Assistant Professor for Soft Matter
University of Basel, Department of Chemistry
Mattenstrasse 22, BPR-1096
4056 Basel, Switzerland
yang.yao@clutterunibas.ch

Education

July. 2015 – Aug. 2018   Ph.D. in Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, Dissertation:” Imbibition, crystallization, and dynamics of polymers and water under nanometer confinement”, Advisors: Prof. Hans-Jürgen Butt, Prof. George Floudas

Sept. 2012 – June. 2015   M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Sept. 2008 – June. 2012   B.Sc. In Polymer Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Appointments

Jan. 2024 – present   Assistant professor, University of Basel, Department of Chemistry, Switzerland

Jan. 2022 – Oct. 2023   Senior Scientist, ETH Zurich, Department of Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Switzerland

Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2021   Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zurich, Department of Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Switzerland

Sept. 2018 – Dec. 2018  Short-term Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

June 2014 – Aug. 2014   Summer Intern, Volunteer Teacher for The BASF Kids’ Lab, BASF – China

Awards / Fundings / Fellowships

2024 Swiss Nanoscience Institute Research Grant

2022 ERC Starting Grant

2021 ETH Career Seed Grant

2020 Laserlab-Europe Research Project Funding

2019 Seal of Excellence, Horizon 2020, Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions

2014 Dawn Polymer Scholarship

2012 Expert New Materials Innovation Progress Scholarship