Yang Jiao
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Phone: 480-965-4560
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ENGRC 387 Tempe, AZ 85287-6106
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Mail code: 6106Campus: Tempe
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Yang Jiao is currently a Professor and Chair of materials science and engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy at Arizona State University. Jiao obtained his B.E. from Peking University, China in 2005 and Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2010. He has developed analytical and computational models for complex materials which can deepen fundamental understanding of the nature of such materials. Before joining ASU in 2013, Jiao was a postdoctoral reserach associate at the Physical Science in Oncology Center and Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials at Princeton University. Dr. Jiao has published more than 140 research papers in top-tier scientific journals including Nature, Nat. Comm., Science Advances, PNAS, JACS, Angew. Chem., PRL, Adsv. Fun. Mater., Acta Mater., etc, which have been cited 11000+ times with an h-index of 60. Dr. Jiao received Ray Grimm Prize in Computational Physics, DARPA Young Faculty Award, ACS New Investigator Award, Fulton Top 5% Faculty Award, the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide, and the Pierre-Louis Lions Medal for his work on hyperuniformity. He is a Fellow of IAAM.
- Ph.D. Princeton University 2010
- B.E. Peking University, China 2005
Microstructure and effective properties of heterogeneous materials; multifunctional composites design and modeling; soft matter (colloids, foams and polymer network); granular materials; biomaterials; physics of cancer.
See full publication list at: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=t3COq84AAAAJ&hl=en
REPRSENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Microstructure Representation and Material Informatics:
- Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato*, Modeling Heterogeneous Materials via Two-Point Correlation Functions: Basic Principles. Physical Review E 76, 031110 (2007)
- Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato*, A Superior Descriptor of Random Textures and Its Predictive Capacity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 106, 17634 (2009)
- C. Gommes, Y. Jiao* and S. Torquato*, Density of States for a Specified Correlation Function and the Energy Landscape. Physical Review Letters 108, 080601 (2012)
- Y. Jiao*, E. Padilla and N. Chawla*, Modeling and Predicting Microstructure Evolution in Lead/Tin Alloy via Correlation Functions and Stochastic Material Reconstruction. Acta Materialia 61, 3370 (2013)
- R. Cang, H. Li, H. Yao, Y. Jiao, and Y. Ren*, Improving Direct Physical Properties Prediction of Heterogeneous Materials from Imaging Data via CNN and a Morphology-Aware Generative Model, Computational Materials Science 150, 212 (2018)
- P. E. Chen, W. Xu, N. Chawla, Y. Ren*, and Y. Jiao*, Hierarchical n-Point Polytope Functions for Quantitative Representation of Complex Heterogeneous Materials and Microstructural Evolution, Acta Materialia 179, 317 (2019)
- Y. Gao, Y. Jiao, and Y. Liu*, Ultra-efficient Reconstruction of 3D Microstructure and Distribution of Properties of Random Heterogeneous Materials Containing Multiple Phases, Acta Materialia 204, 116526 (2021)
- S. Cheng, Y. Jiao, and Y. Ren*, Data-Driven Learning of Three-Point Correlation Functions as Microstructure Representations, Acta Materialia 229, 117800 (2022)
- L. Zhong, S. Mao, and Y. Jiao*, Modeling Disordered Hyperuniform Heterogeneous Materials: Microstructure Representation, Field Fluctuations and Effective Properties, Acta Materialia 296, 121218 (2025)
Hyperuniform Materials:
- C. Zachary, Y. Jiao and S. Torquato*, Hyperuniformity Long-Range Correlations are a Signature of Disordered Jammed Hard-Particle Packings. Physical Review Letters 106, 178001 (2011)
- Y. Jiao, H. Hatzikirou, T. Lau, M. Meyer-Hermann, J.C. Corbo* and S. Torquato*, Avian Photoreceptor Mosaics Represent a Hyperuniform Solution to a Two-Dimensional Packing Problem. Physical Review E 89, 022721 (2014)
- Y. Zheng, L. Liu, H. Nan, Z. X. Shen, G. Zhang, D. Chen, L. He, W. Xu, M. Chen*, Y. Jiao*, and H. Zhuang*, Disordered Hyperuniformity in Two-Dimensional Amorphous Silica, Science Advances 6, eaba0826 (2020)
- D. Chen, Y. Zheng, L. Liu, G. Zhang, M. Chen*, Y. Jiao*, H. Zhuang*, Stone-Wales Defects Preserve Hyperuniformity in Amorphous Two-Dimensional Networks, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, e2016862118 (2021)
- D. Chen, Y. Zheng, and Y. Jiao*, Topological Defects, Inherent Structures and Hyperuniformity, Physical Review B 104, 174101 (2021)
- D. Chen*, X. Jiang, D. Wang, J. I. Vidallon, H. Zhuang, and Y Jiao*, Multihyperuniform Long-Range Order in Medium-Entropy Alloys, Acta Materialia 246, 118678 (2023)
- D. Chen*, H. Zhuang, M. Chen, P. Huang, V. Vlcek, and Y. Jiao*, Disordered Hyperuniform Solid State Materials, Applied Physics Reviews 10, 021310 (2023)
- Y. Liu, D. Chen, J.X. Tian, W. X. Xu, and Y. Jiao*, Universal Hyperuniform Organization in Looped Leaf Vein Networks, Physical Review Letters 133, 028401 (2024) [This work is highlighted on the cover of PRL.]
