Expert Profiles

Module 1 Statistical Physics and Soft Matter

Aug. 4-11, 2025

Hajime Tanaka
Prof. Hajime Tanaka is the Professor Emeritus and senior program advisor of the University of Tokyo, and the fellow of Institute of Physics. He is the leading scientist of soft matter physics, making pioneering contributions in the areas of glass transition, liquid-liquid phase transitions, water science, and phase transitions and critical phenomena. He was awarded the Japanese Society of Polymer Science Prize (1997), the Humboldt Research Award (2006).
Hajime Tanaka教授是东京大学名誉教授，东京大学先端科学研究中心高级顾问，国际软物质物理领域的顶尖科学家，在玻璃化转变、液液相变、水科学及相变与临界现象等方向做出了开创性贡献。

Steve Granick
Prof. Granick is the professor at the University of Massachusetts, and the Robert Barrett Endowed Chair of Polymer Science and Engineering Departments. He is a memebr of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Physicsal Society. He focuses on the self-assembly of soft and active matter, the design of self-propelled materials, and the collective behavior of non-equilibrium states, making outstanding contributions to the fields of single molecule physical chemistry, polymers, complex fluids, and biomaterials. He was awarded the APS national Prize for Polymer Physics, the ACS national Prize for Surface and Colloid Science, and the Paris-Sciences Medal.
Steve Granick教授，马塞诸塞大学教授，美国国家科学院院士，美国物理学会会士。他的研究主要集中在软物质和活性物质的自组装、自驱动材料的设计以及非平衡态下的集体行为等方面，在单分子物理化学、高分子及复杂流体和生物材料等领域作出了杰出贡献。

Walter Kob
Walter Kob is the professor of the University of Montpellier, France, and the head of the Laboratoire des Colloides, Verres, et Nanomateriaux. The topics of his research are focused on the structural and dynamical properties of disordered systems, such as glasses, polymeric systems, and granular materials. These investigations have been documented in more than 200 research papers and one textbook on disordered materials, collecting more than 13,000 citations. For this work Walter Kob has been honored by the Otto Schott Research Award, the Prix Ivan Peyches of the French Academie des Sciences, the Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Science Lecture, the George W. Morey Award of the American Ceramic Society, as well as a Senior Membership of the Institut Universitaire de France.
Walter Kob教授是法国蒙彼利埃大学教授。他的研究主要集中在无序系统、玻璃转变和复杂流体等领域，尤其在玻璃转变理论与数值计算方面有突出贡献。

Paddy Royall
Prof. Christopher Patrick (Paddy) Royall is a professor at ESPCI Paris, France, and holds British nationality. His research fields include the structure and dynamics of glass, colloidal systems, non-viscous gel, etc. He has organized 12 conferences and seminars, including Unifying Concepts in Glass Physics VII and 5 Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire (CECAM) flagship meetings.He haspublished over 100 articles that have been cited over 8,000 times.
Paddy Royall教授是法国巴黎高等物理化学研究所的教授，并在ESPCI与CNRS的联合实验室担任研究室主任。他的研究领域包括硬球玻璃理论、胶体玻璃的动力学与结构关联、非粘性凝胶等。

Daniel Bonn
Prof. Daniel Bonn is a professor at the Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, and a member of the Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute. His research interests include wetting and viscosity in soft matter physics, and the yield stress materials in soft condensed matter. His work spans from fundamental science to industrial applications, collaborating with numerous companies to drive innovations in sustainability.
Daniel Bonn教授是阿姆斯特丹大学物理学院教授。他的研究方向包括软物质的浸润效应、粘性、屈服应力等，涵盖了从基础科学到工业应用的广泛领域。

Kunimasa Miyazaki
Professor Kunimasa Miyazaki is a professor at Nagoya University in Japan and a principal investigator at the Center for Research on Academic Systems of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). His research focuses on glass transitions, non-equilibrium statistical physics, and the non-equilibrium behavior of soft condensed matter. He has proposed universal mechanisms for the nonlinear rheology of soft matter and the non-equilibrium behavior of active matter. In 2007, he was awarded the Young Scientist Award by the Physical Society of Japan. He has also served as the chair and committee member of several important international conferences in the fields of statistical physics and soft matter.
Kunimasa Miyazaki教授是日本名古屋大学教授，日本学术振兴会学术系统研究中心主任研究员。Miyazaki教授的研究集中于玻璃化转变、非平衡统计物理及软凝聚态物质的非平衡行为，在提出了软物质非线性流变学、活性物质的非平衡行为的普适机制。

