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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Zifu Zhu

Tulane University

Department of Physics

5072 Percival Stern Hall
New Orleans, LA  70118  

zzhu@tulane.edu

Project List:

Development of Cost-Efficient and Concentration-Independent Dispersants for Improved Oil Spill Remediation

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2015

Zhu, Z., & Reed, W. F. (2015). Polymeric Suppression of Dopant-Enhanced Surfactant Supramicellar Assemblies. Macromol. Chem. Phys., 216(2), 205–210.

2013

Zhu, Z., & Reed, W. F. (2013). Enhanced Surfactant Supramicellar Assembly by Hydrophobic Dopants. Langmuir, 29(33), 10376–10382.

Conference Presentations - 3

2015

McFaul, C. A., Zhu, Z., Wu, A., Drenski, M. F., & Reed, W. F. (2015). Monitoring the onset and evolution of polymer stimuli responsiveness during synthesis. In 250th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition. Boston, MA : 08/16/15-08/20/15.
Peaden, B., Zhu, Z., Twigg, F., Alb, A., & Reed, W. F. (2015). Characterization methods for oil dispersants. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Zhu, Z., & Reed, W. F. (2014). Hydrophobic dopant-enhanced and polymer-suppressed supramicellar assemblies. In 27th International Symposium on Polymer Analysis and Characterization. Les Diablerets, Switzerland : 6/15-6/18/2014.