Personal profile：

Education

(1) Sep., 1985 - Jul., 1989: Bachelor, Department of Chemistry, Jilin University, China;

(2) Sep., 1989 - Jul., 1992: Master, Institute of Materials Science, Jilin University, China;

(3) Sep., 1992 - Feb., 1998: Ph. D candidate, Institute of Materials Science, Jilin University, China;

(4) Oct., 1994 - Oct., 1996: Joint Ph. D candidate of Chinese and Japanese governmrnts, Department of  

         Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan;

       (5) Mar., 2002 Degree conferred of Doctor of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan

Work Experience

(1) Feb., 1998 - Mar., 2002: Research fellow, Fukuoka Industry, Science and Technology Foundation, Japan;

(2) Apr., 2002 - Aug., 2003: Research fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency;

(3) Aug., 2003 - Sep, 2010: Professor, School of Materials Science and Technology, University of Science and  

          Technology Beijing;

(4) Jan., 2005 - Nov., 2007: Professor of Cheung Kong Scholars of Ministry of Education of China;

(5) Dec., 2009 -: Tenured professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing;

(6) Jan., 2010 - Nov., 2013: Winner of China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists;

(7) Nov., 2010 - Oct., 2013: Professor and Director, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College

           of Engnieering, Peking University;

(8) Jul., 2013 - Nov., 2019: Vice Dean, College of Engineering, Peking University;

(9) Jul., 2018 -: Chief Scientist of National Key R&D Program;

(10) Jan., 2020 -: Head of Innovation Research Group of NSFC;

(11) Nov., 2020 - present: Dean, Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science

                   and Technology Beijing.

Awards and Honors

(1) Dec., 2014  First Prize of Technology Invention Award of Ministry of Education

(2) Dec., 2015 Second Prize of National Technological Invention Award

(3) Dec., 2016 First Prize of Natural Science Award of Ministry of Education

(4) Nov., 2017 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC

(5) Sep., 2019 13th Feng Xinde Polymer Prize Award

(6) Dec., 2020 Second Prize of National Technological Invention Award（Issued for approval）

Research direction：

       (1) Blue phase liquid crystal display materials, thin film transistor liquid crystal display materials, special liquid crystal materials;

       (2) Full flexible liquid crystal display;

       (3) Normal and reverse mode polymer dispersed liquid crystal films for automobile;

       (4) Temperature controllable smart window for building energy conservation;

       (5) Temperature indicators for low temperature storage and cold-chain transportation;

       (6) Multiple stimulus responsive smart liquid crystal based polymer composites;

       (7) Liquid crystalline polymer electrolyte;

       (8) Liquid crystal / carbon fiber composites.

Scientific research achievement :

1. Wei Hu, Ling Wang, Meng Wang, Tingjun Zhong, Qian Wang, Lanying Zhang, Feiwu Chen, Kexuan Li, Zongcheng Miao, Dengke Yang, Huai Yang*, Ultrastable liquid crystalline blue phase from molecular synergistic self-assembly, Nature Communications, 2021, 12(1): 1440.

2. Wei Hu, Jian Sun, Qian Wang, Lanying Zhang, Xiaotao Yuan, Feiwu Chen, Kexuan Li, Zongcheng Miao, Dengke Yang, Haifeng Yu*, Huai Yang*, Humidity-responsive blue phase liquid-crystalline film with reconfigurable and tailored visual signals, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202004610

3. Ruochen Lan, Jian Sun, Chen Shen, Rui Huang, Zhongping Zhang, Cong Ma, Jinying Bao, Lanying Zhang, Ling Wang, Dengke Yang, Huai Yang*, Light-driven liquid crystalline networks and soft actuators with degree-of-freedom-controlled molecular motor, Advanced Functional Materials, 2020, 2000252

4. Ruochen Lan, Jian Sun, Chen Shen, Rui Huang, Zhongping Zhang, Lanying Zhang, Ling Wang, Huai Yang*, Near-infrared-light-driven self-sustained oscillation of liquid crystalline network film with predesignated polydopamine coating, Advanced Materials, 2020, 32(14), 1906319

5. Yu Xia, Xiao Liang, Yun Jiang, Shaofu Wang, Yuyang Qi, Yumin Liu*, Li Yu*, Huai Yang*, Xingzhong Zhao, High-efficiency and reliable smart photovoltaic windows enabled by multiresponsive liquid crystal composite films and semi-transparent perovskite solar cells, Adv. Energy Mater. 2019, 9, 1900720

