Faculty Profiles

School of Engineering, Westlake University

September 2021
 Nanomedicine for
cancer therapy
Jianjun Cheng（程建军） A
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Chair Professor of Materials Science and gene delivery
Engineering
Email: chengjianjun@westlake.edu.cn

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Website: https://cheng.lab.westlake.edu.cn/
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Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Fellow of ACS-POLY

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Materials Science and Engineering Cheng et al, “Synthesis of polypeptides via bioinspired polymerization of in situ purified
Chemistry
N-carboxyanhydrides”, PNAS, 2019, 116, 10658-10663.
Education Background:
Cheng et al. “Cooperative polymerization of α-helices induced by macromolecular
1989-1993 B.S., Nankai University
1993-1996 M.S., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale architecture”, Nature Chemistry , 2017, 9, 614–622.
1996-2001 Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Cheng et al. “Selective In Vivo Cell Labeling Mediated Cancer Targeting”, Nature
Research Areas:
Chemical Biology , 2017, 13, 415-424.
1. Biomaterials and Polypeptides
2. Drug and Gene Delivery, Nanomedicine
3. Polymer chemistry
 Development of
robotic fish
Weicheng Cui（崔维成） Development of Manned/
Chair Professor of Deepsea Technology unmanned submersibles
Email: cuicheng@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: wxid_4j4bykfpbu9h22
Website: https://weicheng.lab.westlake.edu.cn/

Awards and Honors: General System Theory

Blancpain Hans Hass Fifty Fathoms Award (2014)
Science star of China by Nature (2016)
First prize of national science and Technology Progress Award
(2017)

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Ocean Engineering
Mechanics Cui, W.C*. (2021). On the Philosophical Ontology for a General System Theory,
Philosophy Study, Vol. 11, No. 6, 443-458. doi: 10.17265/2159-5313/2021.06.002.
Education Background:
Cui, W.C.*(2020). On some fundamental issues about the safety of marine structures, J
1981-1986 B.S., Tsinghua University Engineering for the Maritime Environment 1–10, DOI: 10.1177/1475090220951027.
1987-1990 Ph.D., University of Bristol, UK
Pan, B.B. and Cui, W.C. (2020). Multidisciplinary Design Optimization and Its
Application in Deep Manned Submersible Design, Ocean Engineering & Oceanography
Research Areas: 13, Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House Co., Ltd. and Springer Nature
Singapore Pte Ltd..
1. Robotic fish
2. Manned/unmanned submersibles
3. General system theory
 Intelligent Towing Discrete Cellular Soft Digital Twin for
Tank Robotics Marine Assets
Dixia Fan（范迪夏）
Assistant Professor of Environment and
Resources
Email: fandixia@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: hyperpotato
Website: https://www.i4fsi.com/

Awards and Honors:

de Florez Graduate Science Award, MIT
Nico Van Wingen Awards, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Technical Committee, International Society of Offshore and Polar
Engineers

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Environment and Resources Fan, D., Yang, L., Wang, Z., Triantafyllou, M.S. and Karniadakis, G.E., 2020. Reinforcement
Artificial Intelligence learning for bluff body active flow control in experiments and
Education Background: simulations. PNAS, 117(42), pp.26091-26098.

2008-2013 B.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2013-2016 M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2016-2019 Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Areas:
1. Artificial Intelligence in Fluid Mechanics
2. Bioinspired Robotics
3. Autonomy for Amphibious (Aerial / Aquatic) Swarms
Fan, D. *, Jodin, G., Consi, T.R., Bonfiglio, L., Ma, Y., Keyes, L.R., Karniadakis, G.E. and
Triantafyllou, M.S., 2019. A robotic intelligent towing tank for learning complex fluid-
structure dynamics. Science Robotics, 4(36).
Fan, D., Wang, Z., Triantafyllou, M.S. and Karniadakis, G.E., 2019. Mapping the properties
of the vortex-induced vibrations of flexible cylinders in uniform oncoming flow. Journal
of Fluid Mechanics, 881, pp.815-858.
 Functional Protein-
based Biomaterials
Chengchen Guo（郭成辰） Tissue Engineering
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
Email: guochengchen@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://cguosci.com

Medical Devices for

Awards and Honors:
Regenerative Medicine
Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Research and Support Program Award

Subjects:
Representative Outcomes:
Materials Science and Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Ying Pei, Kathryn E. Jordan, Ning Xiang, Rachael N. Parker, Xuan Mu, Luan Zhang, Zhibin
Chemistry Feng, Ying Chen, Chunmei Li, Chengchen Guo*, Keyong Tang*, David L. Kaplan*, Liquid
Exfoliated Mesostructured Collagen from the Bovine Achilles Tendon as Building Blocks
of Collagen Membranes. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 2, 3186-3198
Education Background:
Chengchen Guo†, Chunmei Li†*, Hiep V. Vu, Philip Hanna, Aron Lechtig, Yimin Qiu, Xuan
2007-2011 B.S.，Nanjing University, China
Mu, Shengjie Ling, Ara Nazarian, Samuel Lin, David L. Kaplan*, Thermoplastic Moulding
2011-2017 Ph.D.，Arizona State University, USA
of Regenerated Silk. Nat. Mater. , 2020, 19, 102-108 († co-first author)
Research Areas:
Chunmei Li†*, Chengchen Guo†, Vincent Fitzpatrick, Ahmed Ibrahim, Myrthe Zwierstra,
1. Biomaterials and Biopolymers Philip Hanna, Aron Lechtig, Ara Nazarian, Samuel Lin, and David Kaplan*, Design of
2. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine biodegradable implantable devices towards clinical translation. Nat. Rev. Mater. , 2020, 5,
3. Bioinspired Materials 61-81 († co-first author)
 Materials for personal New bulk nanostructured materials
care and public health
Jiaxing Huang（黄嘉兴）
Chair Professor of Materials Science and
Engineering
Email: jiaxing-huang@westlake.edu.cn
https://jxhuang.mccormick.northwestern.edu/

Awards and Honors:

Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Changjiang Scholar Lectureship, Humboldt Research Award Additive-free solution processing of CNTs
Guggenheim Fellowship, Highly Cited Researcher
Editor-in-Chief, Accounts of Materials Research

Subjects:
Representative Outcomes:
Materials chemistry, processing and manufacturing, for better living

Education Background: Huang et al., ACS Nano, 2020, 14, 3747-3754; Huang et al., Matter, 2021, 3, 1791-1810 and
Yu et al., Chem, 2021, 7, 2201-2211
1995-2000 B.S., USTC
2000-2004 Ph.D., UCLA
2004-2007 Miller Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley Chiou et al, PNAS, 2018, 115, 5703-5708; Chiou et al, Matter, 2020, 3, 302-319

Research Areas:
• Materials concepts for personal care and public health
• Bulk nanostructured materials from well-defined building blocks
• Additive-free solution processing of carbon materials
Klemeyer et al., ACS Materials Letters, 2021, 3, 511–515; Mao et al., Nature Communications,
2019, 10, 3677; Yeh et al., Nature Communications, 2019, 10, 422; Koltonow et al., Science,
2016, 351, 1395-1396Yeh et al., Nature Chemistry, 2015, 7, 166–170;
 Fluorescent QDs Morphology Control Optoelectronics
Synthesis of Nanocrystals Devices
Botao Ji（冀波涛）
Assistant Professor
Email: jibotao@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://qds.lab.westlake.edu.cn/

Awards and Honors:

Subjects:

1. Chemistry
2. Materials Science and Engineering
Representative Outcomes:
Education Background:
2003-2007 B.S., Shandong University Gao, M.; Yang, H.; Shen, H.*; Zeng, Z.; Fan, F.; Tang, B.; Min, J.; Zhang, Y.; Hua, Q.; Li, L.; Ji,
2007-2010 M.S., Shandong University B.*; Du, Z.*“Bulk-like ZnSe Quantum Dots Enabling Efficient Ultranarrow Blue Light-
2011-2014 Ph.D., ESPCI, Paris, France Emitting Diodes”, Nano Lett. , 2021, ASAP.

Research Areas: Shan, X.; Li, B.; Ji, B.*, Synthesis of Wurtzite In and Ga Phosphide Quantum Dots Through
Cation Exchange Reactions. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33, 13, 5223–5232.
1. Colloidal synthesis of inorganic nanocrystals
Ji, B., et al., Non-blinking Quantum Dot with a Plasmonic Nanoshell Resonator. Nature
2. Electronic and optoelectronic devices (LEDs, solar cell, photo-
Nanotechnology , 2015, 10, 170-175.
detector etc.)
 Origami-based
Hanqing Jiang（姜汉卿） metamaterials
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Mechanics of energy
Email: hanqing.jiang@westlake.edu.cn storage
WeChat: Hanqing_Jiang
Website:
https://www.westlake.edu.cn/academics/School_of_Engi
neering/About/Faculty/202106/t20210619_10892.shtml

Awards and Honors: Edible electronics

Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, China

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Solid Mechanics Z. Zhai, Y. Wang, K. Lin, L. Wu, H. Jiang, 2020, In Situ Stiffness Manipulation Using Elegant
Mechanical Engineering
Curved Origami, Science Advances, 6, doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abe2000.
Education Background:
X. Wang, W. Zeng, L. Hong, W. Xu, H. Yang, H. Duan, M. Tang, and H. Jiang, 2018, Stress-
1992-1996 B.S., Dalian University of Technology, China driven lithium dendrite growth mechanism and dendrite mitigation by electroplating on
1996-2001 Ph.D., Tsinghua University, China
soft substrates, Nature Energy , 3, 227-235.

