrigues B., Chen C., Wang Z., Sardela M. "Facile one-pot microwave-assisted synthesis of tungsten-doped BiVO4/WO3 heterojunctions with enhanced photocatalytic activity", Materials Research Bulletin, 2020, 125: 110783.
  • Song Z., Chen X., Wang Z., King S., Yan H., Cai K., Cheng J. "Potential Bleach Activators with Improved Imide Hydrolytic Stability", International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, 2020, 11(3): 177-185.
  • Song Z., Fu H., Wang J., Hui J., Xue T., Pacheco L.A., Yan H., Baumgartner R., Wang Z., Xia Y., Wang X., Yin L., Chen C., Roderiguez-Lopez J., Ferguson A., Lin Y., Cheng J. "Synthesis of polypeptides via bioinspired polymerization of in situ purified N-carboxyanhydrides", PNAS, 2019, 116 (22): 10658-10663.
  • Zhang C., Wipfler R., Li Y., Wang Z., Hallett E., Whitaker R. "Cell structure changes in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus islandicus lacking the S-layer", mBio, 2019, 10 (4): 01589-19.
  • Zhang C., Wipfler R., Li Y., Wang Z., Hallett E., Whitaker R. "Revealing S-layer Functions in the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus islandicus", BioRxiv, Posted October 17, 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/444406.
  • Wang H., Wang R., Cai K., He H., Liu Y., Yen J., Wang Z., Xu M., Sun Y., Zhou X., Yin Q., Tang L., Dobrucka I., Dobrucki L., Chaney E., Boppart S., Fan T., Lezmi S., Chen X., Yin L., Cheng J. "Selective In Vivo Cell Labeling Mediated Cancer Targeting", Nature Chemical Biology, 2017, 13: 415-424.
  • Xiong M., Bao Y., Xu X., Wang H., Han Z., Wang Z., Liu Y., Huang S., Song Z., Chen J., Peek R., Yin L., Chen L., Cheng J. "Selective Killing of Helicobacter pylori with pH-Responsive Helix-Coil Conformation Transitionable Antimicrobial Polypeptides", PNAS, 2017, 114:12675-12680.