Dr Zhao is a Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering in the Division of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering. He is Course Director of BEng Chemical Engineering. Dr Zhao has significant experience in teaching and research in UK higher education. After gaining his PhD at the University of Surrey, he worked there for one year before he moved to LSBU. In 2005 he joined the School of Engineering and Design at Brunel University, and moved to Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham in 2007. He returned to LSBU in 2011

Hristov, Y., Zhao, D., Kenning, D. B. R., Sefiane, K. & Karayiannis, T. G. (2009). A study of nucleate boiling and critical heat flux with EHD enhancement. Heat & Mass Transfer. 45, 999-1017. Kaji, R., Zhao, D., Licence, P. & Azzopardi, B. J. (2009). Studies of the interaction of ionic liquid and gas in a small diameter bubble column. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 48, 7938-7944. Azzopardi, B. J., Abdulkareem, L. A., Zhao, D., Thiele, S., da Silva, M. J., Beyer M. & Hunt, A. (2010). Comparison between Electrical Capacitance Tomography and Wire Mesh Sensor Output for Air/Silicone Oil Flow in a Vertical Pipe. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 49, 880-8811. Abdulkadir, M., Zhao, D., Abdulkareem, L. A., Sharaf, S., Lowndes, I. S. & Azzopardi, B. J. (2011). Interrogating the effect of bends on two-phase gas-liquid flow using advanced instrumentation. Chemical Engineering Science. 66, 2453-2467. Abdulkadir, M., Zhao, D., Azzi, A., Lowndes, I. S. & Azzopardi, B. J. (2012). Two-phase air–water flow through a large diameter vertical 180o return bend. Chemical Engineering Science. 79, 138-152. Abdulkadir, M., Zhao, D., Azzi, A., Lowndes, I. S. & Azzopardi, B. J. (2014). Liquid film thickness behaviour within a large diameter vertical 180o return bend. Chemical Engineering Science. 107, 137-148.