Brief CV

  • Oct. 2019 - Now Postdoctoral scholar at Cambridge University. Work with Mark Warner and John Biggins focusing on geometry and mechanics in liquid crystal elastomers.

  • Jul. 2018 - Sep. 2019 Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Minnesota. Worked with Richard D. James.

  • Sep. 2012 - Jul. 2018 Ph. D. in Solid Mechanics, University of Minnesota. Advised by Richard D. James focusing on martensitic phase transformation and origami design.

  • Sep. 2008 - Jun. 2012 B. Sc. in Mathematics and Physics, Tsinghua University. Worked on computational acoustics.

Research Interests: Problems in solid mechanics, applied mathematics and materials science: martensitic phase transformation, origami and kirigami design, liquid crystal elastomers, isometry groups, differential geometry, elastic instability, soft robotics.

Reviewer for: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Physical Review Letters, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, International Journal of Engineering Science, Scientific Report, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Acta Materialia, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, Extreme Mechanics Letters, Communications Materials.

Last updated on Jan 28, 2022.