Dr. Zhenwei Yao received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from Syracuse University in NY. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow and later promoted to Research Associate at Northwestern University in Illinois. In 2016, Dr. Yao joined the faculty of the Institute of Natural Sciences and the School of Physics and Astronomy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Research website: https://ins.sjtu.edu.cn/people/zyao/

Research Interests:

1. Topological Defects
2. Elasticity and Geometry
3. Electrostatics in Soft Matters