Tao Yang

yt1990.9@gmail.com

EMPLOYMENT

Associate professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China                          2021.7-

Postdoc Training

Postdoc, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX                              2020.8-2021.3

Postdoc, University of Colorado Boulder- Boulder, CO                        2020.2-2020.8

Postdoc, Colorado School of Mines - Golden, CO                                 2018.10-2019.12

EDUCATION

Colorado School of Mines- Golden, CO

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (GPA: 3.75/4.0)                                         2013-2018

Relevant coursework: Transport Phenomena, Soft Matter, Surface Chemistry

Sichuan University- Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China                             2009-2013

Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering (GPA: 3.3/4.0)

Expertise

Colloids and Surface Chemistry, Soft Matter Physics, Nanofabrication

Research interest

Micro/nanorobots, self-assembly, micro/nanomanipulation, drug delivery

PUBLICATIONS

1. Shakya, G.*, Yang, T.*, Gao, Y., Fajrial, A. K., Li, B., Ruzzene, M., Borden, M. A., Ding, X. (2022). Acoustically Manipulating Internal Structure of Disk-in-Sphere Endoskeletal Droplets. Nature Communications, 13 *co-first author

2. Zhu, X., Gao, Y., Mhana, R., Yang, T., Hanson, B. L., Yang, X., Gong, J., Wu, N. (2021). Synthesis and Propulsion of Magnetic Dimers under Orthogonally Applied Electric and Magnetic Fields. Langmuir, 37(30), 9151-9161

3. Gao, Y., Fajrial, A. K., Yang, T., Ding, X. (2021). Emerging on-chip surface acoustic wave technology for small biomaterials manipulation and characterization. Biomaterials Science, 9 (5) 1574-1582.

4. Yang, T., Sprinkle, B., Guo, Y., Qian, J., Hua, D., Donev, A., Marr, D. W., & Wu, N. (2020). Reconfigurable microbots folded from simple colloidal chains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 117 (31) 18186-18193.

5. Yang, T., Tomaka, A., Tasci, T. O., Neeves, K. B., Wu, N., & Marr, D. W. (2019). Microwheels on microroads: Enhanced translation on topographic surfaces. Science Robotics, 4(32), eaaw9525.

6. Yang, T., Marr, D. W., & Wu, N. (2018). Superparamagnetic colloidal chains prepared via Michael-addition. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 540, 23-28.

7. Yang, T., Tasci, T. O., Neeves, K. B., Wu, N., & Marr, D. W. (2017). Magnetic microlassos for reversible cargo capture, transport, and release. Langmuir, 33(23), 5932-5937 (Cover article).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Oral presentations

(2) Magnetic microlassos for reversible cargo capture, transport, and release. 91st ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, CCNY, New York City, NY, June 2017. Yang, T., Tasci, T. O., Neeves, K. B., Wu, N., & Marr, D. W.

(1) Combined magneto- and opto-fluidic assembly of colloidal chains of controllable length. 2015 AIChE conference, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov., 2015. Yang, T., Wu, N., Marr, D. W.

Poster presentations

(2) Reconfigurable colloidal chains for multimodal propulsion. 2020 Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA. January 2020. Yang, T., Sprinkle, B., Guo, Y., Qian, J., Hua, D., Donev, A., Marr, D. W., & Wu, N.

(1) Microwheels and Microroads: Enhanced Translation on Topographic Surfaces. 2018 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Phoenix, AZ, April 2018. Yang, T., Tomaka, A., Tasci, T. O., Neeves, K. B., Wu, N., & Marr, D. W.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Cell manipulations with microbots

Robotic interfere with biointerfaces

Artificial catch bonds between microrobots and endothelial cells

“Snowtire”-like spiky microspheres with biofilms