Yu Yanhao, Associate Professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Dalian University of Technology in 2011 and his Doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA in 2017 (under the supervision of Professor Xudong Wang). From 2018 to 2020, he conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University, USA, in collaboration with Professor Joanna Aizenberg. His research focus is on flexible electronic packaging. As the first author or corresponding author, he has published nearly 30 papers in renowned journals including Nature Materials , Nature Energy, Nature Communications, and Advanced Materials , with a total of over 6,000 citations. He was selected into the first batch of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Overseas Young Talents Program.

• Soft Elecgtronic Packaging: Design the surface state of elastomers, develop new flexible packaging materials, explore multifunctional integration such as barrier, force, electricity, light, heat, and interface adhesion, and provide packaging integration solutions for flexible electronic and energy devices.

• Non-lithographic Patterning: Control the interface aggregation process, develop new materials for pattern adhesive, develop self-assembly patterning technology, explore new methods for high-resolution pattern construction, and serve high-end chip research and manufacturing.

2012-2017         University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI          Ph. D., Materials Engineering

2007-2011         Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China            B. S., Chemical Engineering

2022.06 -Present    Southern University of Science and Technology, China

                    Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

2021.01 - 2022.05   Southern University of Science and Technology, China

                    Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

2018.02 - 2020.08   Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

                    Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Science

2017.09 - 2018.01   University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

                    Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering

High-Level Overseas Talents in Shenzhen, 2021

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2017

Thin Film Division Graduate Student Award, American Vacuum Society, 2016

Research ID: AAY-9539-2021

1. R. Xia†, C. Li†, Y. Shao†, D. He, J. Yan, M. Yu, K. Chu, H. Yang, D. Cai, G. Chen, Y. Du, G. Luo, W. Liu, F. Ren, Z. He, Y. Yu*."Hermetic Stretchable Seals Enabled by a Viscoplastic Surface Effect", Nat. Mater., 24, 2011 (2025).

2. Y. Zhi, Y. Shao, R. Xia, W. Lin, D. Cai, F. Zhao, J. Dong, Q. Li, Z. Wang, L. Li, L. Gu, P. Tian, Z. He, J. Wang, G. Ning, B. Li, C. Yang, H. Wang, S. Yu, Y. Yu*, "Stretchable Composites with High Oxide Loading", Nat. Commun., 16, 3562 (2025). (Selected as the Editors’ Highlights)

3. D. Cai, R. Xia, Y. Shao, G. Chen, L. Liu, Y. Li, P. Zhang, Y. Zhi, C. Li, Y. Wen, X. Cheng, J. Liu, Y. Yu*, "Mechanically Compatible Sealing of Hydrogel with Coherent Interface", Adv. Mater., 37, 2414515 (2025).

4. Y. Shao, J. Yan, Y. Zhi, C. Li, Q. Li, K. Wang, R. Xia, X. Xiang, L. Liu, G. Chen, H. Zhang, D. Cai, H. Wang, X. Cheng, C. Yang, F. Ren*, Y. Yu*, "A Universal Packaging Substrate for Mechanically Stable Assembly of Stretchable Electronics", Nat. Commun., 15, 6106 (2024). (Selected as the Editors’ Highlights)

5. H. Zhang, Y. Shao, R. Xia, G. Chen, X. Xiang, Y. Yu*, "Stretchable Electrodes with Interfacial Percolation Network", Adv. Mater., 36, 2401550 (2024).