Dr.-Ing. Teng Zhou, researcher in the Process Systems Engineering (PSE) group of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany, has been granted the 2016 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad by the Chinese Scholarship Council for his academic excellence in his Ph.D. studies overseas.

     Teng Zhou obtained his master degree in 2012 in our group from East China University of Science and Technology. Due to his achievements, he was awarded Shanghai Excellent Thesis Award for Graduate Students.

     In 2016 he received his Ph.D. degree from the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, in which he proposed systematic methods for reaction solvent design and integrated solvent and process design.

      (also see: http://www.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de/3268789/2017-06-16-award-teng-zhou)