Meet Dr. Xu (Shine) Zhang

In Episode 9 of Conversations with Colleagues, host Sarah MacRae, chats with Dr. Shine (Xu) Zhang. Dr. Shine (Xu) Zhang teaches in the Chemistry Department and is the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Healthy Environments and Communities at Cape Breton University. In this episode, Dr. Zhang reflects on how equity, diversity and inclusion inform his research on nanotechnology and nanomaterials for health and environmental applications with a focus on water research and precision nanomedicine for cancer, as well as, his work supervising a research team comprising of postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students. Dr. Shine (Xu) Zhang can be contacted via email at [email protected] Conversations with Colleagues is an initiative that emerged from ⁠⁠⁠⁠Better Together⁠⁠⁠⁠, CBU’s workplace action plan for equity, diversity and inclusion. We invite you to listen to this engaging series and learn about perspectives from faculty across disciplines as we celebrate CBU’s diverse, inclusive and welcoming workplace.