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Haokun  Shen

Haokun Shen

1435 Anzac Pde

Summary

Motivated postgraduate chemical engineering student at UNSW with over 3 years of research experience in advanced polymer design. Owning strong foundation in chemistry, polymer science and academic writing. Proficient in conducting laboratory experiments, design of research methodology and data collection procedures. Demonstrates strong analytical, communication, teamwork and problem solving skills.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Associate

University of New South Wales
10.2024 - 01.2025
  • Conduct research about polymer structural design and functional polymer materials.
  • 1 published paper in first co-author, multiple papers with co-authorship and 1 paper in first author under review.

Organic Synthesis Researcher (Intern)

WuXi AppTec (Wuhan)
09.2021 - 01.2022
  • Conducted thorough literature reviews for the research of small drug molecule synthesize.
  • Design and proceed over 30 experiments. Fully trained for lab practice.
  • Proceed drug molecule synthesize in industrial scale and commercial level.

Education

Master of Philosophy - Chemical Engineering

University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW
02-2025

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Chemical Engineering

University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW
09.2022

Skills

  • Scientific writing
  • Research and analysis
  • Data collection
  • Lab operations
  • Experimental design

Publications

  • Robust Hydrogel Actuators Functioning in Multi-Environments Enabled by Thermo-Responsive Polymer Nanoparticle Coatings on Hydrogel Surfaces. April 2024, Small.
  • Fast responding and multi-environment functional hydrogel actuators enabled by surface coating of thermo-responsive polymers. Poster and presentation in 38th Australasian Polymer Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand, 2024.

Timeline

Research Associate

University of New South Wales
10.2024 - 01.2025

Organic Synthesis Researcher (Intern)

WuXi AppTec (Wuhan)
09.2021 - 01.2022

Master of Philosophy - Chemical Engineering

University of New South Wales

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Chemical Engineering

University of New South Wales
Haokun Shen