2026/8 [News] Dr. Zhang, as the lead PI, receives a Research grant from Douglas and Maria Bayer New Initiatives Fund for Sustainable Agriculture on Developing Biopolymer Nanocarriers that deliver Bacterial Inhibitors for Fire Blight Management. We really appreciate the generous support from alumni Doug and Maria Bayer!
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2026/8 [News] Dr. Zhang, as the lead PI, receives a Research grant from NSF on understanding the Biopolymer nanocarriers to plant interactions by Machine Learning Models to Enable Precision Agrochemicals Delivery.
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2026/5 [New Member] The Zhang Research Group welcome new undergraduate researchers Austin Malburg and Evan Benard!
2026/4 [Teaching] Dr. Zhang successfully completed his first-semester teaching on CHE201 Material and Energy Balances. 58 students, 15 homework, 40 lecture notes, 6 quizzes, and 1 final exam. What a wonderful experience to work with such talented sophomore students!
2026/1 [News] Dr. Zhang, as the lead PI, receives a Research grant from Michigan Craft Beverage Council on foliar delivery of ABA to enhance grapevine cold tolerance.
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2026/1 [New Member] The Zhang Research Group welcome its first graduate student Wentao Li!
2025/11 [Talk] Invited Talk "Nanotechnology Enabled Precision Delivery for Sustainable Agriculture" at Invaio Sciences in Boston, MA.
2025/10 [News] Dr. Zhang joined Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering departments at Michigan State University as an 1855 Assistant Professor!