Haifeng Yu

Ph.D., Professor

"NSFC Award" for Excellent Young Scholar

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

Office Add: Room 614, No.1 Building

Office Tel: +86-10-62764244

Research Profile

The overall objective of the research in the Yu group is focused on synthesis of novel photo-functional liquid-crystalline materials and further the developing their applications in optical switches, holographic storage, regular array of organic nanostructures, photo-driven materials and smart soft matters. 

Education

Mar. 2000 – July 2003 Ph.D. Materials, Tsinghua University

Sep.1997 – Feb. 2000 M.S Materials, Hebei University of Technology, China

Sep.1993 – July 1997 B.S Materials, Hebei University of Technology, China

Professional Experience

Feb. 2012 – Present      Research Professor, Peking University, China

April 2008 – Feb. 2012  Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

Nov. 2007 – Mar. 2008   Research associate, Kyodo University, Japan

Oct. 2005 – Oct. 2007    The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Ikeda Lab, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Oct. 2003 – Oct. 2005     Research associate, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST-CREST), Ikeda Lab, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 

Professional Honors and Awards 

•2015 ACS Membership Award

•2014 “2nd Award” for Teaching in PKU   

•2013 NSFC Award for Excellent Young Scholar 

•2013 Excellent teacher in charge of a bachelor class   

•2011 "National Thousand Young Talents Plan" Recipients 

•2011 “Excellent reviewers" for ACS Journals   

•2010 “Distinguished lectureship award” in the Asian International Symposium on Nanotechnology and Materials Chemistry 

•2007 “Lecture Prize” in the Kantou branch conference of the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ)  

•2005 JSPS Fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

•Members of MRS, PSJ and CSJ. 

Research Areas and Interests

Photoresponsive liquid crystals and soft matter Light-triggered photonics and advanced materials Nanotechnology and self-organization Polymer chemistry and physics Photomechanical and energy-transferring materials Hologram and data-storage materials