Education

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan (Masayuki Takeuchi)

B.S. in Chemistry, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China (Yajiang Yang)

Academic Career

2022-present: Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, MO, USA

2025.5-2025.8: Visiting Research Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, NJ, USA

2023.7-2023.9: Visiting Professor at Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 

2020-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Chemistry and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, IL, USA (Jefferson Chan) and  Butler Polymer Research Laboratory, Center for Macromolecular Science & Engineering, Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida, USA (Daniel A. Savin)

2018-2020: Postdoctoral Scholar in Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Brick Nanotechnology Center, Center for Implantable Devices, Purdue University, IN, USA (Hugh Lee and Herman O. Stintim)

Grants for Research

• 2025-2026    CAS Pilot Research Award (PI)

• 2024-2028    NSF ExpandQISE (PI)

• 2024-2026    Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Research Program (SCIDRP) (PI)

• 2023-2024    UM College of Arts and Science Community Engaged Grant (PI), completed

• 2023-2024    UM Research Award (PI), completed

• 2022-2024    Banavali Green and Sustainable Chemistry Fund (PI), completed

Selected Awards and Honors

• 2026 RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry B Emerging Investigator

• 2025 RCSA Scialog Fellow in Quantum Matter and Information

• 2025 Young Investigator of The Year Award

• 2025 Visiting Faculty Research Partnership with Princeton University 

• 2024 Junior Faculty Travel Award

• 2024 UM CAS Pilot Research Award

• 2024 RSC Nanoscale Emerging Investigator

• 2023 UM Research Award

• 2023 UM Global International Fellowship

• 2015-2018 JSPS Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan

• 2015 Best Oral Presentation Award, Japan

• 2015 Junior Researcher Fellowship, NIMS, Japan

Journal Recognition/Highlight：

2023/2025 Guest Editor, Polymers

2023 Guest Editor, Frontier in Chemistry