George Chen Explained

George Chen
Birth Name:Chen Zheng
Birth Place:Jiangxi, China[1]
Alma Mater:Fujian Normal University, University of London, Imperial College London
Field:Materials science
Known For:FFC Cambridge process

George Z. Chen FRSC is professor of electrochemical technologies at the University of Nottingham. In 1996–1997, together with Derek Fray and Tom Farthing, he co-invented the FFC Cambridge process of electrochemical reduction of oxides to metals, where FFC abbreviates the last names of the inventors.[2]

Chen graduated from Jiujiang Teacher Training College in 1981 and obtained his MSc degree in physical chemistry from Fujian Normal University in 1984. He then moved to England and in 1992 defended his PhD at the University of London under the supervision of John Albery.[3] After spending four years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, Leeds University and University of Cambridge he became Senior Research Associate (1998), Assistant Director of Research (2001) and Official Fellow (2003) of Darwin College, Cambridge. In 2003 he assumed a position of reader at the University of Nottingham and in 2009 was promoted to professor.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~enzgzc/GZChen.htm#Personal Welcome to GZC's Personal Webpage at The University of Nottingham
  2. 10.1038/35030069. 11014188. 2000. Fray . D. J. . Direct electrochemical reduction of titanium dioxide to titanium in molten calcium chloride. Nature. 407. 6802. 361–4. Chen . G. Z. . Farthing . T. W. . 2000Natur.407..361C. 205008890.
  3. 10.1039/C4RA04629C. Carbon electrodeposition in molten salts: Electrode reactions and applications. RSC Advances. 4. 67. 35808. 2014. Ijije . H. V. . Lawrence . R. C. . Chen . G. Z. . 2014RSCAd...435808I. free.
  4. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/departments/chemenv/people/george.chen George Zheng Chen