Academic Degrees
1994.09-1998.08: Ph.D student, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing, China.
1991.09-1994.06: Master student of Science, HUST, Wuhan, China
1985.09-1989.06: Bachelor student of Science, Hubei University, China
Professional Experience
2006.03- Present: Professor, Huazhong University of Science Technology, Wuhan, China;
2004.03-2006.03: Special Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan;
2003.05-2004.02: Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA;
2001.04-2003.05: Special Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan;
1999.03-2001.03: Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials, Tsukuba, Japan.
Selected Publications
1. Carbon nanothermometer containing gallium,Yihua Gao (Y.H. Gao), Yoshio Bando (Y. Bando), Nature (London) 415, 599 (2002). 2. A highly flexible and sensitive piezoresistive sensor based on MXene with greatly changed interlayer distances,Y.N. Ma#, N.S. Liu#, L.Y. Li#, X.K. Hu, Z.G. Zou, J.B. Wang, S.J. Luo & Y.H. Gao*. Nat. Commun. 8, 1207 (2017). 3. Graphene Skeleton Heat-Coordinated and Nano-Amorphous-Surface-State Controlled Pseudo-Negative-Photoconductivity of Tiny SnO2 Nanoparticles, L.W. Ding#, N.S. Liu#, L.Y. Li#, X. Wei, X.H. Zhang, J. Su, J.Y. Rao, C.X. Yang, W.Z. Li, J.B. Wang, H.S. Gu, Y.H. Gao*, Adv. Mater. 27, 3525-3532 (2015). 4. Cable-Type Supercapacitors of Three-Dimensional Cotton Thread Based Multi-Grade Nanostructures for Wearable Energy Storage, N.S. Liu#, W.Z. Ma#, J.Y. Tao, X.H. Zhang, J. Su , L.Y. Li, C.X. Yang, Y.H. Gao*, D. Golberg, Y. Bando, Adv. Mater. 25, 4925-4931 (2013). 5. Piezotronic and piezo-phototronic logic computation using Au decorate
Awards and Honors
1. Professor at Top Level 2: from Nov. 1, 2016; 2. The 16th Tsukuba Prize: On Sept. 30, 2005, Prof. Yihua Gao (and Prof. Yoshio Bando, Prof. Dmitri Golberg) was awarded the Tsukuba Prize by Prof. Leo Asaki (江崎玲於奈, 1973 Year Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics) and Prof. Hideki Shilakawa (白川英樹,2000 Year Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry).