Kaiyang Yin, Ph.D.

Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Email: yinkaiyang@nimte.ac.cn

Mailing Address: No. 1219 Zhongguan West Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China

Postal Code: 315200


Kaiyang Yin received his B.E. degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2014, his M.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016, and his Ph.D. degree from Dartmouth College in 2020. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the Department of Physics, Northeastern University (USA), and worked as an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) / Cluster of Excellence livMatS, University of Freiburg, Germany. In July 2024, he joined the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, under the "Team Talent" Program.

His research primarily focuses on bioinspired cellular materials and bioinspired actuating materials. To date, he has published over 40 papers, including more than 20 as first or corresponding author in journals such as PNAS, Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem., and Adv. Funct. Mater. He holds 6 patent applications, with 2 granted. He was funded by the NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Category C), the Key Project of Zhejiang Marine Industry Science and Technology, the German Research Foundation–U.S. National Science Foundation Joint Program, and the German Cluster of Excellence livMatS Seed Fund, among many other funding. He has been selected for the National Young Talent Program, the CAS Talent Introduction Program, the Zhejiang Provincial Young Talent Program, and is a core member of the Ningbo Yongjiang Talent Innovation Team.

Research Areas

Bioinspired cellular materials, bioinspired actuating materials, 3D and 4D printing, smart metamaterials

Education

  • Ph.D., Dartmouth College (USA), September 2016 – May 2020
  • M.S., University of Pennsylvania (USA), September 2014 – May 2016
  • B.E., Shanghai Jiao Tong University, September 2010 – June 2014


Experience

   
Work Experience
  • 2024-07–present, Professor, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • 2020-10–2024-07, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Freiburg (Germany)
  • 2020-06–2026-09, Postdoctoral Researcher, Northeastern University (USA)

Publications

[1] Q. Sun, J. Ma, J. Man, Z. Ali, C. Gao, P. H. Kamm, F. García-Moreno, X. Tan, K. Yin, C. Eberl, B. Cao, Journal of Materials Research and Technology 2026, 43, 5269.

[2] Z. Wang, M. Si, J. Han, Y. Wu, T. Zhang, K. Yin, T. Chen, Advanced Materials 2025, 37, 2501815.

[3] Z. Wang, M. Si, J. Han, Y. Shen, G. Yin, K. Yin, P. Xiao, T. Chen, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2025, 64, e202416095.

[4] U. G. K. Wegst, P. H. Kamm, K. Yin, F. García-Moreno, Nat Rev Methods Primers 2024, 4, 1.

[5] K. Yin, K. Ji, L. S. Littles, R. Trivedi, A. Karma, U. G. K. Wegst, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023, 120, e2210242120.

[6] K. Yin, B. Cao, J. Todt, F. Gutmann, H. F. Tunçay, A. Roth, F. Fischer, N. Grübel, A. Pfaff, G. C. Ganzenmüller, J. Keckes, S. Hiermaier, C. Eberl, Journal of Materials Science & Technology 2023, 149, 18.

[7] P. H. Kamm, K. Yin, T. R. Neu, C. M. Schlepütz, F. García-Moreno, U. G. K. Wegst, Advanced Functional Materials 2023, 33, 2304738.

[8] N. Ghavidelnia, K. Yin, B. Cao, C. Eberl, Materials & Design 2023, 230, 111988.

[9] K. Yin, B. A. Reese, C. R. Sullivan, U. G. K. Wegst, Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31, 2007743.

[10] K. Yin, M. D. Mylo, T. Speck, U. G. K. Wegst, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 2020, 110, 103826.

[11] K. Yin, P. Divakar, U. G. K. Wegst, Biomacromolecules 2019, 20, 3733.

[12] K. Yin, P. Divakar, U. G. K. Wegst, Acta Biomaterialia 2019, 84, 231.