• Fabrication and application of supramolecular polymers and supramolecular networks.
• Polymer chemistry, e.g. controlled radical polymerization.
• Smart polymeric materials and potential applications.
• Polymer topology and self-assembly. 

September 2016 – Now
        Researcher Fellow
        School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
November 2014 – August 2016
        Postdoc Researcher
        Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry, University of Helsinki

September 2010–November 2014
        Ph.D.in Chemistry 
        Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
September 2007– July 2010 
         Master in Materialogy
         Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
September 2002 – July 2006 
         Bachelor in Environmental Engineering
         Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China

1. Q. Zhang and R. Hoogenboom, Polymers with upper critical solution temperature behavior in alcohol/water solvent mixtures. Prog. Polym. Sci., 2015, 48, 122-142.
2. Q. Zhang, Z. Hou, B. Louage, D. Zhou, N. Vanparijs, B. G. De Geest, R. Hoogenboom, Acid-Labile Thermoresponsive Copolymers That Combine Fast pH-Triggered Hydrolysis and High Stability under Neutral Conditions, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2015, 54, 10879-10883.
3. Q. Zhang and R. Hoogenboom, UCST behavior of polyampholytes based on stoichiometric RAFT copolymerization of cationic and anionic monomers. Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 70-73.
4. Q. Zhang, G. Vancoillie, M.A. Mees, and R. Hoogenboom, Thermoresponsive polymeric temperature sensors with broad sensing regimes. Polym. Chem., 2015, 6, 2396-2400.
5. Q. Zhang, P. Schattling, P. Theato, and R. Hoogenboom, UV-tunable upper critical solution temperature behavior of azobenzene containing poly(methyl methacrylate) in aqueous ethanol. Eur. Polym. J., 2015, 62, 435-441.
6. Q. Zhang, F. Tosi, S. Üǧdüler, S. Maji, and R. Hoogenboom, Tuning the LCST and UCST Thermoresponsive Behavior of Poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) by Electrostatic Interactions with Trivalent Metal Hexacyano Anions and Copolymerization. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2015, 36, 633-63.
7. Q. Zhang, L. Voorhaar, B.G. De Geest, and R. Hoogenboom, One-pot preparation of inert well-defined polymers by RAFT polymerization and in-situ end group transformation, Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2015, 36, 1177-1183.
8. Q. Zhang, N. Vanparijs, B. Louage, B.G. De Geest, and R. Hoogenboom, Dual pH- and temperature-responsive RAFT-based block co-polymer micelles and polymer-protein conjugates with transient solubility. Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 1140-1144.
9. Q. Zhang, J.-D. Hong, and R. Hoogenboom, A triple thermoresponsive schizophrenic diblock copolymer. Polym. Chem., 2013, 4, 4322-4325.
10. Q. Zhang, P. Schattling, P. Theato, R. Hoogenboom, Tuning the upper critical solution temperature behavior of poly(methyl methacrylate) in aqueous ethanol by modification of an activated ester comonomer, Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, 1418-1426