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Prof. Yu Wang
Yu Wang
Title: Professor
Institution: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University
Reasearch Field: Organic Optoelectronic Materials and Devices
Email: yuwangchem@tju.edu.cn
Education and Work Experience:
2024-Now Professor, Tianjin University
2023-2024 Research Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, China
2019-2023 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University, USA
Supervisor: Sir Fraser Stoddart, 2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
2014-2019 Ph.D., Tianjin University
Spervisor: Prof. Wenping Hu, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2015-2016 Joint Ph.D., Institute of Chemistry, Chinese AYu Wangcademy of Sciences
2010-2014 B.Sc., Tianjin University
Research Interests:
1. Organic multi-component cocrystal-based optoelectronic materials
2. Chiral supramolecular optoelectronic materials and devices
3. Optoelectronic functional devices and flexible wearable electronics
Key Research Achievements:
Prof. Yu Wang's research focuses on organic optoelectronic materials, crystal engineering, optoelectronic devices, and flexible electronics. She has made significant contributions to supramolecular optoelectronic materials, functional macrocycles, large-area single crystal fabrication, near-infrared photodetection, photothermal imaging, and nonlinear optics. Prof. Wang has published a series of papers as the first author or corresponding author in high-impact journals, including Nature, Nat. Commun., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Adv. Mater., Matter, Chem. Soc. Rev., Acc. Chem. Res.. She leads research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Tianjin University’s Beiyang Scholar Program, and other national-level initiatives.