Jian Zhi Hu

Expertise

Dr. Hu specializes in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Recent interest includes:

Development and application of novel Magnetic Resonance techniques, such as the magic angle turning experiments, applied at very slow sample spinning rate from 1 to 100 Hz, to enhance NMR spectral resolution in intact cells, excised organs, excised tissues and live animals.
Developing spectral resolution enhanced localized NMR spectroscopy/imaging to study biological samples.
Application of solid state NMR techniques to investigate molecular structure and dynamics of catalyst materials, polycrystalline and amorphous solids, fossil fuels, polymers and biological solids.
Developing a novel in-situ NMR method to characterize real time catalytic reaction.
Ab-initial calculations using quantum chemistry theory to predict molecular geometry and NMR parameters.
NMR Pulse sequence development and data processing.
NMR probe design and construction.
Dr. Hu has more than 20 years of research experience, more than 70 publications in the field of NMR, and three issued and one US patents. He joined PNNL in 2000 and has been associated with the Macromolecular Structure and Dynamics group in the EMSL since 2000.

PNNL's S.K. Sundaram and Thomas J. Weber were guest editors for the recently released International Journal of Nanotechnology (IJNT) Special Issue on Nanotoxicity (volume 5, issue 1, 2008).
The February 14th Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Colloquium Series at Michigan State University will feature Joel Pounds speaking on Systems Toxicology of Engineered Nanomaterials.
Ann Miracle will attend Waste Management 2008 in Phoenix on Feb 24-28th, presenting the Integration of 'omics Technologies for Characterization of Complex Microbial Ecosystem.
The NIH's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has awarded PNNL $5.9M to establish the Center for Novel Biomarkers of Response at PNNL.