| Yang group members | Room | Phone | |
| Principal investigator | |||
| Shu Yang | 203 LRSM | 215-898-9645 | shuyang@seas.upenn.edu |
| PhD Students | |||
| Steven Cheng | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | chengste@seas.upenn.edu |
| Yuchong (Arden) Gao | 204 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | yuchongg@seas.upenn.edu |
| Jason Christopher Jolly | 222 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | chrjason@seas.upenn.edu |
| Heesuk Jung | 222 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | heesukj@seas.upenn.edu |
| Jiaqi Liu | 204 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | jiaqiliu@seas.upenn.edu |
| So Hee Nah | 222 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | soheenah@seas.upenn.edu |
| Yuchen Wang | 204 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | yuchenwa@seas.upenn.edu |
| Master Students | |||
| Alexandro Herrera | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | adherr@seas.upenn.edu |
| Hsiang-Ju Kai | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | kaijames@seas.upenn.edu |
| Alex Parivar | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | aparivar@seas.upenn.edu |
| Tanmay Singh | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | stanmay@seas.upenn.edu |
| Haihuan Wang | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | haihwang@seas.upenn.edu |
| Wei Xu | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | zoeweixu@seas.upenn.edu |
| Xincheng Zha | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | mikechar@seas.upenn.edu |
| Postdoc Fellows | |||
| Dae Seok Kim | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | daeseok@sas.upenn.edu |
| Jing Li | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | jingli76@seas.upenn.edu |
| Saihua Jiang (visiting) | 204 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | saihua@seas.upenn.edu |
| Young-Joo Lee | 216 LRSM | 215-898-5276 | yjoolee@seas.upenn.edu |
| Go to Alumni | |||
Labs: LRSM 212, 214 (215-898-5053), 215, 217, 234 (215-898-6254)
Offices: LRSM 204 (215-898-5138), 216, and 220 (215-898-5276)
Professor Shu Yang
Contact Information
206 LRSM, 3231 Walnut Street
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-898-9645
Fax: 215-573-2128
Email: shuyang@seas.upenn.edu
twitter: @SYang_UPenn
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/shu-yang/5a/504/4a4
Education
Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 1999 (Academic tree: Chemistry)
M.S., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, 1997
B.S., Materials Science, Fudan University, China, 1992
Positions Held
2013.7-present, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UPenn
2009.7-2013.6, Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UPenn
2004.1-2009.6, Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Materials Innovation, Materials Science and Engineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UPenn
1999.7-2003.12, Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies
2017-present, Deputy Director, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) at UPenn
2005-2011, LRSM IRG 1 co-leader, “IRG 1 – Filamentous Networks & Structured Gels”
2015-present, Director, Center for Analyzing Evolved Structures as Optimized Products: Science and Engineering for the Human Habitat (AESOP)
2016-present, REACT /ACT 1 co-leader, NSF funded Research and Education in Active Coatings Technologies (REACT), a Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE)
2017, Executive Committee, Penn Health-Tech: Center for Health, Devices, and Technology (PHT)
2013-present, Members-at-Large, Division of Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering (PMSE), American Chemical Society (ACS)
2017-present, ACS/PMSE Fellow Committee
2017-2021, Board member, International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference (ILCEC)
2010, Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall 2010 meeting co-chair (with Ana Claudia Arias, Robert Cook, Clemens Heske)
2018-present, Associate Editor, Science Advances
2019-current, Scientific Editor, Materials Horizon
2017-present, Associate Editor, Polymer Reviews
2019-present, Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Royal Society Interface
2017-2019, Editorial Board Member, Polymers
2009-2015, Advisory Board member, Nanoscale
Honors/Distinctions
2019-2020, Fellow, Drexel University’s Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES at Drexel®) Program, a national leadership development program designed to advance senior women faculty in academic engineering, computer science, and other STEM fields into effective institutional leadership roles within their schools and universities
2018, Fellow, Division of Soft Matter (DSOFT), American Physical Society (APS), "For contributions to the geometric design and controlled assembly of soft matter".
