Biography

She has published a total of 75 papers and applied for 14 national invention patents. She has undertaken 3 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 3 projects of the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation, and has participated in National Key Research and Development Program projects, Key Program projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Major Projects of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. She won the First Prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award in 2018 (ranked 3rd) and 2024 (ranked 2nd).

Education and Working Experience

• 1995.09–1999.06 Department of Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Bachelor's Degree      

• 1999.09–2002.06 Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, Master's Degree      

• 2002.09–2005.06 Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Doctoral Degree      

• 2005.07–2013.12 Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University      

• 2008.06–2011.06 Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore      

• 2013.12–2024.12 Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University      

• 2024.12–2025.04 Professor, Department of Materials Science, Fudan University      

• 2025.04–present Professor, College of Smart Materials and Future Energy, Fudan University, Fudan University

Research Interests

• Structural Design, Synthesis and Property Research of Intelligent Polymer Materials

Teaching

• Functional Polymer Materials, Materials Chemistry Experiments, Comprehensive Materials Experiments, Foreign Languages for Special Fields

Awards &Recognition

• Shanghai Natural Science Award, Third Prize (2011), Ranked 5th

• Shanghai Natural Science Award, First Prize (2018), Ranked 3rd

• Shanghai Natural Science Award, First Prize (2024), Ranked 2nd

Selected Publications

1. Xin Zhao, Ziyue Yang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xiaojun Liu, Yu Pu, Lang Qin, Jia Wei,*and Yanlei Yu* A Liquid Crystal Polymer With Thermally-Induced Deformation and Reversible Fluorescence Switching Adv. Optical Mater. 2025, 2403469

2. Jiale Sun,‡ Donghao Hu,‡ Yiling Li, Jia Wei,* and Yanlei Yu* Photocrosslinked Hybrid Hydrogel Based on Chitosan/Hyaluronic Acid /ZnO toward Wound Sealing Polym. Chem., 2024, 16, 272 - 279

3. Menghan Zhang, Xuejie Sun, Jia Wei*, Yanlei Yu, Regulating the Photodeformation Behavior of AzobenzeneContaining Polyimide via Thermal Treatment ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2024, 6, 12261–12268

4. Xiaoyu Zhang, Jia Wei*, Lang Qin*, Yanlei Yu, Liquid Crystal Polymer Actuators with Complex and Multiple Actuations J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12, 6757–6773

5. Haozhe Sun, Xingpeng Chai, Haipeng Yang, Jia Wei*, and Yanlei Yu, Photo- and Humidity-Responsive Liquid Crystal Copolymer Actuators Fabricated via Vapor-Assisted Alignment ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 12, 15405–15415

6. Xin Zhao, Yan Chen, Bo Peng, Jia Wei*, Yanlei Yu*, A Facile Strategy for the Development of Recyclable Multifunctional Liquid Crystal Polymers via Post-Polymerization Modification and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62(21), e202300699.

7. Xuejie Sun, Menghan Zhang, Jia Wei*, Yanlei Yu*, Multiple Shape Manipulation of Azobenzene-Containing Polyimide by Combining Shape Memory Effect, Photofixity, and Photodeformation. ACS Macro Lett., 2023, 12(7), 921–927.                           

8. Xuejie Sun, Jia Wei* and Yanlei Yu*, Photoinduced deformation of amorphous polyimide enabled by an improved azobenzene isomerization efficiency Polym. Chem., 2022, 13(38), 5447–5452.

9. Panpan Zhang #, Zhongxu Lan#, Jia Wei*, Yanlei Yu*, Photodeformable Azobenzene-Containing Polyimide with Flexible Linkers and Molecular Alignment, ACS Macro Lett., 2021, 10, 469-475.

10. ShuQiang Han, YingYing Chen, Bo Xu, Jia Wei*, and YanLei Yu An Azoester-containing Photoresponsive Linear Liquid Crystal Polymer with Good Mesophase Stability, Chinese J. Polym. Sci., 2020, 38, 806–813.