Research Areas:
Z. Zhai, Y. Wang, and H. Jiang, 2018, Origami-inspired, on-demand deployable and
1. Origami-Inspired Mechanics of Metamaterials and Robotics collapsible mechanical metamaterials with tunable stiffness, PNAS, 115 (9) 2032-2037.
2. Mechanics, Materials and Devices of Energy Storage
3. Edible Electronics and Biomedical Devices
 Laboratory of Living Electronics

Xiaocheng Jiang（姜晓成）
Associate Professor (starting Nov. 1st, 2021)
Email: jiangxiaocheng@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: xiaocheng_jiang
Website: https://sites.tufts.edu/jiang

Bio-hybrid Electronics Biosynthetic Electronics

Awards and Honors:
National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award
Emerging Investigator by J. Mater. Chem. B & Biomater. Sci.
Tufts University John A. & Dorothy M. Adams Endowed Professorship
American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

Subjects:
Materials Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Chemistry

Education Background: Representative Outcomes:

2000-2004 B.S., Peking University
Y. Zhang, H. H. Hsu, X. Jiang*,“Living Electronics”, Nano Res. , 2020, 13, 1205-1213.
2004-2011 Ph.D., Harvard University
H. H. Hsu, Y. Zhang, P. Deng, X. Dai, X. Jiang*, “Biosynthetic electronic interfaces for
Research Areas: bridging microbial and inorganic electron transport”, Nano Lett. , 2019, 19, 8787-8792.
1. Bioelectronics
X. Dai, R. Vo, H. H. Hsu, P. Deng, Y. Zhang, X. Jiang*, “Modularized field-effect transistor
2. BioMEMS
3. Biomaterials biosensors”, Nano Lett. 2019, 19, 6658-6664.
 Environ. Microbiome & “Microbiome and Biotechnology”Nexus
Resistome Monitoring
Feng Ju（鞠峰）
Assistant Professor of Environmental
Microbiome and Biotechnology
Email: jufeng@westlake.edu.cn
Website: http://www.ju-emblab.com/
Ecogenomics-Guided Process Engineering

Awards and Honors:

Editorial Board of Engineering and several other SCI journals
Youth Editor of The Innovation (Cell Press)
2018 Young Scientist Awards for Microbial Ecology, by ECA
2016 Young Scientist Awards, by HKIS

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Environmental Science and Biotechnology
Synthetic Biology and Microbiome Engineering
Education Background:
2004-2008 B.S., Jianghan University
2008-2011 M.S., South China University of Technology
2011-2015 Ph.D., University of Hong Kong
Research Areas:
1. Yuan L, Wang YB, Zhang L, Alejandro P, Zhou JZ, Smets B.F. , Bürgmann H, Ju F *.2021.
Pathogenic and indigenous denitrifying bacteria are transcriptionally active and key multi-
antibiotic resistant players in wastewater treatment plants. Environmental Science &
Technology . 2021, 55, 15, 10862-10874.
2. Zhang L, Yin W, Wang C, Zhang AJ, Zhang H, Ju F *. 2021. Untangling Microbiota
Diversity and Assembly Patterns in the World's Largest Water Diversion Canal. Water
research . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117617

1. Environmental Biotechnology and Microbiology 3. Ju F, Beck K, Yin X, McArdell Christa, Singer H, Johnson D, Zhang T, Buergmann H *. 2019.
2. Microbiome Engineering Research Wastewater treatment plant resistomes are shaped by bacterial composition, genetic
3. Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering
exchange and upregulated expression in the effluent. The ISME Journal 13 (2), 346-360
 Next generation of
Quantum materials
semiconductor

Wei Kong（孔玮）
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: kongwei@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: xiaobao350_3
Website: https://www.konglab-westlake.com/

Subjects:

Materials Science and Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Education Background:
Representative Outcomes:
2003-2007 B.S., Sun-Yat Sen University
2008-2010 M.S., Duke University
2010-2016 Ph.D., Duke University 1. W. Kong, S.-H. Bae, H. Kum, J. Kim, “Path towards graphene commercialization from
2016-2020 Post-doc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology lab to market”, Nature Nanotechnology 14 927-938 (2019).
2. W. Kong, H. Li, K. Qiao, et. al, “Polarity governs atomic interaction through two-
dimensional materials”. Nature Materials 17, pp. 999-1004 (2018).
Research Areas: 3. J. Shim†, S.-H. Bae†, W. Kong†, et. al, “Controlled crack propagation for atomic
precision handling of wafer scale two dimensional materials”. Science 362, pp. 665-
1. Biomaterials and Polypeptides 670 (2018).
2. Drug and Gene Delivery, Nanomedicine 4. S.-H. Bae, H. Kum, W. Kong, Y. Kim, C. Choi, B. Lee, P. Lin, and J. Kim, “Integration of
3. Polymer chemistry bulk materials with two-dimensional materials for physical coupling and their
applications”. Nature Materials 18, 550–560 (2019).
 Deep Learning

Zhenzhong Lan（蓝振忠） Natural Language

Assistant Professor Processing
Email: lanzhenzhong@westlake.edu.cn
Website: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lanzhzh/

Work Experience Computer Vision

Westlake University Assistant Professor
Google Research Scientist
WiZR Computer Vision Expert

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Deep Learning and Its Applications Lan, Z., Chen, M., Goodman, S., Gimpel, K., Sharma, P., & Soricut, R. (2019). ALBERT: A
lite bert for self-supervised learning of language representations. ICLR2020
Education Background:
Xu, L., Hu, H., Zhang, X., Li, L., Cao, C., Li, Y., ... & Lan, Z. CLUE: A chinese language
2005~2010 B.S., Sun Yat-sen University
understanding evaluation benchmark. COLING 2020
2012-2017 Ph.D., Carneige Mellon University

Lan, Z., Lin, M., Li, X., Hauptmann, A. G., & Raj, B. (2015). Beyond gaussian pyramid:
Research Areas:
Multi-skip feature stacking for action recognition. CVPR 2020
1. Natural Language Processing
2. Dialogue System
3. Computer Vision
 Mechanical-hydrological
behaviors of sediments
Liang Lei（雷亮） Pore-scale visualization
under in-situ conditions
Assistant Professor of Environment and
Resources
Email: leiliang@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: Lei-main-id
Website: https://dpml.westlake.edu.cn/
Particle-displacive
crystal growth in porous
Honors & Experiences
media
《海洋地质与第四纪地质》和《海洋地质前沿》青年编委
Design and assembly of a micro-CT scanner from parts
The first visualization of methane hydrate at pore scale

Subjects:
Representative Outcomes:
Geotechnical Engineering
Geosystems
Geo-energy Engineering Lei, L., Y. Seol, and K. Jarvis (2018), Pore-scale visualization of methane hydrate-bearing
sediments with micro-CT, Geophysical Research Letters, 45(11), 5417-5426.
Education Background:
2005-2009 B.S., Tongji University
Lei, L., Y. Seol, J.-H. Choi, and T. J. Kneafsey (2019), Pore habit of methane hydrate and its
2009-2012 M.S., Tongji University
2012-2017 Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology evolution in sediment matrix – Laboratory visualization with phase-contrast micro-CT,
Marine and Petroleum Geology , 104, 451-467.
Research Areas:
1. Gas hydrate Lei, L., and J. C. Santamarina (2018), Laboratory strategies for hydrate formation in fine-
2. Phase transformation in pores grained sediments, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , 123(4), 2583-2596.
3. Multi-phase interaction in porous media
 Design and fabrication of optoelectronic Flexible photonic platform for
materials and devices multifunctional sensing and optogenetics
Lan Li（李兰）
Assistant Professor of Electronic and
Information Engineering
Email: lilan@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: lan_lan_123321
Website: http://fiplab.westlake.edu.cn/

Awards and Honors:

Norbert J. Kreidl Award for Young Scholars (ACS GOMD conference)
Distinguished Young Scholars of the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (Overseas)
Innovative Leading Talent of Zhejiang Province

Subjects:
Electronic and Optical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Representative Outcomes:
Education Background:
Li et al, " Integrated Flexible Chalcogenide Glass Photonic Devices," Nature Photonics 8
2006-2010 B.S., University of Science & Technology of China
2010-2016 Ph.D., University of Delaware (8), 643-649 (2014).
2016-2019 Postdoc Associate in Massachusetts Institute of Technology Li et al, "Monolithic stretchable integrated photonics," Light: Science & Applications 7,
17138 (2018).
Research Areas:
Li et al,“ High-performance flexible waveguide-integrated photodetectors,”Optica 5, 44-
1. Optics, Photonics and Optoelectronics 51 (2018).
2. Micro- and Nano-fabrication Technologies
Li et al, "Free-spectral-range-free filters with ultrawide tunability across the S+C+L band,"
3. Flexible devices for communication, sensing and bioapplications
Photonics Research 9, 1013-1018 (2021).
 Missing water from Coastal wetlands as a
the Tibetan Plateau blue carbon store
Ling Li（李凌）
Chair Professor of Environmental Hydrology
Email: liling@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://lll.westlake.edu.cn/
WeChat: lingli_uq

Awards and Honors: Power law

Australian Research Council Early Career Researcher Award scaling of
National Natural Science Award of China (second prize) Annual water loss natural lakes
University of Queensland Foundation Research Excellence Award

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Environmental Science and Engineering Bin Yong, Chi-Yuen Wang, Jiansheng Chen, Jiaqi Chen, D.A. Barry, Tao Wang, Ling Li.
Earth Science
Missing water from the Qiangtang Basin on the Tibetan Plateau. Geology , 2021, 49(7):
Education Background: 867–872.