2018, Fellow, Division of Polymeric Materials Science & Engineering (PMSE), American Chemical Society (ACS), “For dedicated service to the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering and pioneering the synthesis and fabrication of responsive nano- and micro structured soft materials”
2017, Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2015, recipient of the 2015-16 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research for "pioneering the synthesis and fabrication of responsive nano- and micro-structured soft materials."
2014, Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
2012, Arthur K. Doolittle Award from the American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) for the paper entitled "Understanding pattern transformation mechanisms in different responsive hydrogel membranes."
2011, Invited speaker at Japan-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Japan).
2011, Invited speaker, Youth Leadership Forum, The 12th Fudan University World Alumni Conference
2005-2011, LRSM IRG-1 Thrust co-leader, “Filamentous Networks & Structured Gels”
2006, NSF/DMR CAREER award
2006-2008, 3M Non-tenured faculty award
2004, TR100 (now TR 35) as one of the world’s top young innovators under age of 35 selected by MIT Technology Review
2004, ACS Presidential Award for IUPAC 40th Anniversary Symposium on Macromolecules
2004, Selected to German-American Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Germany) by National Academy of Engineering
2003, Bell Labs team for the Technical Insights’ Excellence in Research Award on “Microfluidics in Photonics” selected by Frost and Sullivan
2002, Selected to Frontiers of Engineering Symposium by National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as one of the top 100 young engineers
2001, Unilever Student Award in Polymer Science and Engineering from American Chemical Society (ACS)
1999, ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science from American Chemical Society (ACS)
Steven Cheng
I received my B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in 2018. I joined the Shu Yang group in September 2018 as a PhD student. My research interests include using kirigami structures and utilizing assembly of nanostructures in surface treatments for water harvesting and in self-cooling structures and using kirigami structures with biocompatible polymers for drug delivering and wound healing applications.
Yuchong (Arden) Gao
I graduated from Beihang University, Beijing, China with a B.E. degree majored in Materials Science and Engineering in 2016. I joined the Yang group as a Master student in February 2017 and continue as a Ph.D. student after receiving my M.S. degree from University of Pennsylvania. Taking advantage of varies of fabrication techniques I've learned here, my researches mainly focuses on the fabrication of complex micro/nanostructures using different functional soft materials (UV-crosslinkable polymers, hydrogels, liquid crystal elastomers), study their structure-property relationship, and their actuation behaviors for applications such as soft robots, biomimetic materials, and biomedical sensing.
Saihua Jiang
I received B.E. (June. 2009) in Materials Science and Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) and Ph.D (June. 2014) from State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). From 2012 to 2013, I worked with Prof. Siuming Lo as a joint Ph.D student of City University of Hong Kong. I am currently an Associate Professor in South China University of Technology (SCUT). I joined the Yang group as a visiting post-doctoral researcher in December 2017. My research interests here include design and fabrication of heat management fabrics, modification and self-assembly of functional nanoparticle/fibers and their uses in energy storage, and surface science.
Jason Christopher Jolly
I received my B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, India in 2015 and an M.S.E. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. I joined the Shu Yang Group in late 2015. Taking design cues from nature, art philosophies such as Origami and Kirigami and drawing from my undergraduate mechanical engineering training, I work towards realizing multi-scale, functional material-structure-property systems and architectures with applications in adhesion, drug delivery, cosmetics, radiative cooling and EMI shielding.
Heesuk Jung
I received my B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Yonsei University in 2010 and M.S. degree from Seoul National University in 2012. After graduation, I have worked as a research scientist in Photo-electronic Hybrids Research Center at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Republic of Korea. I joined Prof. Shu Yang’s group in August 2017. My research interest is synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials and their application for optoelectronic devices.
Dae Seok Kim
I received my B.S. in Chemistry (2012) from Chungnam National University and Ph. D. in Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology (GSNT) from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Aug. 2017. From Aug. 2017 to Aug. 2018, I was a postdoctoral researcher in CNRS, ESPCI Paris Tech. I joined Prof. Shu Yang and Randy Kamien's groups in September 2018. My main interest is programmable actuation and patterning of liquid crystalline materials, and their applications toward soft robotics.
