Yanfei Xu

Exploring fundamental relationships between material structures and properties at an atomic level; engineering polymers and carbon-based nanomaterials to improve thermal, electrical and optical properties; translating materials into integrated devices and systems by leveraging advanced manufacturing; thermal energy storage and conversion.

Email: yanfeixu [at] umass [dot] edu

Phone: (413) 545-4141

Lederle Graduate Research Tower
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

Room 403E

Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-2018
Marie Curie Fellow of European Commission, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research & BASF SE Joint Lab, 2011-2013
PhD, Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, 2005-2010

2021-2022 Teaching for Inclusiveness, Diversity and Equity (TIDE) Ambassadors.
2020-2021 UMass Amherst ADVANCE Faculty Fellow.
2020 Flex Grant Award for Faculty Development, Massachusetts Society of Professors, the UMass Amherst
2020 Guest Associate Editor for Frontiers in Materials
2016 Top 10 Reviewers, JMCC, Royal Society of Chemistry
2015 Featured Speaker, TechConnect World Innovation Conference
2011-2012 Marie Curie Fellowship, European Commission
2011 Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, Nankai University
2009 Top 100 Most Influential Scientific Researchers, P. R. China (中国百篇最具影响国际学术论文)