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Yang Yang

Assistant Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Specially Appointed Research Fellow

supramolecular nanomaterials, smart dielectrics, high voltage insulation

yang_y@tsinghua.edu.cn

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Yang Yang is currently an Assistant Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, and Specially Appointed Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University. He was selected for a national young talent program in 2025. He received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University (Mao Yisheng Honors College) in July 2014 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2019. From 2019 to 2023, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology at Northwestern University, USA, where he subsequently served as a Research Associate from 2023 to 2025. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University in January 2026.

His research focuses on high-performance supramolecular nanomaterials for electrical engineering, smart dielectrics, and their applications in energy equipment. His representative contributions include: (1) bio-based, biodegradable nanoscale ferroelectric materials exhibiting record-low energy-consumption parameters among multiaxial organic ferroelectrics; (2) self-healing solid dielectrics, achieving the first repair of insulation damage in electrical and energy materials such as polyolefins and epoxy resins, and providing approaches to substantially extend the service life and improve the reliability of power equipment; and (3) soft robots driven by coupled optical and electrical actuation, with intelligent functions including autonomous obstacle avoidance and cargo transport, overcoming the reliance of soft robots on control units.

He has published 35 papers, including 12 SCI-indexed articles as first author, co-first author, or corresponding author in journals such as Nature (sole first author), Nature Nanotechnology (sole first author), Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Matter, and Advanced Science. He has filed one U.S. patent application and holds three granted Chinese patents. His research has been highlighted by journals including Science, Nature Reviews Materials, and Matter, as well as international media outlets including Bloomberg. His honors include the 2022 IEEE Caixin Sun and Stan Grzybowski Young-Professional Achievement Award, presented to one recipient worldwide every two years, and recognition as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in 2023.


Selected Honors and Awards

Highly Cited Researcher, Cross-Field category (top 1%), Clarivate (2023.11)

High Voltage High-Impact Paper Award, First Prize, Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (2023.4)

IEEE Caixin Sun and Stan Grzybowski Young-Professional Achievement Award, IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society, one recipient worldwide every two years (2022.9)

Beijing Outstanding Doctoral Graduate (2019.7)

Sishi Yanghua Medal, the highest individual honor conferred by Southwest Jiaotong University (2013.11)

First Place, Group A, National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest (2013.9)

Government- and University-Funded Research Projects

2027.01 ~ 2030.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, “Polymer/Supramolecular Composite Insulating Materials with High Thermal Conductivity and Controllable Self-Assembled Micro- and Nanostructures” (52677030) (Principal Investigator)

2026.06 ~ 2028.05, Independent Innovation Research Program, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tsinghua University (Special Fund for Basic Research, DJXJCZX2026-03) (Principal Investigator)

2014.09 ~ 2018.10, National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2014CB239500), “Key Fundamental Study on Large-Capacity HVDC Power Cable and Gas-Insulated Line” (Participant)

2020.07 ~ 2025.12, U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0020884), “Dynamics of Superstructure Formation from Supramolecular Assemblies” (Participant)

2019.09 ~ 2022.07, U.S. Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0000989), “The Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES)” (Participant)


Industry-Funded Research Projects

2027.03 ~ 2029.02, State Grid Corporation of China Headquarters Science and Technology Project, “Reliability Assessment Technologies for Stator Insulation in Pumped-Storage Units Operating at High Altitudes for Power Grid Regulation” (52010126002K-021-ZN) (Subproject Leader)

Selected Papers

#co-first author, *corresponding author

[1] Yang Yang, Hiroaki Sai, Simon Egner, Ruomeng Qiu, Liam C. Palmer, and Samuel I. Stupp*. Peptide Programming of Supramolecular Vinylidene Fluoride Ferroelectric Phases. Nature, 634, 833–841, 2024. (Highlighted by Science：Science, 2024, ‘Electric plastic’ could open door to new generation of implants and wearable tech; Northwestern Now, Bloomberg, Phys.org)

[2] Yang Yang, Hiroaki Sai, Simon Egner, Ruomeng Qiu, Liam C. Palmer, Samuel I. Stupp*. Reply to: Inconclusive Proof of Ferroelectricity in Peptide-VDF Ribbons. Nature, 644, E4-E6, 2025.