1983-1988 B.Eng. Tsinghua University

1991-1993 M.Eng.Sci University of Western Australia
1994-1996 Ph.D. University of Western Australia
Research Areas:
1. Environmental Hydrology
2. Interactions between Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes
3. Modelling of Complex Eco-environmental Systems
X Chen, IR Santos, M Call, GMS Reithmaier, D Maher, C Holloway, P.D. Wadnerkar, P.
Gómez‐Álvarez, C.J. Sanders, Ling Li. The mangrove CO2 pump: Tidally driven pore‐water
exchange. Limnology and Oceanography , 2021, 66(4): 1563-1577.
Y. Ma, X.-Z. Kong, C. Zhang, A. Scheuermann, D. Bringemeier, Ling Li. Quantification of
Natural CO2 Emission Through Faults and Fracture Zones in Coal Basins. Geophysical
Research Letters, 2021, e2021GL092693.
 Charge Transport
Wenbin Li（李文彬） Properties of
Advanced 2D Phase Change
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Materials
Engineering Semiconductors
Email: liwenbin@westlake.edu.cn

Peptide Self-Assembly
Awards and Honors:
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship
Junior Research Fellowship of Wolfson College, Oxford
R&D 100 Award Team Member

Subjects:
Representative Outcomes:
Materials Science and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1. W. Li*, X. Qian, J. Li*, “Phase Transitions in 2D Materials”, Nature Reviews Materials,
Education Background: 6, 829–846 (2021)

2004-2008 B.E., Zhejiang University

2008-2011 M.S., University of Pennsylvania 2. W. Li, J. Li, “Ferroelasticity and Domain Physics in Two-Dimensional Transition Metal
2011-2015 Ph.D., MIT Dichalcogenides”, Nature Communications, 7, 10843 (2016)

Research Areas: 3. W. Li, S. Poncé, F. Giustino, “Dimensional Crossover in the Carrier Mobility of 2D
1. Electron-Phonon Interactions in Advanced Semiconductors Semiconductors: The Case of InSe”, Nano Letters, 19, 1774-1781 (2019)
2. Phase Changes in Low-Dimensional Chalcogenides
3. Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Design of Soft Materials
 Robot Audition
Xiaofei Li（李晓飞）
Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Email: lixiaofei@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://audio.westlake.edu.cn/

Awards and Honors:

Subjects: Personal Sound Zone
Acoustic, Audio and Speech Signal Processing
Deep Learning

Representative Outcomes:
Education Background:
Xiaofei Li, Yutong Ban, Laurent Girin, Xavier Alameda-Pineda, Radu Horaud,“Online
2003-2007 B.S., Beijing Institute of Machinery Industry
Localization and Tracking of Multiple Moving Speakers in Reverberant Environments”,
2007-2013 Ph.D., Peking University
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, 13 (1), 88 – 103, 2019.

Research Areas: Xiaofei Li, Laurent Girin, Sharon Gannot, Radu Horaud,“Multichannel Speech Separation
and Enhancement Using the Convolutive Transfer Function”, IEEE/ACM Transactions
1. Speech Denoising, Dereverberation, Separation and Localization
on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, 27 (3), 645 – 659, 2019.
2. Sound and Speech Recognition
3. Sound Field Reproduction
Xiaofei Li, Laurent Girin, Sharon Gannot, Radu Horaud, “Multichannel Online
Dereverberation based on Spectral Magnitude Inverse Filtering”, IEEE/ACM
Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing, 27 (9), 1365 – 1377, 2019.

Stan Z. Li (李子青)
Chair Professor in AI
Stan.ZQ.Li@westlake.edu.cn
Achievements – Academia
Google Scholar index 49400+, H-index 128
Published 400+ papers, 10 books
Served Chair, Program Chair or Committee for 100+ Intl. Conferences

Awards and Honors

IEEE Fellow
IAPR Fellow
Honorary Doctorate of Oulu University Achievements – Industry

Research Areas Pioneered Face Recognition Research and Applications

Made 15 International, National and Industrial Standards
AI, Machine Learning
AI+ Cross-Disciplines
Face Recog. System Face Border-Control Face Beijing Olympia

Education Background

1991 Ph.D. Surrey University, UK

1985 M.Eng. National Univ. of Defense Technology
1982 B.Eng. Hunan University
 Environmental
Functional Materials AI Online Water Quality
Kai Liu（刘剀） Sensors and
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Decentralized
and Engineering Wastewater treatment
Email: Liukai@westlake.edu.cn
Website:
https://prezi.com/i/zxdntn3ostkd/water-lab-
research-intro-20210713/ Transient and
Stationary Behaviors of
Awards and Honors: Photoelectrochemical
Reactions
Editorial Board of Chemosphere

Subjects:
Environmental Science and Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Education Background:
2005-2009 B.S., Chemistry at Louisiana State University
2009-2012 M.S., Chemistry at University of Houston
2013-2016 Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering at
Tsinghua University
Research Areas:
1. Fate and Transport of Emerging Pollutants
2. Degradation of Emerging Pollutants
3. Application of Artificial Intelligence in Environmental Science
Representative Outcomes:
Liu, K; Yu, ML; Wang, HY; Wang, J; Liu, WP; Hoffmann, M. “Metal-Organic
Frameworks Derived Multi-Phase Porous Electrochemical Catalysts for Sustainable
Electro-Fenton Degradation of Herbicides” Environ. Sci. Technol. 53: 6474-6482,
2019.
Liu, K; Yu, Joseph Che-Chin; Dong, H; Wu, Jeffrey C. S.; Hoffmann, M. “Degradation
and Mineralization of Carbamazepine Using an Electro-Fenton Reaction Catalyzed by
Magnetite Nanoparticles Fixed on an Electrocatalytic Carbon Fiber Textile Cathode”
Environ. Sci. Technol. 52: 12667-12674, 2018.
Liu, K; Gao, YX; Liu, J; Zhao, Y; Zhang, K; Yu, G. “Photoreactivity of Metal Organic
Frameworks in Aqueous Solutions: Metal Dependency of Reactive Oxygen Species
Production” Environ. Sci. Technol. 50: 3634-3640, 2016.
 3D Computer Vision
Peidong Liu（刘沛东） for Mobile robots
Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence and
Data Science
Email: liupeidong@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat：u0804128
Website: https://ethliup.github.io/

Awards and Honors:

Vision based localization
Guan Zhao-zhi Best Paper Award 3D dense reconstruction
and mapping (SLAM)

Subjects:

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Representative Outcomes:
Education Background:
Liu et al, “MBA-VO: Motion Blur Aware Visual Odometry”, In International Conference
2008-2012 B.E., National University of Singapore on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2021, Oral presentation (Acceptance Ratio: 3%)
2014-2015 M.E., National University of Singapore
2015-2021 Ph.D., ETH Zurich Liu et al. “Deep Shutter Unrolling Network”, In Computer Vision and Pattern
Recognition (CVPR), 2020
Research Areas:

1. Computer Vision (3D) Liu et al. “Towards Robust Visual Odometry with a Multi-Camera System”, In
2. Robotic Localization and 3D Perception International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018
3. Geometric Deep Learning
4. AI + Other disciplines
 Photovoltaic materials and devices
Dianyi Liu（柳佃义）
Assistant Professor Artificial
Materials Science and Engineering Photosynthesis
Electronics and Information Engineering
Email: liudianyi@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: littleplato Interdisciplinary area
Perovskite Transparent PV
Website: nature.westlake.edu.cn

Subjects

i. Materials Science and Engineering

ii. Electronics and Information Engineering
Ultra-flexible PV wire Optoelectronic applications on visual intervention
iii. Chemistry

Research Areas
1. Transparent photovoltaics and fiber solar cells
2. Wearable electronics
3. Optoelectronic applications on visual intervention
Representative Outcomes
1. Dianyi Liu, Chenchen Yang, Richard R. Lunt*. Halide Perovskites for Selective Ultraviolet-Harvesting
Transparent Photovoltaics. Joule, 2018, 2, 1827-1837.

