2011年9月—2015年6月 南京理工大学，博士
工作经历：
2015年10月—至今 常州大学
个人荣誉：
主要从事超细功能材料的制备、表面改性及其应用研究。主持国家自然科学基金项目1项，参与省、市级科技计划项目10项。获得授权发明专利50件，以第一作者发表SCI收录研究论文10篇。获得2015年度江苏省科学技术一等奖1项，2016年入选江苏省“六大人才高峰”创新人才团队成员。
研究方向:
新型化工吸附和催化材料的开发与应用；
超细功能材料的制备、表面改性及产业化应用；
纳米矿物材料在石油化工、高分子材料和环境治理中的应用。
教学科研项目:
1、国家自然科学青年基金，“凹凸棒石/氮化碳/聚苯胺多级结构材料的构筑及光催化燃油深度脱硫作用”，主持；
2、软化学与功能材料教育部重点实验室开放基金，“凹凸棒石基多级结构材料的构筑及光催化脱硫性能”，主持；
科研成果获奖
1、“凹凸棒石棒晶束解离关键技术创新及其产业化应用”2015年获江苏省科学技术奖一等奖。
发表论文
1. Shixiang Zuo, Chao Yao*, Wenjie Liu, Xiazhang Li, Yong Kong, Xiaoheng Liu, Xin Wang, Yingruo Li. Preparation of Ureido-palygorskite and its effect on the properties of urea-formaldehyde resin. Applied Clay Science, 2013, 80-81, 133-139.
2. Shixiang Zuo, Wenjie Liu, Chao Yao*, Xiazhang Li, Yong Kong, Xiaoheng Liu, Huihui Mao, Yingruo Li. Preparation of polyaniline-polypyrrole binary composite nanotube using halloysite as hard-template and its characterization. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2013, 228: 1092-1097.
3. Shixiang Zuo, Chao Yao*, Wenjie Liu, Xiazhang Li, Yong Kong, Xiaoheng Liu, Huihui Mao, Yingruo Li. Porous palygorskite-polythiophene conductive composites for acrylic coatings. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2013, 129, 2707-2715.
4. Shixiang Zuo, Zhongsheng Jiang,Wenjie Liu, Chao Yao*, Qun Chen, Xiaoheng Liu. Synthesis and characterization of urchin-like mischcrystal TiO2 and its photocatalysis. Materials Characterization, 2014, 96,177-182.
5.Shixiang Zuo, Wenjie Liu, Chao Yao*, Xiazhang Li, Shiping Luo, Fengqin Wu, Yong Kong, Xiaoheng Liu. One-pot template-free fabrication of hollow mesoporous sodalite nanospheres for drug release. Applied Clay Science, 2016,119, 170-174.
6. Shixiang Zuo, Yao Chen, Wenjie Liu, Chao Yao,, Xiazhang Li, Zhongyu Li, Chaoying Ni,Xiaoheng Liu. A facile and novel construction of attapulgite/Cu2O/Cu/g-C3N4 withenhanced photocatalytic activity for antibiotic degradation. Ceramics International, 2017, 43, 3331-3336.
7. Shixiang Zuo, Jian Chen, Wenjie Liu, Chao Yao, Huihui Mao, Yingruo Li, Yongsheng Fu,Xiaoheng Liu. Photocatalytic activity of flower-like carbon/Ag3PO4 compositemicrospheres for pollutant degradation. Materials Letters, 2017, 190, 134-137.
8. Shixiang Zuo, Yao Chen, Wenjie Liu, Chao Yao, Yingruo Li,Jiangquan Ma, Yong Kong, Huihui Mao, Zhongyu Li, Yongsheng Fu. Polyaniline/g-C3N4composites as novel media for anticorrosioncoatings.Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 2017,14(6):1307-1314.
9. Shixiang Zuo, Jian Chen, Wenjie Liu, Xiazhang Li, Yong Kong, Chao Yao,Yongsheng Fu. Preparation of 3D interconnected hierarchical porous N-doped carbon nanotubes, Carbon, 2018.129, 199-206.
10. Shixiang Zuo, Zhan Liu, Wenjie Liu, Xiazhang Li, Zhongyu Li, Chao Yao,Qun Chen, Yongsheng Fu. TiO2 nanorod arrays on the conductive mica combine photoelectrochemical cathodic protection with barrier properties. Journal of Alloys and Compounds,2019, 776, 529-535.