[3] Yang Yang, Jinliang He*, Qi Li*, Lei Gao, Jun Hu, Rong Zeng, Jian Qin, Shan X. Wang, and Qing Wang*. Self-healing of electrical damage in polymers using superparamagnetic nanoparticles. Nature Nanotechnology, 14, 151-155, 2019. (Highlighted by: Tsinghua Spotlights, AZoNano)

[4] Yang Yang#, Chuang Li#, Liam C. Palmer, and Samuel I. Stupp*. Autonomous robotic functions via photo-regulated electroactive hydrogels, Science Advances, 9, eadi4566, 2023. (Highlighted by Nature Reviews Materials: Nat. Rev. Mater., 8, 640, 2023; Phys.org, The Science Times)

[5] Lei Gao#, Yang Yang#, Jiaye Xie#, Shuai Zhang, Jun Hu, Rong Zeng, Jinliang He*, Qi Li*, Qing Wang*. Autonomous self-healing of electrical degradation in polymers using in-situ electroluminescence. Matter, 2, 451-463, 2020. (Highlighted by Matter: Matter, 2(2), 288-289, 2020)

[6] Yang Yang, Zhi-Min Dang, Qi Li*, and Jinliang He*. Self-healing of electrical damage in polymers. Advanced Science, 7, 2002131, 2020. (Cover Article)

[7] James V. Passarelli#, Yang Yang#, Cara S. Smith, Jing Hao, Dhwanit R. Dave, Ashwin Narayanan, Zaida Alvarez, Ivan Fithian, Hiroaki Sai, Ruomeng Qiu, Charlotte L. Stern, Liam C. Palmer, Samuel I. Stupp*. Peptide-induced ferroelectricity in charge-transfer supramolecular materials. Advanced Materials, 38 e14940, 2026.

[8] Yang Yang, Lei Gao, Jiaye Xie, Yao Zhou, Jun Hu, Qi Li*, and Jinliang He*. Defect-targeted self-healing of multiscale damage in polymers. Nanoscale, 12, 3605-3613, 2020. (Cover Article)

[9] Yang Yang, Jun Hu, and Jinliang He, Mesoporous nano-silica serves as the degradation inhibitor in polymer dielectrics. Scientific Reports, 6, 28749, 2016.

[10] Yang Yang, Jinliang He, Guangning Wu and Jun Hu. "Thermal stabilization effect" of Al2O3 nano-dopants improves the high-temperature dielectric performance of polyimide. Scientific Reports, 5, 16986, 2015.

[11] Jing Hao, Yang Yang*, Xiangdong Xu. FDS-Based Study of Space-Charge Polarization in Transformer Oil with Experiment-Driven Simulation. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 2026.

[12] Yuanyuan Li, Yang Yang*, Shuangshuang Yan, Zhipeng Lei, Meiqing Guo. Mitigation of Electrical Treeing at High Temperature in Nano-SiO2 Doped Epoxy Resin. High Voltage, 8, 640-649, 2023.


Authorized Patents

[1] Jinliang He; Yang Yang; Jun Hu; Polymer/Nanomesoporous Composites Capable of Suppressing Electrical Tree Growth, 2021-10-26, Chinese Invention Patent, CN201610081293.X

[2] Jinliang He; Jun Hu; Yang Yang; Lei Gao; Shuai Zhang; Magnetically Induced Heating-Based Self-Healing Thermoplastic Nanocomposites, 2017-03-29, Chinese Invention Patent, CN201510609524.5

[3] Jinliang He; Jun Hu; Yang Yang; Bo Zhang; Zhanqing Yu; Non-Invasive Online Automatic Maintenance and Defect Repair System for High-Voltage Power Transmission Cables, 2017-06-23, Chinese Invention Patent, CN201510492765.6