Education
2009-2013 School of Light industry and Chemical Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, B.S.
2013-2016 Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, M.S.           
2016-2020 Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, Ph.D.

Work Experience

2020-2021 Department of Colloid Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, postdoctoral researcher
2021-2022 Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, University of Göttingen, visiting scientist 
2022-2024 Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, postdoctoral researcher
2024-Present Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Assistant Professor

Research Areas

Biopolymer-based functional materials for food packaging
Biopolymer-based colloidal systems for food-related applications

Honor & Award

2023  Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship 
2022  Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellowship     

Representative Publications

[1] Zhang, H.,# Pang, B.,# Di, A., Chang, J., Héraly, F., Sikdar, A., Pang, K., Guo, X., Li, J., Yuan, J., & Zhang, M., Harnessing holey MXene/graphene oxide heterostructure to maximize ion channels in lamellar film for high‐performance capacitive deionization. Small 2024, 2403518. 
[2] Yang, T., Pang, B.,* Zhang, M., Sheng, N., Zhang, H., & Zhang, K.,* Advanced ion-selective wood membranes: Leveraging aligned cellulose nanofibers for enhanced osmotic energy conversion. Chem. Eng. J. 2024, 496, 153891.
[3] Liu, H., Wang, Z., Xin, H., Liu, J., Wang, Q., Pang, B.,*& Zhang, K.,* Polysaccharide nanocrystals-based chiral nematic structures: From self-assembly mechanisms, regulation, to applications. ACS nano 2024, 18(34): 22675-22708. 
[4] Bai, Y., Jia, X., Shan, Z., Huang, C., Wang, D., Yang, J., Pang, B.,* Song, H.,* Sustainable cellulose foams for all-weather high-performance radiative cooling and building insulation. Carbohydr. Polym. 2024, 333, 121951. 
[5] Liu, W.,# Pang, B.,# Zhang, M., Lv, J., Xu, T., Bai, L., Cai, X., Yao, S., Huan, S., Si, C.,* Pickering multiphase materials using plant‐based cellulosic micro/nanoparticles. Aggregate 2023, e486 
[6] Liu, W., Lin, Q., Chen, S., Yang, H., Liu, K., Pang, B.,* Ting, Xu.,* Si. C.,* Microencapsulated phase change material through cellulose nanofibrils stabilized Pickering emulsion templating. Adv. Compos. Hybrid Mater. 2023, 6(4), 149. 
[7] Wang, Y., Liu, K., Zhang, M., Xu, T.,* Du, H.,* Pang, B.,* Si, C.,* Sustainable polysaccharide-based materials for intelligent packaging. Carbohydr. Polym. 2023, 313, 120851. 
[8] Tan, L., Zhang, W., Zhu, X., Ru, Y., Yi, W., Pang. B.,* Liu, T.,* Porous fibrous bacterial cellulose/La(OH)3 membrane for superior phosphate removal from water. Carbohydr. Polym. 2022, 298,120315. 
[9] Liu, W., Liu, K., Du, H.,* Zheng, T., Zhang, N., Xu, T.,* Pang, B.,* Zhang, X., Si, C.,* Zhang, K.,* Cellulose nanopaper: fabrication, functionalization, and applications. Nano-Micro Lett. 2022, 14, 104. 
[10] Pang, B., Ajdary, R., Antonietti, M., Rojas, O., Filonenko, S.,* Pickering emulgels reinforced with host-guest supramolecular inclusion complexes for high fidelity direct ink writing. Mater. Horizons 2022, 9, 835-840. 

Academic Posts
Editorial board member of the Springer journal “Discover Polymers”
Editorial board member of the Elsevier journal “Current Research in Food Science”
Early career editorial board of the Elsevier journal “Materials Today Bio”

NUS Webpage
https://www.fst.nus.edu.sg/our_people/faculty-members/pang-bo/