2. Dianyi Liu, Qiong Wang, Christopher J. Traverse, Chenchen Yang, Mark Elinski, Margaret Young,
Recruitment Plan in 2022 Padmanaban S. Kuttipillai, Thomas W. Hamann, Richard R. Lunt*. Impact of Ultrathin C60 on
Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices. ACS Nano, 2018, 12, 876-883.
i. PhD Student: 4
3. Dianyi Liu, Timothy L. Kelly*. Perovskite Solar Cells with a Planar Heterojunction Structure Prepared
ii. Postdoc: 3
Using Room-Temperature Solution Processing Techniques. Nature Photonics, 2014, 8, 133-138.
 Defect Engineering for Operando Materials Ionotronic Materials
Next-generation Solid Characterizations for and Devices for Neuro-
Qiyang Lu（陆启阳） Oxide Cells Probing Ionic Defects morphic Computing
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and
Engineering
Email: luqiyang@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: luqy08
Website: https://ssi-westlake.com/

Awards and Honors:

Ross Coffin Purdy Award, American Ceramic Society (2018)
Best Ph.D Thesis Award, DMSE, MIT (2018)
Graduate Student Gold Award, Materials Research Society (2017)
Award for Outstanding Student Abroad, CSC (2016)

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Materials Science and Engineering Qiyang Lu*, Samuel Huberman*, Gang Chen, Bilge Yildiz et al., Bi-directional tuning of
Electrical Science and Technology
thermal transport in SrCoOx with electrochemically induced phase transitions, Nature
Education Background: Materials, 19 (2020) 655-662

2008-2012 B.S., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2012-2018 Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Research Areas:
1. Solid state ionics and solid-state electrochemistry
2. Reversible solid oxide cells (SOCs) for hydrogen energy
3. Functional oxide thin films and ceramics
Nikolay Tsvetkov*, Qiyang Lu*, Lixin Sun, Ethan Crumlin, and Bilge Yildiz, Improved
chemical and electrochemical stability of perovskite oxides with less reducible cations at
the surface, Nature Materials 15 (2016) 1010-1016
Qiyang Lu and Bilge Yildiz, Voltage-controlled Topotactic Phase Transition in Thin film
SrCoOx Monitored by in situ X-ray Diffraction, Nano Letters 16 (2016), 1186-1193
 Phototunable self-
Jiu-an Lv（吕久安） oscillating systems
Assistant Professor of School of Engineering
Opto-microfluidics
Email: lvjiuan@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: SNC571358
Website:https://www.westlake.edu.cn/academics/Sch
ool_of_Engineering/Research/ElectricalEngineeringDi
vision/Faculty/202006/t20200618_5964.shtml

Awards and Honors: Assembly technology

Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of C-MRS

Top Ten Technological Developments in Shanghai (2017)
Top Ten Technological Developments in
Subjects: Shanghai
Representative Outcomes:
Materials Science and Engineering
Zhiming Hu, Yunlong Li，and Jiu-an Lv*. Phototunable Self-Oscillating System Driven
Education Background:
by a Self-Winding Fiber Actuator. Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 3211.
2001-2005 B.S., Northwest University, China
2005-2008 M.S., Northwest University, China Zhiming Hu#, Wei Fang#, Qunyang Li, Xi-Qiao Feng* and Jiu-an Lv*. Optocapillarity-
2011-2015 Ph.D., Fudan University, China Driven Assembly and Reconfiguration of Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuators. Nature
Communications, 2020, 11, 5780.
Research Areas:
1. Smart soft materials Jiu-an Lv, Yuyun Liu, Jia Wei, Erqiang Chen, Lang Qin and Yanlei Yu*. Photocontrol of
2. Light-driven soft actuators and artificial muscles Fluid Slugs in Liquid Crystal Polymer Microactuators. Nature, 2016, 537, 179-184.
3. Phototunable self-oscillating systems, and opto-microfluidics
 Neurotransmitters Neurorecording and Neuroimaging Techniques
Detection Techniques
Mohamad Sawan
Chair Professor of Micro/Nanoelectronics and
Bioengineering
Email: sawan@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: msawan_wu2018
Lab URL: https://cenbrain.westlake.edu.cn/
Personal URL: http://www.mohamadsawan.org

Awards and Honors:

Deep learning in
Fellow of the IEEE chips for
Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Stroke and
Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
Zhejiang West Lake Friendship Award
Epileptic Seizures
Emeritus Professor, Polytechnique, University of Montreal Prediction

Subjects:
Electronic Sciences and Technologies Representative Outcomes:

Education Background:
1980-1983 B.S., Laval University, Canada
1984-1986 M.S., University of Sherbrooke, Canada
1996-2001 Ph.D., University of Sherbrooke, Canada
Research Areas:
1. Micro/Nanoelectronics and Microsystems
2. Bioelectronics, Biosensors, System-on-chip, Lab-on-chip
3. Healthcare diagnosis and prediction.
Rong, R.; Mendez, A.; Bou Assi, E.; Zhao, B.; Sawan, M. *,“Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare:
Review and Prediction Case Studies”, Engineering, 2020, 6(3), 291-301
Zhao, S.; Yang, J.; Sawan, M.*“Energy-Efficient Neural Network for Epileptic Seizure
Prediction ”, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Online, July 2021
Su, Y.; Li, N.; Wang, L.; Rong, G.; Lin, R.; Zheng, Y.; Sawan, M.* “Stretchable Transparent
Supercapacitors for Wearable and Implantable Medical Devices”, Advanced Materials
Technologies, Online, September 2021.
 Cryo-electron
microscopy
Siying Peng（彭斯颖） Topological
photonics
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and
Engineering 10μm
Email: pengsiying@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: psyphotonics137
Website: http://pengsylab.com/

Awards and Honors: Semiconductor

GLAM postdoctoral fellowship materials for photonics

Subjects:
Materials Science and Engineering Representative Outcomes:
Energy materials
Peng, S.; Schilder N.; Atwater H.; Polman A.; et. al.“Probing the band structure of
topological silicon photonic lattices in the visible spectrum”, P.R.L. , 2019, 122, 117401
Education Background:
2007-2011 B.S., Texas A&M University Peng, S.; Atwater H.; et. al “Three-dimensional single gyroid photonic crystal with a
2011-2017 Ph.D., California Institute of Technology mid-infrared bandgap”, ACS Photonics, 2016, 3, 1131

Peng, S.; et al, “Plasmons and inter-band transitions of hexagonal close packed gold
Research Areas:
nanoparticles”, A.P.L. , 2019, 115, 051107
1. Nanophotonics
2. Cryo-electron microscopy
3. Semiconductor materials for photonics
 Ice Lithography
Min Qiu（仇旻）
Chair Professor of Photonics, School of
Engineering
Email: qiu_lab@westlake.edu.cn
Smart Applications Micro Photoactuators

Awards and Honors:

Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA)
Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
Fellow of the Chinese Optical Society (COS)

Subjects:
Representative Outcomes:
Electronics Science and Technology
Optical Engineering Ni Tang, Lei Zhang, Jianbin Zhou, Jiandong Yu, Boqu Chen, Yuxin Peng, Xiaoqing Tian,
Wei Yan, Jiyong Wang*, Min Qiu*. "Nonlinear color space coded by additive digital
Education Background: pulses." Optica 8, 977-983 (2021)

1991-1995 B.S., Zhejiang University
1995-1999 Ph.D., Zhejiang University
1999-2001 Ph.D., KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Research Areas:
1. Advanced Nanofabrication Technology and Instruments
2. Thermal Photonics and Energy Applications
3. Optoelectronic Devices for Intelligent Applications
Yu-Hui Chen, Ronnie R. Tamming, Kai Chen, Zhepeng Zhang, Fengjiang Liu, Yanfeng
Zhang, Justin M. Hodgkiss, Richard J. Blaikie, Boyang Ding*, Min Qiu*. "Bandgap control
in two-dimensional semiconductors via coherent doping of plasmonic hot electrons"
Nature Communications 12, 4332 (2021)
Yu Hong, Ding Zhao, Jiyong Wang, Jinsheng Lu, Guangnan Yao, Dongli Liu, Hao Luo,
Qiang Li, Min Qiu*. "Solvent-free nanofabrication based on ice-assisted electron beam
lithography". Nano Letters 20, 8841-8846 (2020)
 Epitaxial semiconductor
heterostructures
Enzheng Shi（师恩政） vdW
semiconductor
Assistant Professor, PI, in Materials Science
heterostructures
and Engineering
Email: shienzheng@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://shilab.mysxl.cn

Awards and Honors: Novel 2D hybrid

1. Academic Top 10, College of Engineering, Peking University perovskites
2. Outstanding Graduates of Peking University
3. Outstanding PhD Dissertation of Peking University

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Materials Science and Engineering
Education Background:
2006-2010 B.S. in Shandong University
2010-2015 Ph.D. in Peking University
Research Areas:
1. Synthesis of novel nano semiconductor materials
2. Semiconductor heterostructures
3. Assembly and manipulation of low-dimensional materials
1. Akriti‡, E. Shi‡, S. B. Shiring‡, J. Yang, C. L. Atencio-Martinez, B. Yuan, X. Hu, Y. Gao, B. P. Finkenauer,
A. Pistone, Y. Yu, P. Liao, B. M. Savoie, L. Dou*, Nat. Nanotechnol. 2021, 16, 584-591.
2. E. Shi, L. Dou, Acc. Mater. Res. 2020, 1, 213-224.
3. E. Shi‡, B. Yuan‡, S. B. Shiring, Y. Gao, Akriti, Y. Guo, C. Su, M. Lai, P. Yang, J. Kong, B. M. Savoie*, Y.
Yu*, L. Dou*,, Nature 2020, 580, 614-620.
4. S. Deng‡, E. Shi‡, L. Yuan, L. Jin, L. Dou, L. Huang*, Nat. Commun. 2020, 11, 664.
5. E. Shi‡, S. Deng‡, B. Yuan, Y. Gao, Akriti, L. Yuan, C. S. Davis, D. Zemlyanov, Y. Yu, L. Huang, L. Dou,
ACS Nano 2019, 13, 1635-1644.
6. E. Shi, Y. Gao, B. P. Finkenauer, Akriti, A. H. Coffey, L. Dou*, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2018, 47, 6046-6072.
7. E. Shi‡, H. Li‡, L. Yang‡, J. Hou, Y. Li, L. Li, A. Cao*, Y. Fang*, Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 682-688.
8. Y Gao, E. Shi, S. Deng, S. B. Shiring, J. M. Snaider, C. Liang, B. Yuan, R. Song, S. M. Janke, A.
Liebman-Peláez, P. Yoo, M. Zeller, B. W. Boudouris, P. Liao, C. Zhu, V. Blum, Y. Yu, B. M. Savoie, L.
Huang, L. Dou*, Nat. Chem. 2019, 11, 1151–1157.
9. Y. Guo, P.-C. Shen, C. Su, A.-Y. Lu, M. Hempel, Y. Han, Q. Ji, Y. Lin, E. Shi, E. McVay, L. Dou, D. A.
Muller, T. Palacios, J. Li, X. Ling, J. Kong, PNAS 2019, 116, 3437.
10. Z. Li, Y. Cui, Z. Wu, C. Milligan, L. Zhou, G. Mitchell, B. Xu, E. Shi, J. T. Miller, F. H. Ribeiro, Y. Wu, Nat.
Catalysis 2018, 1, 349.
 Advanced modelling of complex processes in Environmental Sciences

