Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, The University of Dayton
Dr. Kuanping Gong (Mr.)
Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, The University of Dayton
APT 3, 1126 Irving Dayton, OHIO 45419, USA
Office: (+1)-937-2293661 (O), Home: (+1)-937-2970630, E-mail: kp.gong@yahoo.com
Education and career
2007-2008, Postdoctoral Fellow (Collaboration Supervisor: Prof. Liming Dai)
Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, The University of Dayton, USA
Project: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Aligned Nanostructures
2006-2007, Visiting Scientist, (Working with Prof. Martin Stratmann)
Max-Planck Institute for Iron Research, Dusseldorf, Germany
Project: Determination of Hydrogen Diffusion within Noble Metals Using Scanning
Kelvin Probe
2003-2006, Ph.D, (Supervisor: Prof. Lanqun Mao)
Electrochemistry Laboratory
The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Project: Understanding the Structure-Dependent Electrocatalytic Activity of Carbon
Nanotube (CNT)-based Nanomaterials toward electrochemical applications in
sensors/biosensors and energy storage/conversion techniques.
2001-2003, M.Sc, (Supervisor: Prof. Shaoxiang Xiong)
Mass Spectrometry Center of Beijing
The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Project: Mass Spectrometric Studies of Microdialysis Samples
1998-2001, Assistant engineer
Engineering Department, Mailyard Group Co. Ltd., Hubei
Project: Development of Biochemical Methods for Treating Industrial Wastewater
1994-1998, B.S, (Advisor: Associate Prof. Yuanxiang Wang)
Department of Environment Chemistry, Wuhan University, Hubei
Project: Studies on the Enrichment of Organic Mercury in Food Chains of Liangzi Lake
Personal abilities
1) Proficiency in various analytical instruments (MS, XRD, XPS, TEM/SEM, FT-IR,
UV-vis)
2) Acquirement of Electrochemical Principles and Applications
3) Proven abilities to do creative work and function positively as a member of a term
4) Good written and verbal communication skills in English and Chinese
Awards and honours
1) President Excellency Award (Chinese Academy of Sciences), 2006
2) Qingdao Oceanic Chemical engineering Award,
(Qingdao Institute of Oceanic Chemical engineering, Qingdao), 2005
3) Young Scientist Award (The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences),
2005
4) President Scholarship (The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences),
2005
5) Science and Technology Award (China Association for Instrumental Analysis), 2005
Changxing Chemical Engineering Award, (Changxing Chemistry Industry Group Co.
Ltd., Taiwan), 2004
6) Science and Technology Award (China Association for Instrumental Analysis), 2004
7) Young Scientist Award (The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences),
2004
8) President Scholarship (The Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences),
2004
Selected publications
Invited Reviews
[1] K. Gong, Y. Yan, M. Zhang, et.al., Electrochemistry and Electroanalytical
Applications of Carbon Nanotubes: A Review, Anal. Sci. 2005, 12, 1383.
Research Papers
[1] K. Gong, L. Mao, Polymer-Assisted Synthesis of Manganese Dioxide/Carbon
Nanotube Nanocomposite with Excellent Electrocatalytic Activity toward Reduction of
Oxygen, J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 1882.
[2] K. Gong, X. Zhu, R. Zhao, et.al., Rational Attachment of Synthetic Triptycene
Orthoquinone onto Carbon Nanotubes for Electrocatalysis and Sensitive Detection of
Thiols, Anal. Chem. 2005, 77, 8158.
[3] K. Gong, M. Zhang, Y. Yan, et.al., Sol-Gel-Derived Ceramic-Carbon Nanotube
Nanocomposite Electrodes: Tunable Electrode Dimension and Potential Electrochemical
Applications, Anal.Chem. 2004, 76, 6500.
[4] K. Gong, Y. Dong, S. Xiong, et.al., Novel Electrochemical Method for Sensitive
Determination of Homocysteine with Carbon Nanotube-Based Electrodes, Biosens.
Bioelectron. 2004, 20, 253.
[5] K. gong, shaoxiang xiong, Application Progress on coupling Mass Spectrometry and
Microdialysis, J. Chin. Mass Spectr. Soc. 2003, 24, 425.
[6] M. Zhang, K. Liu, K. Gong, et.al., Continuous On-Line Monitoring of Extracellular
Ascorbate Depletion in the Rat Striatum Induced by Global Ischemia with Carbon
Nanotube-Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode Integrated into a Thin-Layer Radial Flow
Cell, Anal. Chem. 2005, 77, 6234.
[7] M. Zhang, Y. Yan, K. Gong, et.al., Electrostatic Layer-by-Layer Assembled Carbon
Nanotube Multilayer Film and Its electrocatalytic Activity for O 2 Reduction, Langmuir,
2004, 20, 8781.
[8] Y. Yan, M. Zhang, K. Gong, et.al., Adsorption of Methylene Blue Dye onto Carbon
Nanotubes: A Route to an Electrochemically Functional Nanostructure and Its
Layer-by-Layer Assembled Nanocomposite, Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 3457.
[9] M. Zhang, K. Gong, H. Zhang, L. Mao, Layer-by-layer assembled carbon nanotubes
for selective determination of dopamine in the presence of ascorbic acid, Biosens.
Bioelectron. 2005, 20, 1270.
Oral Presentations
[1] Kuanping Gong, Shaoxiang Xiong and Lanqun Mao. The tenth Beijing Conference
and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (Held on Oct 20-23, 2005), Electrochemistry and
Electroanalytical Applications of Carbon Nanotubes
[2] Kuanping Gong and Lanqun Mao, The Eleventh Beijing Conference and Exhibition
on Instrumental Analysis (Held on Oct 13-16, 2003), Electrochemical Determination of
Gluathione with Sol-Gel-Derived Ceramic-Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite.
[3] Kuanping Gong and Liming Dai, 2007 AICHE (American Institute of Chemical
Engineers) Annual Meeting (Held on Nov 4-9), Aligned Carbon Nanotubes for
Biosensing and Biofuel Cell Applications.
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