Young-Joo Lee
I received my B.S. and Ph. D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering from Seoul National University, South Korea in 2011 and 2017, respectively. From 2017 to 2018, I was a postdoctoral researcher in Soft Robotics Research Center in Seoul National University. I joined Penn in October 2018. My research focuses on shape reconfigurable materials including origami, kirigami, and mechanical metamaterials for applying stretchable electronics and soft robotics.
Jing Li
I received my B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Wuhan University, Chin in 2013 and Ph.D degree in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering from City University of Hong Kong in 2018. I joined Prof. Shu Yang’s group in December 2018. My research interest is to design multiscale structures with tailored interfacial properties and explore their applications in water harvesting, heat transfer, and fluidic devices.
Jiaqi Liu
I received my B.S. degree in Material Chemistry from Fudan University, China in 2016. My research interests includes templating topological defects in 2D and self-assembly of liquid cryatal microdroplets.
Yuchen Wang
I received B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering from Central South University(CSU) in China (2016) and M.S.E in Materials Science and Engineering from University of Pennsylvania (2018). I joined Prof. Yang’s group in December 2016. My research interests are the synthesis of metallic nanoparticles, control of their assemblies, the resulting optical properties and potential applications in wearable and biomedical sensors.
Alumni
| PhD degree awarded | |||
| Name | Date | Current Position | Contact |
| Zhiwei Liao | 12/2019 | ||
| Hye-Na Kim | 12/2018 | Intel | |
| Gaoxiang Wu | 12/2016 | Dow Chemical | |
| Yu Xia | 5/2016 | Postdoc, Princeton Univ. | |
| Elaine Lee | 6/2015 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | |
| Jie Li | 8/2013 | Thin Film Electronics | |
| Chi-Mon Chen | 8/2013 | Intel | |
| Apiradee Honglawan | 12/2012 | ||
| Xuelian Zhu | 5/2011 | Principal Engineer, Global Foundries | |
| Yongan Xu | 11/2009 | Advisory Engineer/Scientist-Dev, IBM | |
| Dinesh Chandra | 8/2009 | Scientist, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co | |
| Marla McConnell | 8/2009 | US Patent Office | |
| Jamie Ford | 3/2009 | Staff, UPenn | tjford@seas.upenn.edu |
| Ying Zhang | 9/2008 | Sr. Research Scientist, Organic and Biochemical Technologies, Corning Inc. | |
| Master degree awarded | |||
| Name | Date | Current Position | Contact |
| Rui Yin | 5/2019 | PhD student, University of Pennsylvania | yinrui@seas.upenn.edu |
| Vidyanand Wagh | 5/2019 | Test Engineer, Global Foundries | |
| Sipiao Peng | 5/2019 | ||
| Evan Dolling | 6/2018 | ||
| Xinyue Zhang | 5/2017 | PhD student, Cornell Univ. | |
| Xinghan Sheng | 5/2017 | PhD student, Boston Univ. | |
| Philip Nega | 5/2017 | ||
| Huseyin Kaya | 12/2016 | PhD student, Penn State Univ. | |
| Kaiyang Yin | 5/2016 | PhD student, Dartmouth College | |
| Bo Cao | 5/2015 | PhD student, University of Washington | |
| Sachin Deshpande | 5/2015 | ||
| Minquan Wang | 5/2015 | ||
| Yubo Zhao | 5/2015 | ||
| Qiyi Chen | 5/2014 | PhD student, Case Western Reserve | |
| Kyudong (Ryan) Noh | 5/2014 | ||
