Our Faculty
Zhaohua Dai
Professor
Associate Director
Dyson College of Arts and Sciences
Chemistry and Physical Sciences
Location
- @New York City
One Pace Plaza W314
- Biography
- Publications & Presentations
- Research & Creative Works
- Professional Contributions & Service
Biography
Zhaohua Dai obtained his B.S. in 1996 from Wuhan University, the namesake of the capital city of his home province of Hubei in central China. After getting his M.S. in 1999 from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, he was admitted to New York University, where he received his Ph.D in chemistry in 2004. After a postdoctoral stint with Prof. David S. Lawrence at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he joined Pace University as an assistant professor in January, 2006. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2010 and to Professor in 2013. His research interests include the development of sensing systems for analytes that are of environmental, biological and forensic importance.
Education
PhD, New York University, New York, 2004
Chemistry
MS, New York University, New York, 2001
Chemistry
MS, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 1999
Chemistry
BS, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China, 1996
Chemistry
Awards and Honors
Yilida Corporation, Hong Kong,
September 1997
- Yilida Fellowship
Wuhan University,
July 1,
1996
- Outstanding Graduate
Wang and Luo Family through Wuhan University,
September 1995
- Wang and Luo Fellowship
Huikai Corporation through Wuhan University,
September 1994
- Huikai Fellowship
Wuhan University,
September 1993
- Wuhan University Fellowship
LICENSURES & CERTIFICATES
- Drug Enforcement Administration,
March
- Federal Controlled Substance License
- NYS Department of Health,
December
- New York State Controlled Substance License
Publications
Dai, Z., Canary, J., Duan, X., , . & , . Chiroptical Sensors. Elsevier.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Fluorescent sensors for metal ions and enzyme activities Chirality.
Grants, Sponsored Research and Contracts
Raman spectroscopy as a teaching tool in the Forensic Science and Chemistry courses.
Mojica, E. & Dai, Z. Verizon Thinkfinity Foundation through Pace Provost's Office
, Pace University
, $14,524.32.
Funded.
Intellectual Property
Patent: Chiral piperidine and quinulclidine ligands [Non-Provisional]
United States
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The American Academy of Forensic Science
The American Chemical Society