Department of Materials Engineering
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-0240

Phone: 937-229-2670
Fax: 937-229-3433
E-mail: liming.dai@notes.udayton.edu

Education

  Ph.D., Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 1991

  B.Sc., Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 1983

Research and Work experience

Wright Brothers Institute Endowed Chair, 2004-present

Professor, University of Dayton, 2004-present
  Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2002-2004
  Principal Research Scientist, The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Clayton, Australia, 1992-2002
  Visiting Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 1990-1992
  Engineer, Zhejiang Chemical Industry Research Institute, Hangzhou, China, 1983-1986

Research Interests

Dr. Dai’s research interests cover several fields, including the synthesis, chemical modification, and device fabrication of functional polymers and carbon nanomaterials.

Honors and Awards

Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Polymer Science, 2008

Scientific Advisory Board Member, Lifeboat Foundation, 2008

  Associated Editor of Research Letters in Physical Chemistry, 2007

  Member of the Editorial Review Board of the Scientific Journals International, 2007

  Regional Receiving Editor for the Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2002

  Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2001  

  The Guan-Biao honorary Professor, Zhejiang University, 2006

  Advisory Professor, East China Normal University, 2006

  Ad Hoc Graduate Faculty Member, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, 2004

  Guest Professor, Chemistry Department, Wollongong University, Australia, 2003

  Guest Professor, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999

  Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University , 2006

  2006 The outstanding Overseas Young Chinese Scientist Award from the National Science Foundation of China

  2006 Sigma Xi’s George Noland Research Award

  2006 Outstanding Engineers and Scientists Award from Affiliate Societies Council of Dayton

  2003 IUPAC Young Observer Award

  Member of NSF Panel Reviews

  Member of CNMS Proposal Review Committee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (http://cnms.ornl.gov/about_cnms/PRC.shtm)