Sergio Torres Prediction

Associate Professor and head of the Multi- and physical
Experiments
scale Multi-physics Modelling lab insight
Email: s.torres@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: SAGT09
Website: https://m3.westlake.edu.cn/

Awards and Honors: Multi-physics

Field site Modelling
Advance Queensland Fellow and software
Zhejiang Provincial Talent Recruitment Plan (Foreign Special
Program)
development

Subjects:
Computational Solid and Fluid Mechanics
Geo-Environmental Physics
Education Background:
2003 B.S., National University of Colombia
2006 M.S., National University of Colombia
2010 Ph.D., National University of Colombia
Research Areas:
1. Modelling of complex geo-environmental processes
2. Development of advance simulation and visualization techniques
Representative Outcomes:
• Pei Zhang, Siqi Sun, Yilin Chen, SA Galindo-Torres, Weicheng Cui. Coupled material
point Lattice Boltzmann method for modeling fluid–structure interactions with large
deformations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2021.114040.
• Mohammad Aminpour, Sergio Andres Galindo Torres, Alexander Scheuermann, Ling Li.
Slip-Flow Regimes in Nanofluidics: A Universal Superexponential Model. Physical
Review Applied (2021) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.15.054051.
• Galindo Torres Sergio Andres. A coupled Discrete Element Lattice Boltzmann Method
for the simulation of fluid-solid interaction with particles of general shapes. Computer
Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2013.06.004 .
 Agricultural diversification:
effects on ecosystem Interdisciplinary
Thomas C. Wanger services & yields research to solve
farmer issues with
Associate Professor of Sustainable Agricultural
technology
Systems Design & Engineering
Email: tomcwanger@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: tomcwanger
Website: https://tomcwanger.com
Spatial modelling, field
experiments, and policy
Awards and Honors: work to help the global
food systems
High Level Talent – Zhejiang Province, China transformation
EIPR National Scholar – Australia
Harold Woolhouse Prize – University of Adelaide, Australia
KP Barley Prize – University of Adelaide, Australia

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Food Systems Transformation Toledo-Hernández M, et al. (2021). Genome-Edited Tree Crops: Mind the Socioeconomic
Agroecology & AI
Implementation Gap. Trends in Ecology & Evolution , in press.
Education Background: Tscharntke T, et al. (2021). Beyond Organic Farming – Harnessing Biodiversity-Friendly
2007 B.S. & M.S., University of Tübingen, Germany (Biology) Landscapes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, in press.
2007 B.S. & M.S., University of Tübingen, Germany (ES Management)
2011 Ph.D., University of Adelaide, Australia (Environmental Sciences) Tamburini G, et al. (2020). Agricultural Diversification Promotes Multiple Ecosystem
Services without Compromising Yield. Science Advances 6: eaba1715.
Research Areas:
Wanger TC, et al. (2020) Integrating Agroecological Production in a Robust Post-2020
1. Food systems transformation Global Biodiversity Framework. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, 1150–52.
2. Environmental pollution
3. Agricultural technology Wanger TC, et al. (2014) Pollination Curbs Climate Risk to Cocoa. Nature 511, 155.
 Robot Behavior Deep Reinforcement Learning
Intelligence
Donglin Wang（王东林） Flexible Skill
Operation Evolution
Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Email: wangdonglin@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://milab.westlake.edu.cn/
Fast
Adaptation

Meta-Learning
Awards and Honors:
浙江省高层次人才特殊支持计划
杭州市高层次人才引进计划
杭州市优秀教师

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Artificial Intelligence
Q. Tian, G. Wang, J. Liu, D. Wang* and Y. Kang, "Independent Skill Transfer for Deep
Reinforcement Learning," In Proceedings of the 29th International Joint Conferences on
Education Background: Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Yokohama, Japan, 2020.

1999-2003 B.S., Xi’an Jiaotong University

2003-2006 M.S., Xi’an Jiaotong University T. Xiao, Z. Chen, D. Wang*, S. Wang, "Learning How to Propagate Messages in Graph
2006-2010 Ph.D., University of Calgary Neural Networks," ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and
Data Mining (KDD) , 2021.
Research Areas:
Deep Reinforcement Learning Z. Chen, J. Ge, H. Zhan, S. Huang, D. Wang*, "Pareto Self-Supervised Training for Few-
Deep Meta-Learning
Shot Learning," IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR),
Robot Behavior Intelligence
2021.
 Jianhui Wang（王建辉）
Assistant Professor
Email: wangjianhui@westlake.edu.cn
Website:
https://www.westlake.edu.cn/academics/School_of_Engi
neering/About/Faculty/202006/t20200618_5970.shtml

Awards and Honors:

National High-level Oversea Talent Project 海外高层次人才(青年项目)

Zhejiang Innovation Leading Talent Project 浙江省创新领军人才

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Materials Science and Engineering J. Wang et. al., Superconcentrated electrolytes for a high-voltage lithium-ion Battery,
Chemistry
Nature Communications 7 (2016), 12032; J. Wang et. al., Fire-extinguishing organic
Education Background: electrolytes for safe batteries, Nature Energy 3 (2018), 22-29 (Featured as Journal
Cover ); J. Wang (co-first author) et. al., Advances and issues in developing salt-
2002-2006 B.S., Zhejiang University
2006-2011 Joint Ph.D., Training in Zhejiang University, National concentrated battery electrolytes, Nature Energy 4 (2019), 269-280.
University of Singapore, and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
J. Wang et. al., Potassium-Modified Mg(NH2)2/2LiH System for Hydrogen Storage,
Research Areas:
Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 48 (2009), 5828-5832 (Featured as
1. Energy Storage Materials and Technologies Frontispiece); J. Wang et. al., Solid-solid heterogeneous catalysis: The role of potassium
2. Rechargeable Batteries & Full cells
in promoting the dehydrogenation of the Mg(NH2)2/2LiH composite, ChemSusChem 6
3. Electrochemistry
(2013), 2181-2189.
 Lei Wang（王蕾）
Zhongzhi Assistant Professor of Environmental 1. Novel biomass pretreatment technology
Science and Engineering
Email: lei_wang@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: leiwang_UK

Awards and Honors:

' Excellent Research Award' in the 19th EUBCE conference
Hangzhou Talent program recipient 2. Advanced biomaterials and biofuels 3. Multi-scale circular bioeconomy model

Subjects:
Chemical Engineering Representative Outcomes:
Environmental Science and Engineering
Wood chemistry and biomaterials Liu F., Dong X. Zhao X., Wang L.* Life cycle assessment of organosolv biorefinery designs
with the complete use of biomass, Energy Conversion and Management , 2021, 15, 246
Education Background: Liu F., Liu H., Yang N., Wang L.*, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021, 169, 105541
2006-2006 B.S., Tsinghua University Pang B. †, Sun Z. †, Wang L.†, Deuss P.J., Yuan T.Q. and Sun R. C. et al., Chemical Engineering
2006-2007 M.S., Imperial College London, UK Journal, 2021, 419, 129565
2008-2012 Ph.D., Imperial College London, UK

Research Areas: Wang et al., Energy & Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 8281-8293; Wang et al., Energy &
Environmental Science, 2012, 5, 5717-5730.
1. Wood chemistry
2. Biomass based materials
3. Process simulation and sustainability assessment Wang et al., RSER, 2015, 47, 151-161; Wang et al., Green Chemistry, 2014, 16 (3), 1527-1533;
Wang et al., Applied Energy, 2013,111, 1172-1182.
 Defect Manipulation
Rui Wang（王睿） Tunning Electronic Structure

Assistant Professor
Email: wangrui@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://wr-lab.com/

Awards and Honors: Tandem Solar Cells

2021 Forbes China 30 Under 30

Winner of NSF I-Corps at UC Berkeley
3rd Prize of Dow’s Chemical Sustainability Award
3rd Prize of Big Ideas at UC Berkeley

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Materials Science and Engineering
Electronic Science and Technology 1. Rui Wangǂ et al., Constructive molecular configurations for surface-defect passivation
of perovskite photovoltaics, Science, 2019, 366, 1509-1513.
Education Background:
2011-2015 B.Eng., Jilin University 2. Jingjing Xueǂ, Rui Wangǂ et al., Reconfiguring the band-edge states of photovoltaic
2015-2016 M.Eng., University of California, Berkeley
2016-2020 Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles perovskites by conjugated organic cations, Science, 2021, 371, 636.

