Biography

• Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2019-now)

• Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2008-2019)

• EU Marie Currie Post Doc Fellow, University of Wageningen, the Netherlands (2005-2008)

• Post Doc Fellow, University of Bayreuth, Germany (2004-2005)

• Lecturer, Pecking University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2003-2004)

• Ph.D., College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2003)

• M.S.,College of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University (2000)

• B.S., Department of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University (1997)

Research Interests

• Colloid and Interface Chemistry

• Molecular Self-Assembly

• Physical Chemistry of Surfactant

• Sustainable Materials

Teaching

• General Chemistry

• Physical Chemistry of Surfactant

• Structural Chemistry (Discussion class)

Awards

• Changjiang Distinguished Professorship, the Ministry of Education of China (2022)

• Asian-Pacific Distinguished Material Scientist, Asian-Pacific Material Science Association (2018)

• Boya Distinguished Young Scholar, Peking University (2017)

• Distinguished Doctoral Thesis Instructor, Peking University (2014)

• Distinguished Young Scholar of Colloid and Interface of China, the Chemical Society of China (2013)

• Zhongchenyulan Teaching award, Peking University (2013)

• New Century Excellent Talents,the Ministry of Education of China (2009)

• Excellent Teaching Team of Structural Chemistry, Peking University (2019)

• Teaching Award of Peking University(2018, 2014),

• First Prize (Champion) of Teaching Competition of Peking University (2012)

Selected Publications

1. Wu TY, Liao PL, Qi WL, Song HY, Li HP, Huang JB and Yan Y*."Stable white afterglow along the blackbody radiation line enabled by assisted partial phosphorescence", Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 2415525.

2. Gu T, Li H, Wu TY, Li XY, Li HP, Zhao HX, Xiao YL, Huang JB, Yan Y*."Transient self-assembled materials with controllable lifespan for programmable fluorescence", Advanced Functional Materials, 2023, 2311864.

3. Jin HJ, Lin WL, Wu ZY, Chen XY, Chen XY, Fan YJ, Xiao WC, Haung JB, Qian QY, Chen QH*,Yan Y*, "Surface Hydrophobization Provides Hygroscopic Supramolecular Plastics Based on Polysaccharides with Damage-Specific Healability and Room-Temperature recyclablity",Advanced Materials.2022,2207688

4. Li J, Zhang JY, Wang JX, Wang D*,Yan Y*, Huang JB*, Tang BZ*, "Insights into Self-Assembly of Nonplanar Moleculars with Aggregration-Induced Emission Characteristics",ACS Nano,2022, 16, 20559-20566.

5. Qi WL, Ma C, Liao PL, Li HP, Gu T, Wu TY, Huang JB,Yan Y*. “Unprecedent Thermo-Enhanced Retainable Circularly Polarized Luminescence”,Advanced Optical Materials.2022. 2201229..

6. Jin HJ, Cai YT, Li HP, Wu TY, Liao PL, Ma C, Chen QH, Qian QR, Huang JB, andYan Y*, "Photo-Enhanced-Coordination Triggered Unprecedent Bistable AIE for Long-Term Optical Memories",Advanced Optical Materials.2022. 2200130.

7. Liao PL, Zang SH, Wu TY, Jin HJ, Wang WK, Huang JB, Tang BZ,* andYan Y*, “Generating circularly polarized luminescence from clusterization‐triggered emission using solid phase molecular self-assembly",Nature Communications.2021,12, 5496.

8. Zhi WW,# Pu ZC,# Ma C, Liu KED, Wang XJ, Huang JB, Xiao YL,*andYan Y*, "α‑Cyclodextrin-Catalyzed Symmetry Breaking and Precise Regulation of Supramolecular Self-Assembly Handedness with Harata−Kodaka’s Rule",ACS Nano.2021, 15, 19621.

9. Li J, Peng K,Li YM,Wang JX,Huang JB,Yan Y,*Wang D,* Tang B Z * ,"Exosome-Mimetic Supramolecular Vesicles with Reversible and Controllable Fusion and Fission",Angew. Chem.; Int. Ed.2020, 59, 21510.

10. Jin HJ, Li HP, Zhu ZY, Huang JB, Xiao YL,Yan Y*, " Hydration-Facilitated Fine-Tuning the Color of AIE Amphiphile and It’s Application as Erasable Materials with Hot/Cold Dual Writing-Modes ",Angew. Chem.; Int. Ed.2020, 59, 10081.