- D. Chen, R. Samajdar, Y. Jiao, and S. Torquato, Anomalous Suppression of Large-Scale Density Fluctuations in Classical and Quantum Spin Liquids, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122, e2416111122 (2025)
- H. Chen, Z. Sun, G. Wang, H. Chen, D. Chen, J. Shuai, M. Yang, Y. Jiao* and L. Liu*, Active Hyperuniform Networks of Magnetic Micro-Robots, Physical Review Letters, in press (2025)
Packing Theory and Applications:
- Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato*, Optimal Packings of Superdisks and the Role of Symmetry. Physical Review Letters 100, 245504 (2008)
- S. Torquato* and Y. Jiao, Dense Packings of Platonic and Archimedean Solids. Nature 460, 876 (2009) [The featured Nature Cover Story]
- J. H. Conway, Y. Jiao and S. Torquato*, A New Family of Tilings of Three-Dimensional Euclidean Space by Tetrahedra and Octahedra. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108, 11009 (2011)
- A. Hopkins, Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato*, Phase Diagram and Structural Diversity of the Densest Binary Sphere Packings. Physical Review Letters 107, 125501 (2011)
- H. Wang, et al., Double-Layered Supramolecular Prisms Self-Assembled by Geometrically Non-equivalent Tetratopic Subunits, Angewandte Chemie 133, 1318 (2021)
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H. Wang, et al., Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Nanowires on the Surface by Metallo-Supramolecular Truncated Cuboctahedra, Journal of the American Chemical Society 143, 5826 (2021)
Homogenization Theory:
- H. L. Duan, Y. Jiao, X. Yi, J. Wang* and Z. P. Huang, Solutions of Inhomogeneity Problems with Graded Shells and Application to Core-Shell Nano-particles and Composites. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 54, 1401 (2006)
- W. Xu*, F. Wu, Y. Jiao, M. Liu, A General Micromechanical Framework of Effective Moduli for the Design of Nonspherical Nano- and Micro-particle Reinforced Composites with Interface Properties, Materials & Design 127, 162 (2017)
- W. Xu, and Y. Jiao*, Theoretical Framework for Percolation Threshold, Tortuosity and Transport Properties of Porous Materials Containing 3D Non-spherical Pores, International Journal of Engineering Science 134, 31 (2019)
- W. Xu*, Y. Zhang, J. Jiang, Z. Liu and Y. Jiao*, Thermal Conductivity and Elastic Modulus of Three-Dimensional Porous/Fractured Media Considering Percolation, International Journal of Engineering Sciences 161, 103456 (2021)
- L. Zhong, S. Mao, and Y. Jiao*, Modeling Disordered Hyperuniform Heterogeneous Materials: Microstructure Representation, Field Fluctuations and Effective Properties, Acta Materialia, in press (2025)
Collective Dynamics of Active Systems:
- W. Han, S. Chen, W. Yuan, Q. Fan, J. Tian, X. Wang, L. Chen, X. Zhang, W. Wei, R. Liu, J. Qu, Y. Jiao, R. H. Austin, and L. Liu*, Oriented Collagen Fibers Direct Tumor Cell Intravasation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 11208 (2016)
- Y. Zheng, H. Nan, Y. Liu, Q. Fan, X. Wang, R. Liu, L. Liu, F. Ye, B. Sun, and Y. Jiao*, Modeling Cell Migration Regulated by Cell-ECM Micromechanical Coupling, Physical Review E 100, 043303 (2019)
- J. Kim, Y. Zheng, A. A. Alobaidi, H. Nan, J. Tian, Y. Jiao*, and B. Sun*, Geometric Dependence of Three-Dimensional Collective Cancer Invasion, Biophysics Journal 118, 1177 (2020)
- Q. Fan, Y. Zheng, X. Wang, R. Xie, Y. Ding, B. Wang, X. Yu, Y. Lu, L. Liu, Y. Li, M. Li, Y. Zhao, Y. Jiao*, F. Ye*, Dynamically Re-organized Collagen Fiber Bundles Transmit Mechanical Signals and Induce Strongly Correlated Cell Migration and Self-Organization, Angewandte Chemie 60, 11858 (2021)
- X. Wang, S. Chen, H. Nan, R. Liu, Y. Ding, K. Song, J. Shuai, Q. Fan, Y. Zheng, F. Ye, Y. Jiao*, L. Liu*, Abnormal Aggregation of Invasive Cancer Cells Induced by Collective Polarization and ECM-Mediated Mechanical Coupling in Co-Culture Systems, Research 2021, 9893131 (2021)
- X. Wang, H. Li, Y. Zheng, A. Wang, Q. Fan, Y. Jiao*, and F. Ye*, Collective Organization Behaviors of Multi-Cell Systems Induced by Engineered ECM-Cell Mechanical Coupling, Advanced Functional Materials, 2305414 (2023)
- J. Wang, G. Wang, H. Chen, Y. Liu, P. Wang, D. Yuan, X. Ma, X. Xu, Z. Cheng, B. Ji, M. Yang, J. S., F. Ye, J. Wang, Y. Jiao*, L. Liu*, Robo-Matter Towards Reconfigurable Multifunctional Smart Materials, Nature Communications 15, 8853 (2024)
see updated CV for full list of activites
NSF
Microstructural Evolution via Stochastic Morphology Reconstruction from Limited Tomography Data: Modeling Simulation and Experimental Verification
PI
9/15/2013-
8/31/2016
$300,000
DARPA
Integrated Computational Scheme for the Characterization Modeling and Prediction of Microstructure Evolution and Fatigue Response in Titanium Alloys
PI
9/9/2014 –
9/8/2017
$500,000
DOE
MFIX-DEM PHI: Performance and Capability Improvements towards Industrial Grade Open-Source DEM Framework with Integrated Uncertainty Quantification
co-PI
9/9/2015 –
2/28/2017
$1,115,625
ACS Petroleum Research Fund
Direct microstructure quantification and property prediction of porous materials from X-ray tomography data
PI
9/1/2016 –
8/31/2019
$110,000
NSF
