Cao Moyuan
Ph.D., Researcher
Moyuan Cao, Ph.D., Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Graduated from Beihang University.
Special Talent：Principal Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientists Fund (Category B)
Address：Room 257, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University Jinnan Campus, 38 Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, Tianjin, China.
Telephone：+86-13072211997
Email：mycao@nankai.edu.cn
Research Group Website：https://mse.nankai.edu.cn/cmy/list.htm
Research Interest：Bio-inspired Interfacial Materials for Fluid Manipulation and Device Integration
History：
2006-2010, B.E., Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
2010-2013, M.S., Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
2013-2016, Ph.D. in Engineering, School of Chemistry, Beihang University
2016-2022, Associate Professor, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University
2022-Present, Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University
2024-Present, Associate Dean, National Institute for Advanced Materials, Nankai University
Honors and Awards
2018, Tianjin Young Elite Scientist Sponsorship Program
2018, Young Scientific and Technological Innovation Leader, Tianjin Innovative Talent Promotion Plan
2019, Outstanding Instructor, First Prize (National Level), Challenge Cup National Undergraduate Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition
2019, First Prize of Natural Science Award, Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) (Ranked 3rd)
2023, Emerging Investigator, Soft Matter
2024, Nankai University Youth May Fourth Medal
2024, Emerging Investigator, Chemical Society Reviews
2024, Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2025, Outstanding Instructor, Grand Prize (Tianjin Division), Challenge Cup National Undergraduate Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition
Scientific Achievements & Selected Publications
1. Programmable and Unidirectional Liquid Self-Transport on Modular Fluidic Units; Jiasong Liu, Chengyu Zhao, Haoyu Bai, Guoqiang Li*, Huijuan Li, Yuan Wang, Sensen Xuan, Yucai Ge, Jiaxin Yu*, Xiaoxin Li, Xiaopeng Wang, Liang Chen, Zehang Cui, Moyuan Cao*; Advanced Materials, 2025, 2508530
2. Unravelling the aerodynamic enhancement of water harvesting via dynamic liquid bumps; Haoyu Bai#, He Sun#, Zhihang Ye, Zhe Li, Tianhong Zhao, Xinsheng Wang, Mingren Cheng, Ziwei Wang, Shouying Huang, Moyuan Cao*; Materials Horizons, 2025, 12, 6217-6228. (Celebrating 10th Aniversary of MSE-NKU collection)
3. Saping Metal–Organic Frameworks Toward Practical Applications: From 0D to 3D; Mingren Cheng, Moyuan Cao*, Xian-He Bu; Advanced Engineering Materials, 2025, 202500592. (Invited Feature Article)
4. Erasable and Programmable Unidirectional Liquid Transport on Multiple Asymmetric Slippery Microstructures; Zhe Li, Min Xu, Muqian Li, Haoyu Bai, Xinsheng Wang, Tianhong Zhao, Shouying Huang, Moyuan Cao*; ACS Nano, 2025, 19, 21, 19854-19865.
5. Interfacial fluid manipulation with bioinspired strategies: special wettability and asymmetric structures; Haoyu Bai, Tianhong Zhao, Moyuan Cao*; Chemical Society Reviews, 2025, 54, 1733-1784. (2024 Emerging Investigator series, Invited Review, Selected as Inside Cover)
Professional Cultivation
The research group plans to recruit 2 doctoral students and 2 master students every year. We welcome chemistry undergraduates, masters, doctors and PhD students to join us later. For details, please contact Teacher Xiao Lijun (ljxiao@nankai.edu.cn).
