Dr. Xiao-Song Wang graduated from East China University of Science and Technology in 1998 with a PhD degree in Polymer Materials and Science. After working in the University of Sussex and the University of Toronto as a postdoctoral research fellow, he received the Roberts Academic Award/RCUK Research Fellowship working at the University of Leeds in 2006. In 2011, he moved to the University of Waterloo, working in the Department of Chemistry as well as the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology as an Associate Professor. His research expertise spans from living polymerization to supramolecular chemistry and functional nanomaterials. He has developed a number of concepts and techniques for polymer and nanomaterial innovation. These contribution include:
- The concept of Migration Insertion Polymerization (MIP) for a new type of main chain metal carbonyl polymers (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3399-3402)
- The concept of Living Self-Assembly (LSA), leading to the synthesis of the first example of block co-micelles. (Science 2007, 317, 644-647)
- The concept of Miniemulsion Periphery Ppolymerization (MEPP) for the synthesis of the first example of metal coordination nanoshells in a designed fashion (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 5378–5379)
He is exploring functional polymers and nanomaterials mainly via polymer and supramolecular approaches using the technique and knowledge developed in his group.