Research Areas: 3. Rui Wangǂ et al., Prospectus of Metal Halide Perovskite Based Tandem Solar Cells,
1. Perovskite Photovoltaics Nature Photonics, 2021, 15, 411–425
2. Organic Photovoltaics
3. Perovskite Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
 Yajie Wang（王雅婕）
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Self-regeneration
Engineering Self-optimization
Email: wangyajie@westlake.edu.cn Self-regulation
Website: Environmentally Friendly
https://www.westlake.edu.cn/academics/School_of_Engin
eering/Research/nmnyzx/Faculty/202102/t20210225_857
Sustainable
5.shtml

Bio-Chem-AI platform for

Awards and Honors: biosynthesis of advanced
biomaterial and value-added
Singapore National Scholar compounds synthesis
Co-chair of AIChE Annual Meeting
Review Board of Department of Energy, USA
Representative Outcomes:
Subjects:
Materials Science and Engineering Litman, Z. C.#; Wang, Y.#; (co-first); Zhao, H.* & Hartwig, J. F.*, “Cooperative
Chemistry tandem systems combining photocatalyzed isomerization and enzymatic
reduction.” Nature, 560, 355-359 (2018).
Education Background:
2008-2012 B.E., Nanyang Technological University Wang, Y.; Huang, X.; Hui J.; Vo, L. & Zhao, H. “Stereoconvergent reduction of
2013-2018 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign alkenes by a nicotinamide free synergistic photoenzymatic system.” ACS. Catal. 10,
9431-9437 (2020)
Research Areas:
1. Biocatalysis and protein engineering Wang, Y.#; Xue, P.#, Cao, M., Yu, T., Lane, S., Zhao, H.*, “Directed evolution:
2. Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology
methodologies and applications”Chem. Rev. 2021.
3. Engineered living materials
 Al micro/nanoimprinting
technique
Liaoyong Wen（文燎勇）
Multi-scale architectures
Assistant Professor of Electronic and Electrical
Engineering
Email: wenliaoyong@westlake.edu.cn
Website:
www.westlake.edu.cn/academics/School_of_Engineerin
g/About/Faculty/202006/t20200618_5972.shtml

Awards and Honors: Multi-component devices

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad (2015)
PostDoc Seed Grant Funding Award (University of Connecticut, 2018)
Best Oral Paper Prize from CMOC conference (IEEE, 2018)

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Electronic and Electrical Engineering 1. Dang Y., Wu T., Tan H., Wang J., Cui C., Kerns P., Zhao W., Posada L., Wen L.Y.,*, Suib. S.
Materials Science and Engineering
L.*, “Partially reduced Ru/RuO2 composites as efficient and pH-universal electrocatalysts
Education Background: for hydrogen evolution”, Energy Environ. Sci., 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D1EE02380B.

2002-2006 B.S., Zhengzhou University

2011-2016 Ph.D., Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
Research Areas:
1. Aluminum Micro/Nanoimprinting and Anodization
2. Multi-scale/component Architectures and Materials
3. Optoelectronic Devices, Sensors and Energy Devices
2. Wen L.Y.+, Xu R.+, Cui C., Tang W.X., Mi Y., Lu X.X., Zeng Z.Q., Suib S.S, Gao P.X.*, Lei Y.*,
Template-Guided Programmable Janus Heteronanostructure Arrays for Efficient Plasmonic
Photocatalysis, Nano Lett. , 18, 4914–4921, 2018
3. Wen L.Y., Xu R., Yan M., Lei Y.*, Multiple nanostructures based on anodized aluminum
oxide templates, Nat. Nanotechnol., 12, 244–250, 2017.
 3D graphene
Yuxi Xu（徐宇曦）
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and 2D polymers
Engineering
Email: xuyuxi@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: synthon
Website:https://www.westlake.edu.cn/academics/Sc
hool_of_Engineering/About/Faculty/202006/t20200
618_5973.shtml
Electrochemi
Awards and Honors:
cal energy
Young Innovator Award of Nano Research (2021)
Excellent Young Funding of NSFC (2020)
Ten Thousand Plan of Zhejiang Province (2020)
Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (2018-2020)
Second Prize of Natural Science Award of China (2017)
Subjects: Representative Outcomes:
Materials Science and Engineering 1. Chaoqun Niu, Wenjia Luo, Chenmin Dai, Chengbing Yu, Yuxi Xu*, “High-Voltage
Chemistry
Tolerant Covalent Organic Framework Electrolyte with Holistically Oriented Channels for
Education Background: Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries with Nickel-Rich Cathodes”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2021, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107444.
2003-2007 B.S., Wuhan University
2007-2011 Ph.D., Tsinghua University 2. Minmin Fan, Dankui Liao, Mohamed F. Aly Aboud, Imran Shakir, Yuxi Xu*, “A
2011-2015 Postdoc., University of California, Los Angeles Universal Strategy toward Ultrasmall Hollow Nanostructures with Remarkable
Electrochemical Performance”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 8247-8254.
Research Areas:
3. Jingjing Liu, Wu Zan, Ke Li, Yang Yang, Fanxing Bu, Yuxi Xu*, “Solution Synthesis of
1. 2D materials (graphene/2D polymer/silicene) Semiconducting Two-Dimensional Polymer via Trimerization of Carbonitrile”, J. Am.
2. Energy storage and conversion
Chem. Soc. , 2017, 139, 11666-11669.
3. Industrialization of 2D materials
 Interpretable computer- Model generaliztion
Lin Yang(杨林) aided diagnosis in multi-domains
Associate Professor of Computer Science and biomedical images
Technology
Email: yanglin@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: Tonyyang177
Website: https://www.yanglinlab.com/

limited supervion in
Awards and Honors: biomedical analysis

Young Scientist Best Paper Award in the International Conference

on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention
(MICCAI 2015).

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Computer Science and Technology “Generalizing Nucleus Recognition Model in Multi-source Ki67 Immunohistochemistry
Stained Images via Domain-specific Pruning”, MICCAI , 2021.
Education Background:
“Pathology-level interpretable whole-slide cancer diagnosis with deep learning”,
1995-1999 B.S. Xi'an Jiaotong University
1999-2002 M.S. Xi'an Jiaotong University Nature Machine Intelligence, Vol. 1, pp. 236-245, 2019.
2004-2009 Ph.D. Rutgers University
“Text-guided neural network training for image recognition in natural scenes and
Research Areas:
medicine”, IEEE transactions on pattern analysis and machine intelligence, 2019.
1. Artificial intelligence and biomedical image analysis
2. Computer vision
3. Machine learning
 Extraction of high-purity elemental phosphorus Utilization of steel slag
from sewage sludge ash by in coastal seabed for
Xiao Yang （杨肖） molten salt electrochemistry marine forest creation
Assistant Professor of Extractive metallurgy 1 cm CO2 CO2
Email: yangxiao@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: mryangxiao2020 O2
O2

Fe2+

Awards and Honors:

Sewage Sludge Elemental
Key scientific article of Advances In Engineering (2021) sludge ash Molten salt phosphorus
Incineration S lag-based
Brain Pool fellowship of National Research Foundation of Korea (2019) electrolysis fertilizer
Best paper award of the Electrochemical Society of Japan（2014）

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Extractive metallurgy
Y. Sakurai, X. Yang, Y. Hisaka, F Tsukihashi “Nutrient Supply to Seawater from Steelmaking
Environmental engineering
Slag: The Coupled Effect of Gluconic Acid Usage and Slag Carbonation”,
Education Background: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B , 2020, 51, 1039-1047
1999-2003 B.S., Beihang University
2003-2006 M.S., Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Acad. of Sci. X. Yang, T. Nohira“A New Concept for Producing White Phosphorus: Electrolysis of
2006-2009 Ph.D., The University of Tokyo Dissolved Phosphate in Molten Chloride”,
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 51, 13784-13792
Research Areas:
1. Molten salt electrochemistry X. Yang, L. Ji, X. Zou, T. Lim, J. Zhao, E. Yu, A. J. Bard“Toward Cost-effective Manufacturing
2. Extractive metallurgy
3. Materials recycling of Si Solar Cells: Electrodeposition of High Quality Si Films in a CaCl2-based Molten Salt”,
Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 2017, 56, 15078-15082
 Computational Imaging
Systems
Xin Yuan（袁鑫）
Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence
Email: xyuan@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: 279815327
Website: https://xyvirtualgroup.github.io

Awards and Honors:

World's top 2% scientists (by Stanford University 2020)

Best paper awards of COSI 2013, 2014, ICME 2020

Subjects:
Artificial Intelligence Representative Outcomes:
Computational Imaging
Z. Wang, H. Zhang, Z, Cheng, B. Chen and X. Yuan, “MetaSCI: Scalable and Adaptive
Education Background: Reconstruction for Video Compressive Sensing,” IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer
Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) , 2021. PnP-SCI (CVPR 2020, IEEE-TPAMI 2021),
2003-2007 B.Eng., Xidian University RevSCI (CVPR 2021), Deep GSM (CVPR 2021), Self-Supervised SCI (ICCV 2021), TSA-net
2007-2009 M.Eng., Xidian University (ECCV 2020), BIRNAT (ECCV 2020), 𝜆𝜆-net (ICCV 2019), DeSCI (IEEE-TPAMI 2019).
2009-2012 Ph.D., Hong Kong Polytechnic University
X. Yuan, D. Brady, and A. Katsaggelos, “Snapshot Compressive Imaging: Theory,
Research Areas: Algorithms and Applications,” IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 65-
88, March 2021.
1. Snapshot Compressive Imaging
2. Machine Learning X. Yuan and S. Han, “Single-Pixel Neutron Imaging with Artificial Intelligence: Breaking
3. Computational Optics and Image Processing the Barrier in Multi-Parameter Imaging, Sensitivity and Spatial Resolution,” The
Innovation: Cell Press, 2021.
 Grec(WWW2020)；
Gap-filling for RS
PeterRec(SIGIR2020);
Fajie Yuan（原发杰） General-purpose
user representation
Assistant Professor of AI
Email: yuanfajie@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: wuxiangwangyuan
Website: https://fajieyuan.github.io
Conure(SIGIR2021);
Lifelong learning
Recommender System
Awards and Honors:
Shenzhen High-level Overseas Study Abroad Talents (Peacock Project)
Jim Gatheral Travel Scholarship, Glasgow University

