工作经历：
2020.7至今 北京理工大学化学与化工学院，特别研究员/预聘副教授，博士生导师
2016–2020 美国Indiana University化学系博士后研究员，合作导师：Prof. Amar H. Flood
教育经历：
2011–2016 中国科学院大学化学研究所，有机化学专业，理学博士，导师：江华教授、车延科研究员
2007–2011 东北林业大学理学院，化学专业，理学学士
主持项目：
4. 北京市自然科学基金面上项目，新型多脲大环分子的设计合成及硫酸根离子配位研究，2022.1–2024.12，20万，主持
3. 国家自然科学基金青年项目，磷酸根离子选择性配位脲基分子笼的设计与合成，2022.1–2024.12，30万，主持
2. 北京理工大学青年教师学术启动计划，2020.7–2023.12，60万，主持
1. Birght and Lightfast Fluorescent Pigments for Paints, Polymers, and Inks，美国自然科学基金SBIR附属项目，2019.2–2020.1，6.8万美元，主持
研究兴趣：
多脲大环和分子笼结构的设计与精准合成、超分子自组装、水相阴离子去除技术
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8941-3044
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_L8UM8sAAAAJ&hl=en
代表性论文：
1. Chen, S.-Q.; Zhao, W.*; Wu, B. Separation of Sulfate Anion from Aqueous Solution Governed by Recognition Chemistry: A Minireview. Front. Chem. 2022, 10, 905563.
2. Li, H.‡; Kou, L.‡; Liang, L.; Li, B.; Zhao, W.*; Yang, X.-J.; Wu, B.* Anion-Coordination-Driven Single-Double Helix Switching and Chiroptical Molecular Switch based on Oligoureas. Chem. Sci. 2022, 13, 4915–4921.
3. Yan, L.‡; Saha, A.‡; Zhao, W.‡; Neal, J. F.; Chen, Y.; Flood, A. H.*; Allen, H. C.* Recognition competes with hydration in anion-triggered monolayer formation of cyanostar supra-amphiphiles at aqueous interfaces. Chem. Sci., 2022, 13, 4283–4294.
4. Zhao, G.; Chen, S.-Q.; Zhao, W.*; Li, B.; Zhang, W.; Zheng, B., Yang, X.-J.; Wu, B.* Modular Synthesis of Tetraurea and Octaurea Macrocycles Encoded with Specific Monomer Sequences. CCS Chem. 2021, 3, 2692–2701.
5. Zhao, W.; Flood, A. H.; White, N. G. Recognition and applications of anion–anion dimers based on anti-electrostatic hydrogen bonds (AEHBs). Chem. Soc. Rev. 2020, 49, 7893–7906.
6. Zhao, W.; Tropp, J.; Qiao, B.; Pink, M.; Azoulay, J. D.; Flood, A. H. Tunable Adhesion from Stoichiometry-controlled and Sequence-defined Supramolecular Polymers Emerges Hierarchically from Cyanostar-stabilized Anion-anion Linkages. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2579-2591.
7. Zhao, W.; Qiao, B.; Tropp, J.; Pink, M.; Azoulay, J. D.; Flood, A. H. Linear Supramolecular Polymers Driven by Anion-Anion Dimerization of Difunctional Phosphonate Monomers inside Cyanostar Macrocycles. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 4980–4989.
8. Zhao, W.†; Qiao, B.†; Chen, C. H.; Flood, A. H. High-Fidelity Multistate Switching with Anion-Anion and Acid-Anion Dimers of Organophosphates in Cyanostar Complexes. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 13083–13087.