Professor Zhao Dongyuan has become a leader in this field with his professional and dedicated scientific research spirit. At present, he is a director of Chinese Chemical Society and Materials Society, a member of catalytic professional committee, a director of inorganic professional committee of Shanghai Chemical and Chemical Society, and a member of the Science and Technology Committee of the fifth session of the Ministry of Education. Editor of Journal of Chemistry of China University, Journal of Chemistry, acta petrolei sinica (Petroleum Processing Edition), Journal of Fuel Chemistry, Chemical Physics, and Executive Deputy Editor of Science Bulletin.
Professor Zhao Dongyuan's influence in international related fields is also growing. In 2002, he was elected as the director and secretary general of the International Mesoscopic Structural Materials Association (IMMA), and in 2004 and 2006, he was elected as the director of the International Zeolite Association. In 2002, he was named one of the 48 top authors in 15 by Adv.mater. Magazine, and listed as one of the 100 chemists with the highest cited rate in recent ten years by ISI Web of Science. International publications such as Chemistry-Asia Journal, Material Chemistry Journal, Material Chemistry Journal, Dalton Journal, Nano, etc. hired him as the editor of International Consultant magazine and co-editor of Colloid and Interface Science Journal. He has been invited to give speeches at many important international academic conferences, such as the International Symposium on Mesoscopic Structural Materials (IMMS) and the Third International Symposium on Nanoporous Materials.
Professor Zhao Dongyuan actively carried out international academic cooperation and exchanges, and successfully organized many international and domestic academic conferences (including the 5th International Symposium on Mesoporous Materials IMMS2006 and the 6th Northeast Asia Symposium on Nanotechnology). And actively promote Fudan University's cross-departmental exchange student training programs with world-class universities such as the University of California, the University of Barcelona in Spain, and the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom.
Professor Zhao Dongyuan has a rigorous style of study, 33 students have obtained master's and doctor's degrees, and 5 postdoctoral students have left the station. Doctoral and postdoctoral students have won academic awards for many times, and 3 of them have won national excellent doctoral dissertations. Professor Zhao Dongyuan himself has been awarded the title of "Excellent Graduate Tutor" and "Good Tutor in Graduate Mind" by Fudan University for many times.