Mizhi Xu

Education

Undergraduate Institution: Fudan University

Graduate Institution (M.S.): Case Western Reserve University

Graduate Institution (Ph.D.): Georgia Institute of Technology

Biography

Mizhi was born in Hangzhou, Eastern China. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Fudan University in 2011, where he explored pincer NHC nickel and palladium complexes and their catalysis in Suzuki reactions with Prof. Tao Tu. He earned his M.S. in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University in summer 2017, where he studied biomimetic synthesis of hapalindole alkaloids under the guidance of Prof. Rajesh Viswanathan. Mizhi received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Georgia Tech in winter 2021 under the supervision of Prof. Will Gutekunst. His Ph.D. research focused on synthesis, reactivity and polymerization of twisted amides. Mizhi worked in the Gutekunst Group as a short-term post-doc in early 2022 before he joined the Hawker Group as a post-doc in June 2022. Mizhi’s research focuses on the synthesis of branched polymers via high throughput screening and flow chemistry.