Academic Qualifications
• Ph.D. in Engineering of Production Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design (2021)
• Co-supervised Ph.D. in the Department of Physics, National University of Singapore
Professional Experience
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEE, FST, University of Macau (Oct. 2024 – Current)
• Research Fellow, Dept. of Electrical Computer Engineering, CDE, National University of Singapore (2021-2024)
• Internship, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), A*STAR., Singapore, (2018-2020)
Research
Research Interests
• Nano-optics and metamaterials (nanofabrication and self-assembling devices)
• Flexible optoelectronics and electronics (3D printing and polymer)
• Low-dimensional materials integrated logic and memory devices
Teaching Experience
B.Sc. Courses
• GEST1019
Fellowship and Awards
• Singapore President’s Graduate Fellowship (PGF), 2016.09 – 2021.03
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students, 2020
• Best Poster Paper, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, 2019.06
• China National Scholarship (10%), Tongji University, 2013
• Golden Award, American Concrete Institute (Singapore Chapter) Project Competition, 2022.12
Other Publications
1. Zhiyuan Yan, etc., “Atomic-engineered gradient tunable solid-state metamaterials”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 2024 Vol. 121 No. 39 e2408974121.
2. Zhiyuan Yan, Zheng Zhang, Weikang Wu, Xing long Ji, Shang Sun, Yu Jiang, Chun Chia Tan, Le Yang, Chong Tow Chong, Cheng-Wei Qiu and Rong Zhao, “Floating Solid-state Thin Films with Dynamic Structural Color”. Nature Nanotechnology 16, 795–801 (2021).
3. Zhiyuan Yan, Eng Tuan Poh, Zheng Zhang, Sing Teng Chua, Xinyun Wang, Xiao Wu, Zhihui Chen, Qing-Hua Xu, Kuan Eng Johnson Goh, Rong Zhao and Chorng Haur Sow, Band Nesting Bypass in WS2 Monolayers via Förster Resonance Energy Transfer, ACS Nano 5, 5946–5955 (2020).
4. Guoqiang Xu, Xue Zhou, Weijin Chen, Guangwei Hu, Zhiyuan Yan, Zhipeng Li, Shuihua Yang, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Hydrodynamic moiré superlattice, Science, 386, 1377-1383, 2024.
5. Liu X, Zhiyuan Yan, Wang H, Zhao Q, Zhou H, Fan T, Bioinspired Meta-Reflection-Splitter for Near-Infrared Laser Stealth with Large Scattering Angle. Laser Photon Rev 2022, 17, 2200635.
6. H Wei, Hang Wei, Jinxin Gu, Tao Zhao, Zhiyuan Yan, He-Xiu Xu, Shuliang Dou, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Yao Li, Tunable VO2 cavity enables multispectral manipulation from visible to microwave frequencies, Light: Science & Applications, 2024, 2, 21.
7. John Chan, etc. Zhiyuan Yan, Cheng-Wei Qiu, Joel KW Yang, Full geometric control of hidden colour information in diffraction gratings under angled white light illumination, Nano Letter, 22, 20, 8189-8195 (2022).