EAGER: Reconstruction and Optimal Design of Multi-scale Material Systems through Deep Networks
co-PI
9/1/2017 –
8/31/2019
$171,255
NSF
Collaborative Research: A sweeping process framework to control the dynamics of elastoplastic systems
PI
8/1/2019-
7/31/2022
$134,077
NSF/Texas Tech
Hyperuniform micro-fluidics chips for isolation and classification of circulating tumor cells
PI
3/1/2020-
2/28/2023
$50,000
NSF
AI Institute: Planning: Novel Neural Architectures for 4D Materials Science
PI
9/1/2020-
8/31/2023
$500,000
NSF
CC Compute: The Arizona Federated Open Research Computing Enclave AFORCE an Advanced Computing Platform for Science Engineering and Health
Co-PI
10/01/2021-
09/30/2025
$399,997
ARO/Princeton University
MURI: Connectivity and Transport in Hyperuniform Networks
ASU PI
05/01/2022-
04/29/2027
$6,500,000
ERDC
Accelerate Materials Design and Process Optimization through Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Co-PI
05/21/2024-
05/31/2029
$10,000,000
NSF
CDS&E: Learning Explainable Microstructure Representations for Material Property Prediction and Design
PI
05/15/2025-
05/14/2028
$465,000
Applied Materials
Fundamental Analysis and Non-Destructive Screening of Tungsten Filament Variability for Improved Lifetime Performance
Co-PI
2025/10/31-
2028/10/30
$320,000
Applied Materials
Multiscale Precision Simulation of Tungsten Thin Films for Enhanced Efficiency and Durability in Light Bulbs
PI
2025/10/31-
2028/10/30
$240,000
ASU/SEMTE
CARET: Novel Neural Contrast Architecture for Explainable Structure-Property Relationship and Design of Advanced Multifunctional Polymer Matrix Composites
PI
2026/01/01-
2026/12/31
$47,500
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 489 | Capstone Design Project I |
| MAE 241 | Intro to Thermodynamics |
| MAE 241 | Intro to Thermodynamics |
| MAE 241 | Intro to Thermodynamics |
| MAE 241 | Intro to Thermodynamics |
| MAE 241 | Intro to Thermodynamics |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 484 | Internship |
2026 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 484 | Internship |
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MSE 335 | Materials Kinetics |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MAE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 250 | Structure&Properties-Materials |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 484 | Internship |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MSE 355 | Structure and Defects |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 355 | Structure and Defects |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| ASU 101-SEM | The ASU Experience |
| ASU 101-SEM | The ASU Experience |
| MSE 484 | Internship |
2025 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 484 | Internship |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MSE 335 | Materials Kinetics |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MAE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MSE 330 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| CHE 592 | Research |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 524 | Advanced Thermodynamics |
2024 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MSE 561 | Kinetics&Phase Trans in Solids |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MAE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 561 | Kinetics&Phase Trans in Solids |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| MSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MSE 330 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MAE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 592 | Research |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| MSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
2023 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MSE 561 | Kinetics&Phase Trans in Solids |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MAE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 561 | Kinetics&Phase Trans in Solids |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| MSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MSE 330 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MAE 799 | Dissertation |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| MSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MSE 561 | Kinetics&Phase Trans in Solids |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MAE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 593 | Applied Project |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 561 | Kinetics&Phase Trans in Solids |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
| MSE 792 | Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MSE 330 | Thermodynamics of Materials |
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MAE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MAE 799 | Dissertation |
| CHE 592 | Research |
| MSE 599 | Thesis |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 799 | Dissertation |
| MAE 593 | Applied Project |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| MAE 792 | Research |
| MSE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| MSE 792 | Research |
| MSE 792 | Research |