| Chenbo Wang | 5/2014 | PhD student, University of Texas A & M | |
| Yongwei Zheng | 5/2014 | PhD student, Materials Sci & Eng., Drexel University | |
| John Farrell | 5/2011 | Associate Product Development Engineer, Acushnet Company | |
| Chang-Lung (John) Chiang | 5/2011 | ||
| Chien-Lin (Johnny) Lai | 5/2011 | photolithography manufacturing engineer, TDK | |
| Cheng-Hsin Lu | 5/2010 | ||
| Shih-Chieh Cheng | 5/2009 | ||
| Yung-Ta Sung | 5/2009 | ||
| Chia-Tai Lin | 12/2008 | TSMC R&D, Taiwan | |
| Feng-Mei Huang | 12/2008 | ||
| Yu Yang | 12/2008 | ||
| Miriam Berdichevsky | 9/2007 | ||
| Jin Seok Seo | 8/2007 | Kum-Gang Korea Chemical Company | |
| Yu-Tun Shen | 5/2007 | ||
| Chi-Wei Lo | 5/2006 | Applied Materials | |
| Kuang-Sheng Hong | 5/2005 | ||
| Postdoc Fellows | |||
| Name | Date | Current Position | |
| Se-Um Kim | 11/2019 | Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) | |
| Wei-liang Chen | 8/2019 | Merck | |
| Xu Zhang | 6/2019 | Staff Engineer, ams AG | |
| Hyesung Cho | 10/2018 | KIST | |
| Weerapha Panatdasirisuk | 6/2018 | Postdoc fellow, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC) | |
| Francesca Serra | 10/2016 | Assist. Prof., Dept of Physics, Johns Hopkins Univ. | |
| Younghyun Cho | 2/2016 | Assistant Prof., Dept. of Energy Systems, Soon Chun Hyang University | |
| Dengteng Ge | 11/2015 | Faculty, Dong Hua University | |
| Yigil Cho | 9/2015 | Samsung Electronics | |
| Mohamed Amine Gharbi | 7/2014 | Assist Prof., Dept. of Physics, UMass Boston | |
| Su Yeon Lee | 9/2014 | Senior scientist, Korean Research Institute of Chemical Technology | |
| Yudi Rahmawan | 8/2013 | Professor, Surya University, Indonesia | |
| Raghuraman G. Karunakaran | 12/2010 | ||
| Guan-quan Liang | 5/2010 | Staff, University of Pittsburgh | |
| Rong Dong | 1/2010 | Senior scientist, Colgate-Palmolive | |
| Krishnacharya Khare | 9/2009 | Assoc. Prof., Dept of Physics, IIT Kanpur, India | |
| Yue Cui | 10/2008 | Assist. Prof. Peking Univ. | |
| Murat Guvendiren | 6/2008 | Assist. Prof., New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) | |
| Pei-Chun Lin | 7/2007 | Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan | |
| Tongxin Wang | 3/2007 | Assoc. Prof., Howard Univ. | |
| Jun Hyuk Moon | 1/2007 | Prof., Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Sogang University, Korea | |
| Shuhui Qin | 4/2006 | Sr. Development Chemist, Henkel Adhesives | |
| Undergraduate Students | (REU) | ||
| Name | Stay | School from | Notable mention |
| Alex Senko | 6/-8/2012 | Cornell Univ. | |
| Yonghoon Choi | 6/-8/2011 | UNIST (S Korea) | |
| Justin Deng | 6/-8/2010 | Cornell Univ. | |
| Priya Balasubramanian | 6/-8/2010 | Duke Univ. | 'best all-around' presentation in the NBIC/REU program |
| Kelvin Wong | 6/-8/2010 | UPenn | |
| Stephanie Ezeoba | 6/-8/2009 | Bryn Mawr College | |
| Tammer Ghaly | 6/-8/2009 | Johns Hopkins Univ. | |
| Junhao Zhou | 6/-8/2008 | Bard College | |
| Jason Reed | 2007, 2008 & 2009 | Cornell Univ. | E.W. Plummer award for best paper in Physics in LRSM/REU program |
| Billy Yau | 6/-8/2006 | Cornell Univ. | |
| Joshua S. Moskowitz | 6/-8/2005 | Cornell Univ. | E.W. Plummer award for best paper in Engineering in LRSM/REU program |
| Zachary Samuels | 6/-8/2004 | Cornell Univ. | E.W. Plummer award for best paper in Engineering in LRSM/REU program |