6. Cheng Zou(#), Jian Sun(#), Meng Wang, Jingxia Wang, Yuchen Wu, Lanying Zhang, Guirong Xiong*, Lei Jiang, Tomiki Ikeda, Huai Yang*, A UV-responsive multifunctional photoelectric device based on discotic columnar nanostructures and molecular motors, Advanced Materials, 2019, 31(8), 1806016

7. Cheng Zou(#), Naoto Yanahashi(#), Yuchen Wu, Jingxia Wang, Cuihong Zhang, Guirong Xiong,* Huai Yang,* Lei Jiang, Tomiki Ikeda, Patterning Smectic liquid crystals for OFETs at low temperature, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29(7), 1804838

8. Wei Hu, Mei Chen, Qian Wang, Lanying Zhang, Xiaotao Yuan, Feiwu Chen, Huai Yang*, Broadband reflection in polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystals via thiol–acrylate chemistry, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2019, 58(20), 6698-6702

9. Ruochen Lan, Jian Sun, Shen Chen, Rui Huang, Lanying Zhang, Huai Yang*, Reversibly and irreversibly humidity-responsive motion of liquid crystalline network gated by SO2 gas, Advanced Functional Materials, 2019, 29(23), 1900013

10. Xiao Liang, Mei Chen, Qian Wang, Shaojun Guo*, Huai Yang*, Ethanol-Precipitable, Silica-Passivated Perovskite Nanocrystals Incorporated into Polystyrene Microspheres for Long-Term Storage and Reusage, Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2019, 58(9), 2799-2803

11. Mei Chen, Wei Wang, Xiao Liang, Sheng Gong, Jie Liu, Qian Wang*, Shaojun Guo*, Huai Yang*, Sulfur/oxygen codoped porous hard carbon microspheresfor high-performance potassium-ion batteries, Advanced Energy Materials, 2018, 8(19), 1800171

12. Xiao Liang, Shumeng Guo, Mei Chen, Chenyue Li, Qian Wang, Cheng Zou, Cuihong Zhang, Lanying Zhang, Shaojun Guo*, Huai Yang*, A temperature and electric field-responsive flexible smart film with full broadband optical modulation, Materials Horizon, 2017, 4(5), 878-884

13. Meng Wang, Cheng Zou, Jian Sun, Lanying Zhang, Ling Wang, Jiumei Xiao, Fasheng Li, Ping Song, Huai Yang*, Asymmetric tunable photonic bandgaps in self-organized 3D nanostructure of polymer-stabilized blue phase I modulated by voltage polarity, Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27(46), 1702261

14. Xiao Liang, Chongsheng Guo, Mei Chen, Shumeng Guo, Lanying Zhang, Fasheng Li, Shaojun Guo*, Huai Yang*, A roll-to-roll process for multi-responsive soft-matter composite films containing CsxWO3 nanorods for energy-efficient smart window applications, Nanoscale Horizons, 2017, 2(6), 319-325

15. Dongyu Zhao, Wei Zhou, Xiaopeng Cui, Yu Tian, Lin Guo*, Huai Yang*, Alignment of Liquid Crystals Doped with Nickel Nanoparticles Containing Different Morphologies, Advanced Materials, 2011, 23(48), 5779-5784

16. Wang Hu, Haiyan Zhao, Li Song, Zhou Yang, Hui Cao, Zihui Cheng, Qing Liu, Huai Yang*, Electrically controllable selective reflection of chiral nematic liquid crystal/chiral ionic liquid composites, Advanced Materials, 2010, 22(4), 468-472

17. Wanli He, Guohui Pan, Zhou Yang, Dongyu Zhao, Guoguang Niu, Wei Huang, Xiaotao Yuan, Jinbao Guo, Hui Cao, Huai Yang*, Wide blue phase range in a hydrogen-bonded self-assembled complex of chiral fluoro-substituted benzoic acid and pyridine derivative, Advanced Materials, 2009, 21(20), 2050-2053

18. Chao Li, Renwei Guo, Xi Jiang, Shuxin Hu, Lin Li, Xinyu Cao*, Huai Yang*, Yanlin Song, Yongmei Ma, Lei Jiang*, Reversible switching of water-droplet mobility on a superhydrophobic surface based on a phase transition of a side-chain liquid-crystal polymer, Advanced Materials, 2009, 21(42), 4254-4258