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Artificial Intelligence
F. Yuan, G. Zhang, A. Karatzoglou, J. Jose, B. Kong, Y. Li“One Person, One Model, One
Education Background: World: Learning Continual User Representation without Forgetting”, SIGIR , 2021, 696-705
2006-2010 B.S., Shandong Agricultural University F. Yuan, X. He, A. Karatzoglou, L. Zhang“Parameter-Efficient Transfer from Sequential
2010-2013 M.S., University of Electronic Science Behaviors for User Modeling and Recommendation”, SIGIR , 2020 1469-1478
and Technology of China F. Yuan, X. He, H.Jiang, G. Guo, J. Xiong, Z. Xu, Y. Xiong“Future Data Helps Training:
2014-2018 Ph.D., University of Glasgow, UK
Modelling Future Contexts for Session-based Recommendation”, WWW , 2020, 303-313
Research Areas:

1. Machine Learning
2. Recommender Systems
3. AI+Life Science (e.g., protein, gene)
 Synthetic Biology for Design
C1 and Electricity Based
of Metabolic Pathways and
Biomanufacturing of
An-Ping Zeng（曾安平） Chemicals and Biologics
Cell Factory

Chair Professor of Synthetic Biology and

Biological Engineering
Email: anpingzeng@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://www.tuhh.de/ibb/home.html
Structure-Based Design of
Proteins as Enyzme and
Catalytic Biomaterial
Awards and Honors: 6.3 nm
Member of German National Academy of Science and Engineering
Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Excellent Supervisor of Chinese PhD Students, GDCH/GCCCD
Excellent Young Oversee Chinese Scholar

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Chemical and Biological Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Education Background:
1978-1982 B.S. , Nanchang University
1982-1984 M.S., Beijing Research Institute of Petroleum Processing
1986-1990 Ph.D., Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
Research Areas:
1. Bioprocess Engineering with Microbial and Mammalian Cells
2. Systems Metabolic Engineering
3. Synthetic Biology for Chemicals, Biologics and Biomaterials
(Selected from over 300 peer-reviewed SCI publications)
H. Meng, Q. Yuan, J. Ren, A. Zeng (2021) An aldolase-based new pathway for condensation
of formaldehyde and ethanol to synthesize 1,3-propanediol in Escherichia coli. ACS
Synthetic Biology, 10, 799–809.
T. Utesch, C. Groeger, W. Sabra, J. Baur, A. Zeng (2019) Enhanced electron transfer of
different mediators for strictly opposite shifting of metabolism in Clostridium pasteurianum
grown on glycerol in a new electrochemical bioreactor. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 116, 1627-1643 .
L. Chen, M. Chen, C. Ma, A. Zeng (2018) Discovery of feed-forward regulation in L-tryptophan
biosynthesis and its use in metabolic engineering of E. coli for efficient tryptophan
bioproduction. Metabolic Engineering, 47, 434-444
 主要研究：合成生物 （创始的平台公司即将完成1.5亿的首轮融资）

Kechun Zhang（张科春）
PI of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Email: zhangkechun@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: livantee
Website:https://en.westlake.edu.cn/academics/
School_of_Engineering/About/Our_People/Fac
ulty/201912/t20191215_2886.shtml

Awards and Honors:

• 浙江省海外高层次人才; 明尼苏达大学年轻教授的最高荣誉McKnight
Land-Grant Professorship; University of Minnesota Innovator
award（第一届的3个获奖者之一)
Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Synthetic Biology, Chemical Engineering, 1. McClintock, M.K., Fahnhorst, G.W., Hoye T.R., Zhang, K. Engineering the production
Materials Science and Engineering of dipicolinic acid in E. coli. Metab. Eng. 2018 Jul;48:208-217.

Education Background: 2. Tai Y.S., Xiong M., Jambunathan P., Wang J., Wang J., Stapleton C., Zhang K.
Engineering nonphosphorylative metabolism to generate lignocellulose-derived
1996-2001 B.S., USTC products.Nat. Chem. Biol. 2016 Apr;12(4):247-53.
2001-2007 Ph.D., Caltech
3. Xiong, M.; Schneiderman, D.K.; Bates, F.S.; Hillmyer, M. A*.; Zhang, K*. Scalable
production of mechanically tunable block polymers from sugar. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Research Areas:
Sci. USA 2014 111(23):8357-62.
1. Synthetic Biology and biomanufacturing
2. Biomolecular engineering
3. Advanced biomaterials
 Environmental occurrence Fate and transformation
LC-MS/MS
Aquatic O2

Yanyan Zhang（张岩岩）
LC-HRMS •OH
environment

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science UV light

•OH Fe(II)-bearing
and Engineering NO3−
DOM
sediments

Email: zhangyanyan@westlake.edu.cn NO2−

Website:
https://en.westlake.edu.cn/academics/School_ Site remediation Degradation mechanisms
H*
of_Engineering/About/Our_People/Faculty/202 S-nZVI Reaction
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Subjects:
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PMS, HSO5−
Reaction
Environmental Science mechanism

Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Engineering
Representative Outcomes:

Education Background: Zhang, Y. Y.; Moores, A.; Liu, J.X.; Ghoshal, S. New insights into the degradation
mechanism of perfluorooctanoic acid by persulfate from density functional theory and
2006-2010 B.S., Wuhan University
2010-2015 Ph.D., Peking University kinetics data. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 8672−8681

Zhang, Y. Y.; Liu, J.X.; Moores, A.; Ghoshal, S. Transformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer
Research Areas: sulfonate by cobalt (II) -activated peroxymonosulfate. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54,
4631−4640.
1. Emerging contaminants
2. Environmental transformation Zhang, Y.Y.; Pignatello, J. J.; Tao, S.; Xing, B. S. Bioaccessibility of PAHs in fuel soot
3. Degradation techniques and mechanisms
assessed by an in vitro digestive model with absorptive sink: Effect of food
4. DFT calculations
ingestion. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (24), 14641−14648.
 Satellite-based monitoring
Yuzhong Zhang（张羽中） of methane emissions Light absorbing
aerosols and their
Assistant professor climate impacts
Atmospheric Environment Research Group
Email: zhangyuzhong@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: zhang_yuzhong
Website: https://atmosphere-Westlake.com

Global atmospheric
Awards and Honors: oxidation capacity
simulation
Awardee of Zhejiang province oversea talent project

Subjects:
Environmental Science and Engineering Representative Outcomes:
Atmospheric Science
Yuzhong Zhang, Ritesh Gautam, Sudhanshu Pandey, Mark Omara, Joannes D.
Education Background: Maasakkers, Pankaj Sadavarte, et al. “Quantifying methane emissions from the largest
oil-producing basin in the United States from space.” Science Advances, 2020.
2006-2010 B.S., Peking University
2010-2015 Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Yuzhong Zhang, Haviland Forrister, Jiumeng Liu, Jack E Dibb, Bruce Anderson, Joshua P
Schwarz, et al.. “Top-of-atmosphere radiative forcing affected by brown carbon in the
Research Areas:
upper troposphere.” Nature Geoscience, 2017.
1. Air quality, greenhouse gas, and climate change
2. Atmospheric chemistry modeling
Yuzhong Zhang, Yuhang Wang. “Climate-driven ground-level ozone extreme in the fall
3. Environmental data analytics
over the Southeast United States.” PNAS, 2016.
 Syntactic and
Semantic Parsing
Yue Zhang（张岳） Natural
Associate Professor in Natural Language Language
Processing (NLP) Generation
Email: zhangyue@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://nlp.westlake.edu.cn/

Information
Awards and Honors: Extraction
Best paper award of COLING(2018) and IALP(2017)
Best paper honorable mention of SemEval(2020)
China Computer Federation (CCF) 青年新锐奖（2018）

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Natural Language Processing
Machine Learning
Education Background:
1999-2003 B.S., Tsinghua University, China
2005-2006 M.S., University of Oxford, UK
2006-2009 Ph.D., University of Oxford, UK
Research Areas:
1. Syntactic and semantic parsing.
2. Information extraction and natural language generation.
3. NLP for cross-disciplinary research in finance and bio-medical.
Book
Yue Zhang and Zhiyang Teng. Natural Language Processing. Cambridge University Press. 2021.
Conference proceedings
Wenyu Du, Zhouhan Lin, Yikang Shen, Timothy J. O’Donnell, Yoshua Bengio and Yue
Zhang*. Exploiting Syntactic Structure for Better Language Modeling: A Syntactic Distance
Approach. In Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for
Computational Linguistics (ACL ). 2020.
Yue Zhang and Jie Yang. Chinese NER Using Lattice LSTM. In Proceedings of 56th Annual
Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL ). 2018.
 Full House of Optical
Chip Development
Ziyang Zhang（张紫阳） Complete, own Nanofab
Associate Professor in Photonics
Email: zhangziyang@westlake.edu.cn
Weibo: 集成光学实验室

