姓 名：张耀
职 称：教授、博士生导师
电子邮箱：yzhang328@hust.edu.cn
个人简介
教授，博士生导师，国家级青年人才计划入选者，华中卓越学者。本科和硕士先后于2008年和2011年毕业于金沙威尼斯欢乐娱人城力学系；2016年博士毕业于美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学工程科学与力学系（Sulin Zhang教授课题组）；2016年10月至2019年1月在美国西北大学（Sinan Keten教授课题组）从事博士后研究工作；2019年1月至2021年7月在美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学（Daniel J. Cosgrove院士课题组）从事博士后研究工作；2021年9月至今担任金沙威尼斯欢乐娱人城教授、博士生导师。代表性研究成果以第一作者或通讯作者发表在Science、PNAS等国际顶级期刊上，引起国际同行和学术新闻网站的关注，被同行专家在Nature Reviews Materials、Nature Reviews Microbiology、Chemical Reviews、Science Advances等国际顶级期刊上积极评价和正面引用。
研究兴趣
1. 天然纤维材料力学行为
2. 3D打印智能材料与结构
3. 软物质力学
课题组结合力学理论建模、多尺度力学计算、实验表征等方法，研究天然材料与生物软物质的力学行为，开发具有优异性能的绿色功能材料。更多信息详见课题组主页：https://www.x-mol.com/groups/yao_zhang
代表性论文
[1] Yao Zhang, Jingyi Yu, Xuan Wang, Daniel M. Durachko, Sulin Zhang*, and Daniel J. Cosgrove* (2021). Molecular insights into the complex mechanics of plant epidermal cell walls, Science, 372 (6543), 706-711
§ Reported by Eurek Alert, Phys Org, Mirage News, Asian News International, Science Daily, Yahoo! Finance, Penn State News, iPlant植物智, Ad植物微生物, 高分子科学前沿, etc.
[2] Yao Zhang, Changjin Huang, Sangtae Kim, Mahdi Golkaram, Matthew WA Dixon, Leann Tilley, Ju Li, Sulin Zhang*, and Subra Suresh* (2015). Multiple stiffening effects of nanoscale knobs on human red blood cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (19), 6068-6073
§ Highlighted by Carnegie Mellon News 04/27/2015.
§ Reported by Eurek Alert, Science Daily, SICCAS, Futurity, Phys Org, Asian Scientist Magazine, Penn State News, etc.
[3] Megan Dearnley#, Trang Chu#, Yao Zhang#(共同一作), Oliver Looker#, Changjin Huang, Nectarios Klonis, Jeff Yeoman, Shannon Kenny, Mohit Arora, James M Osborne, Rajesh Chandramohanadas, Sulin Zhang, Matthew WA Dixon, and Leann Tilley* (2016). Reversible host cell remodeling underpins deformability changes in malaria parasite sexual blood stages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (17), 4800-4805
§ Reported by Medical Xpress, Infection Control Today, Science and Technology Research News, News Medical, Science Newsline, Newswire, Penn State News, etc.
[4] Yao Zhang#, Qiong Wei#, Tiankai Zhao, Peng Zhao and Sulin Zhang* (2019). Extracellular and intercellular force distribution in circularly shaped epithelia. Extreme Mechanics Letters, 31, 100526
[5] Yao Zhang, Zhaoxu Meng, Xin Qin, and Sinan Keten* (2018). Ballistic impact response of lipid membranes. Nanoscale, 10 (10), 4761-4770
[6] Elizabeth DeBenedictis#, Yao Zhang#(共同一作), and Sinan Keten* (2020). Structure and Mechanics of Bundled Semiflexible Networks, Macromolecules, 53 (15), 6123–6134
[7] Tiankai Zhao#, Yao Zhang#(共同一作), Qiong Wei#, Xuechen Shi, Peng Zhao, Long-Qing Chen, and Sulin Zhang* (2018). Active cell-matrix coupling regulates cellular force landscapes of cohesive epithelial monolayers. npj Computational Materials, 4(1), 10
[8] Yao Zhang, Xuechen Shi, Tiankai Zhao, Changjin Huang, Qiong Wei, Xin Tang, Lorraine C. Santy, M. Taher A. Saif, and Sulin Zhang* (2019). A traction force threshold signifies metastatic phenotypic change in multicellular epithelia. Soft Matter, 15 (36), 7203-7210
[9] Yao Zhang, Elizabeth DeBenedictis and Sinan Keten* (2019). Cohesive and adhesive properties of crosslinked semiflexible network. Soft Matter, 15 (18), 3807-3816
[10] Yao Zhang, Ao Wang, Elizabeth DeBenedictis, and Sinan Keten* (2017). Bending energy penalty enhances the adhesive strength of functional amyloid curli to surfaces. Nanotechnology, 28 (46), 464002
完整论文列表：https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=k2KEvPUAAAAJ&hl=en
招生和招聘需求
课题组正在招收硕士研究生、博士研究生、研究助理和博士后。欢迎具有力学、机械、高分子材料、物理和生物医学工程等相关背景的学生和博士加入课题组。
课题组致力提供良好的科研条件，创造积极向上的科研氛围，鼓励成员热爱生活、团结友爱、勤奋好学。课题组与海外高校（如美国Northwestern University，The Pennsylvania State University，University of Iowa, Clemson University, North Dakota State University，Nanyang Technological University等）课题组有广泛合作，优秀学生有机会前往海外高校交流培养或深造。
更多信息详见课题组主页：https://www.x-mol.com/groups/yao_zhang