John Russo
Prof. John Russo is the associate professor in Physics in Sapienza University of Rome. He focuses on the soft matter physics and statistical physics, and has achieved significant contribution in the areas of glass transition, water science, and phase transition dynamics. Professor Russo has received numerous academic honors and actively participates in international academic exchanges. He has published over a hundred high-level papers in top-tier journals with over 4,000 citations, and he has a high international academic influence.
John Russo教授是罗马大学副教授，活跃于国际软物质物理与统计物理领域，尤其在玻璃化转变、水科学及相变动力学等方向取得了重要成果。

Yilong Han
Prof. Yilong Han is a faculty member in the Department of Physics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His research primarily focuses on complex systems, experimental soft condensed matter physics, and statistical physics. Professor Han has published over 100 high-quality papers, with more than 4,000 citations.
韩一龙教授是香港科技大学物理学系的教授，他的研究主要集中在复杂系统、实验软凝聚态物理、统计物理等。

Ran Ni
Prof. Ni Ran is a Tenured Associate Professor in the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His primary research interests focus on active matter, non-equilibrium fluids, and AI for Science (AI4S). Professor Ni has received multiple grants from Singapore's Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund. In 2024, he was honored with the Tan Chin Tuan Exchange Fellow in Engineering award by NTU's College of Engineering. He has published dozens of high-quality papers, with a total citation count exceeding 3,000.
倪冉教授是南洋理工大学化学、化学工程与生物技术学院终身副教授，他的主要研究方向集中在活性物质、非平衡流体、AI4S等领域。

Ning Xu
Prof. Ning Xu is the professor of the Department of Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He has also held appointments at the CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, and the CAS Key Laboratory of Microscale Magnetic Resonance. His current research interests include the dynamics of amorphous systems in soft matter physics, phase transitions and properties of amorphous solids, quasicrystals, mechanical metamaterials, rheology, and non-equilibrium statistical physics. He has published dozens of high-quality papers, with a total citation count exceeding 3,000
徐宁教授是中国科学技术大学物理系教授，主要研究领域是软物质物理中非晶体系的动力学、相变及非晶固体的特性、准晶、力学超材料、流变、非平衡态统计物理等。

Limei Xu
Limei Xu is a Boya Distinguished Professor and Deputy Dean of the School of Physics at Peking University. Her research focuses on equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics and soft condensed matter physics, particularly in the areas of phase transitions and critical phenomena in complex systems, and the properties of water.
徐莉梅教授是北京大学博雅特聘教授，物理学院副院长。她长期从事平衡与非平衡统计物理及软凝聚态物理方面研究，特别是复杂体系的相变与临界现象、水的特性等方面研究，在相关领域发表多篇论文。

Yujie Wang
Prof. Yujie Wang is a distinguished faculty member of the School of Physics and Astronomy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.Professor Wang's research focuses on synchrotron radiation imaging technology and soft matter physics. His work explores non-equilibrium statistical physics, the microscopic structure and dynamics of granular materials and colloids, and the application of X-ray imaging in fluids, materials, and biomedical imaging. he has made significant breakthroughs in understanding the critical solid nature of granular materials, with findings published in top-tier journals.
王宇杰教授是上海交通大学物理与天文学院特聘教授，交叉科学研究所成员。主要从事同步辐射影像技术和软物质物理研究，研究领域包括非平衡态统计物理、颗粒物质和胶体的微观结构与动力学过程，以及X射线成像技术在流体、材料及生物医学影像中的应用。

Pan Zhang
Prof. Pan Zhang is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. His research focuses on the intersection of statistical physics, quantum physics, and machine learning.
张潘教授是中国科学院理论物理研究所研究员。他的研究领域是统计物理学、量子物理学和计算机科学之间的跨学科领域，涉及自旋玻璃理论和消息传递算法、组合优化问题、随机矩阵论、统计推断、网络、张量网络和机器学习等方面。

Module 2 Thermal Metamaterials

Aug. 11-17, 2025

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