Active Tissue Targeting via Anchored ClicK chemistry (ATTACK)

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O/E Characterization
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Awards and Honors: O Cargo

and Integration
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National Overseas Young Talent Recruitment Program 2018

DBCO-Cargo

Cancer N3-Modified Cancer Cargo-Attached Cancer

Subjects:
Photonics, Microelectronics and Applied Physics
Representative Outcomes:
Education Background: Zhangqi Dang, Tao Chen, Zhenming Ding, Zexu Liu, Xiaodong Zhang, Xinhong Jiang, and
1998-2003 B.S., Zhejiang University Ziyang Zhang*, "Multiport all-logic optical switch based on thermally altered light paths
2003-2004 M.S., Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden in a multimode waveguide", Optics Letters, 46(13), 3025-3028 (2021).
2004-2008 Ph.D., Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Xinhong Jiang, Zhifang Yang, Zexu Liu, Zhangqi Dang, Zhenming Ding, Qing Chang, and
Research Areas:
Ziyang Zhang*, "3D integrated wavelength demultiplexer based on square-core fiber and
1. Integrated Optics and Waveguide Technology dual-layer arrayed waveguide gratings", Optics Express, 29(2), 2090–2098 (2021).
2. Optical Communication
3. Smart Optical Sensors
4. Photonic Computation Zhenming Ding, Ziyang Zhang*. "2D tactile sensor based on multimode interference and
5. Astrophotonics deep learning", Journal of Optics & Laser Technology , 136, 106760 (2021).
 Shiyu Zhao（赵世钰） Aerial robotic
Principle Investigator, Director of the manipulation
Intelligent Unmanned Systems Laboratory
Email: zhaoshiyu@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://shiyuzhao.westlake.edu.cn/

Intelligent sensing and control

Awards and Honors:

1,000 Talents Plan of China (Youth Program)

Guan Zhao-Zhi Award, 33rd Chinese Control Conference

Subjects:
Aerial robotics, intelligent autonomous systems
Education Background:
2002-2006 B.E., Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2006-2009 M.E., Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
2010-2014 Ph.D., National University of Singapore
Research Areas:
Representative Outcomes:
K. Li, J. Wang, C.-H. Lee, R. Zhou, and S. Zhao*, "Distributed cooperative guidance for
multi-vehicle simultaneous arrival without numerical singularities", AIAA Journal of
Guidance Control and Dynamics, vol. 43, no. 7, pp 1365-1372, 2020.
S. Zhao* and D. Zelazo, "Bearing rigidity theory and its applications for control and
estimation of network systems: life beyond distance rigidity", IEEE Control Systems
Magazine, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 66-83, 2019.

1. Micro aerial vehicles

2. Intelligent control and sensing S. Zhao*, "Affine formation maneuver control of multi-agent systems", IEEE Transactions
3. Swarm intelligence on Automatic Control, vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 4140-4155, 2018.
 Defect Engineering
for 2D Diode
Xiaorui Zheng（郑小睿） 2D FET via Scanning Probe
Lithography
Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering

Email: zhengxiaorui@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat: 260003780
Website: https://drxzheng.wixsite.com/mysite

Flat Optics via Laser

Awards and Honors: Printing
National Young Talents Plan

Zhejiang Provincial Talents Plan

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Electrical Engineering X. Zheng#, A. Calo#, E. Albisetti, et. al. “Patterning metal contacts on monolayer MoS2
Nanofabrication
with vanishing Schottky barrier via thermal nanolithography”, Nature Electronics, 2, 17
Education Background: (2019)
X. Zheng#, A. Calo#, T. Cao#, et. al. “Spatial defects nanoengineering for bipolar
2005-2009 B.S., Wuhan University
2009-2012 M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences conductivity in MoS2”, Nature Communications 11, 3463 (2020)
2012-2016 Ph.D., Swinburne University of Technology X. Zheng#, B. Jia#, H. Lin, et. al., “Highly efficient and ultra-broadband graphene oxide
ultrathin lenses with three-dimensional subwavelength focusing”, Nature
Research Areas:
Communications 6, 8433 (2015)
1. Scanning Probe lithography and Laser 3D printing X. Zheng, B. Jia, X. Chen, et. al.,, Advanced Materials, 26, 2699 (2014); X. Zheng, B. Xu, S.
2. Atomistic Defects Engineering
Li, et. al. “Free-standing graphene oxide polarizers”, Nanoscale 12, 11480 (2020)
3. Low-dimensional Optoelectronic Nanochips
 Nanjia Zhou（周南嘉） 1-10 𝜇𝜇m multimaterial
3D printing technology
Assistant Professor of EE 3D electronics
Email: zhounanjia@westlake.edu.cn
WeChat：nanjia421153
Website:https://www.westlake.edu.cn/academics
/School_of_Engineering/About/Faculty/202006/t
20200618_5983.shtml
http://www.enovate3d.com

Soft/wearable
Awards and Honors: electronics/Bio
MIT TR35 China
electronics
Qiushi Young Investigator Award
Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

EE, MSE, ME 1. Dongna Liu, Jingbo Ren, Jizhe Wang, Wang Xing, Qilin Qian, Hangyu Chen
and Nanjia Zhou*. Customizable and stretchable fibre-shaped electroluminescent
devices via mulitcore-shell direct ink writing. Journal of Materials Chemistry C,
Education Background: 2020,8, 15092-15098.
2006-2009 B.S., Pittsburg State University
2009-2014 Ph.D., Northwestern University 2.Yuan Yao, Chengzhen Yin, Shikai Hong, Hehao Chen, Qikun Shi, Jian Wang, Xingyu
Lu, Nanjia Zhou*, Lanthanide-Ion Coordinated Supramolecular Hydrogel Inks for 3D
Research Areas: Printed Full-Color Luminescence and Opacity Tuning Soft Actuators. Chemistry of
Materials, 2020, 32, 20, 8868–8876.
1. 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing
2. Nanofabrication 3. Zhou, N.; Bekenstein, Y.; Eisler, C. N.; Zhang D.; Schwartzberg A. M.; Yang P;
3. Bioelectronics/wearable electronics Alivisatos A. P.; Lewis A. J. Science Advances 2019, eaav8141.
 Wearable sensors for
healthcare
Low-power metal oxide
Westlake Flextronics Lab thin-film transistors
Bowen Zhu（朱博文）
Assistant Professor in School of Engineering
Email: zhubowen@westlake.edu.cn
Website: https://tft-westlake.com/

Active-matrix sensor
Awards and Honors: arrays
ARC DECRA Fellow (2017-2019)
“Qianjiang”Scholar Program (2020-2022)

Subjects:
Electronic Science and Technology Representative Outcomes:
Materials Science and Engineering

Education Background:
2010 B.S., Chemistry, Jilin University
2016 Ph.D., Materials Science, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore
Research Areas:
 Skin-inspired flexible electronics
 Metal oxide semiconductor thin-film transistors
 Soft electronic materials and interfaces
Liang, K.; Li, D.; Ren, H.; Zhao, M.; Wang, H.; Ding, M.; Xu, G.; Zhao, X.; Long, S.; Zhu, S.;
Sheng, P.; Li, W.; Lin, X.; Zhu, B.*, Fully Printed High-Performance n-Type Metal Oxide
Thin-Film Transistors Utilizing Coffee-Ring Effect. Nano-Micro Letters 2021, 13, 164.
Li, D.; Du, J.; Tang, Y.; Liang, K.; Wang, Y.; Ren, H.; Wang, R.; Meng, L.*; Zhu, B.*; Li, Y.,
Flexible and Air-Stable Near-Infrared Sensors Based on Solution-Processed Inorganic–
Organic Hybrid Phototransistors. Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31, 2105887.
Li, D.; Zhao, M.; Liang, K.; Ren, H.; Wu, Q.; Wang, H.*; Zhu, B.*, Flexible Low-Power
Source-Gated Transistors with Solution-Processed Metal–Oxide Semiconductors.
Nanoscale 2020, 12, 21610-21616.
 Point defects in Disordered high Materials and interfaces
Yizhou Zhu（朱一舟） inorganic materials entropy materials in energy storage systems

Assistant Professor of Materials Science

and Engineering
Email: zhuyizhou@westlake.edu.cn

Awards and Honors:

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self Finance
Students Abroad
Future Faculty Fellow (University of Maryland, College Park)

Subjects: Representative Outcomes:

Materials Science and Engineering
Education Background:
2007-2011 B.S., Peking University
2011-2014 M.E., Peking University
2014-2018 Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park
Research Areas:
1. Computational materials science
2. Materials for energy
3. Machine learning and data mining in materials science
Zhu, Y; He, X; Mo, Y. “Origin of outstanding stability in the lithium solid electrolyte
materials: insights from thermodynamic analyses based on first principles calculations”.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015, 7, 23685-23693
Zhu, Y; He, X; Mo, Y. “First principles study on electrochemical and chemical stability of
solid electrolyte-electrode interfaces in all-solid-state Li-ion batteries”. Journal of
Materials Chemistry A , 2016, 4, 3253-3266
Zhu, Y; Mo, Y. “Materials Design Principles for Air‐Stable Lithium/Sodium Solid
Electrolytes”. Angewandte Chemie International Edition , 2020, 59 (40), 17472-17476
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