About the Editors
Editor-in-Chief
Huang Wei, PhD
Nanjing Tech University
Deputy President, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xi'an, China
Huang Wei is an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Deputy President of Northwestern Polytechnical University. His current research interests include organic/plastic/flexible electronics, bioelectronics, nanomaterial, nanoelectronics and polymer chemistry.
Deputy Editor
Jianpu Wang, PhD
Executive Deputy Director of Institute of Advanced Materials
Nanjing Tech University
Nanjing, China
Jianpu is a Professor at Nanjing Tech University. His research interests are novel semiconductor-based devices and device physics, aiming for display, lighting and energy applications. Prior to joining Nanjing Tech University, he investigated organic semiconductor/inorganic nano-crystal devices at the Cavendish Laboratory. He also worked at Samsung Electronics in South Korea, developing OLED displays by using ink-jet printing technology.
Managing Editor
Laiquan obtained his PhD in chemistry from The University of Adelaide in 2021. During his PhD, his research interest was mainly focused on the production of renewable energy fuels and feedstocks via electrocatalysis approaches. He joined Springer Nature in September 2021 and now serves as a Managing Editor for 4 titles in the npj series. He is based in the Springer Nature Shanghai office.
Associate Editors
Paul Burn, PhD
Head, co-director Centre of Organic Photonics & Electronics (COPE)
University of Queensland
St. Lucia, Australia
Paul Burn is a Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Centre of Organic Photonics and Electronics at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on the development of organic optoelectronic materials, and their characterization and application in technologies, such as organic light-emitting diodes, solar cells, transistors, photodiodes and sensors.
Alex Chortos, PhD
Professor, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN, USA
Dr. Alex Chortos is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests focus on the design of materials and fabrication methods to create devices that can match the mechanical properties and 3D form factors of biological systems to enable bio-integrated systems. He has worked on artificial muscles, and bio-inspired sensors and transistors designed to integrate with biological systems.
Wei Gao, PhD
Professor of Medical Engineering
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, USA
Wei Gao is an Assistant Professor of Medical Engineering, Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar, and Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology. His research interests include wearable devices, biosensors, flexible electronics, micro/nanorobotics, and personalized medicine.
Yonggang Huang, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Northwestern University
IL, USA
Yonggang Huang is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University and a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering. His research interests include mechanics and thermal analysis of stretchable and flexible electronics.
Jian Pei, PhD
Prof.College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
Peking University
Beijing, China
Dr. Pei received his undergraduate degree in 1989 and his Ph.D. degree from Peking University in 1995. After completing his postdoctoral work at the National University of Singapore from 1995–1997, he joined in Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore. In 1998, he moved to Institute of Polymer and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbra. In 2001, he joined in Peking University. Dr Pei's research work focuses on the development of organic semiconducting materials for application in optoelectrinics.
Founding & Chief Advisory Editor
Donal Bradley, PhD
Executive Director, NEOM Education, Research, and Innovation Foundation
Vice President for Research and Innovation, NEOMU
Oxford, United Kingdom
Donal Bradley leads the Education, Research and Innovation Foundation, building a research and innovation ecosystem at NEOM. He is also helping to establish NEOM U as its founding Vice President for Research and Innovation. Donal's research interests focus on soluble semiconductors, encompassing fundamental studies on low-temperature/solution processed semiconductors and their application in a range of fields including energy efficient displays and lighting, solar panels and photonics.
Editorial Board Members
Mats R. Andersson, PhD
College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University
Adelaide, Australia
Thomas Anthopoulos, PhD
Material Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Natalie R Banerji, PhD
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacy, University of Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Zhenan Bao, PhD
Chemical Engineering and Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University California, United States
Christoph Brabec, PhD
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen, Germany
Zheng Cui, PhD
Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiangsu, China
XiangFeng Duan, PhD
Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
California, United States
Ying Fang, PhD
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
Beijing, China
Roberto B. Faria, PhD
Inorganic Chemistry Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Xue Feng, PhD
Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Anders Hagfeldt, PhD
Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Olle Inganäs, PhD
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
Yizheng Jin, PhD
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Dae-Hyeong Kim, PhD
School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University
Seoul, South Korea
Youngkyoo Kim, PhD
Applied Chemistry, College of Engineering, Kyungpook National University
Daegu, South Korea
Hagen Klauk, PhD
Organic Electronics, Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung
Stuttgart, Germany
Nikos Kopidakis, PhD
School of Engineering, Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Kwanghee Lee, PhD
Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Energies, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Gwangju, South Korea
Yinji Ma, PhD
School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
John Rogers, PhD
Center on Bio-Integrated Electronics, Northwestern University
Illinois, United States
Paul Shaw, PhD
School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland
Queensland, Australia
Herbert Shea, PhD
Soft Transducers Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Takao Someya, PhD
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
Jizhou Song, PhD
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University
Zhejiang, China
Natalie Stingelin, PhD
School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia, United States
Jan Vanfleteren, PhD
Centre for Microsystems Technology, University of Gent
Gent, Belgium
Jianliang Xiao, PhD
Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Colorado, United States
Yihui Zhang, PhD
School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Zijan Zheng, PhD
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong, China
Chunyi Zhi, PhD
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China
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