Education
B. S.
Polymer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, 1997 M. S.
Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003 (with Kris Matyjaszewski / Tomasz
Kowalewski) Ph. D.
Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 2006 (with Kris Matyjaszewski / Tomasz
Kowalewski) Postdoc,
Materials Research Lab, University of California Santa Barbara 2006-2009
(with Edward Kramer / Craig Hawker)
Major Awards and Honor
Fellow, American Chemical Society, 2024
Principal Investigator, NSF Centers for Chemical Innovation Phase I Award, 2023
ACS Outreach Volunteer of the Year Award (the South Carolina Section), 2023
Special Creativity Award, National Science Foundation, 2022
Standing Member, BMBI Study Section, National Institutes of Health, 2021-2023
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), 2021
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2020
Russell Research Award for the Science, Mathematics, and Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2020
Fellow, Division of Polymer Chemistry, American Chemical Society, 2018
Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 2018
ACS Local Section Outreach Volunteer of the Year Award, 2018
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2017
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2017
South Carolina Governor’s Young Scientist Award, 2016
Distinguished Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, University of South Carolina, 2015
PMSE Young Investigator Award, American Chemical Society, 2014
Breakthrough Rising Star, University of South Carolina, 2013
Career Award, National Science Foundation, 2013
Thieme Chemistry Journal Award, 2013
Editorship
2022-Present Senior Editor, Progress in Polymer Science Link (Elsevier, Impact factor 27.1)
2019-2022 Editor, Polymer (Elsevier)
2018-2019 Associate Editor, Polymer Reviews (Taylor & Francis)
Editorial Advisory Boards:
Giant; Macromolecules and CS Macro Letters; Polymer; Macromolecular Rapid Communications; Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics; Green Materials.
Contact
Details
Department Mailing
Address: Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Uni. of South
Carolina,
631 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208
Office
Location: 541 Main Street, Horizon 1, Room 239,
Columbia, SC 29208. Email : tang4@mailbox.sc.edu
Group Web: http://www.tangpolymer.org
Phone: 803-777-3628 (office); 803-576-5694 (GSRC)
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