Welcome to The Zhao Group
Yanli Zhao, PhD

Lee Soo Ying Professor in Materials Chemistry

Associate Chair (Research and Graduate Education):
School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
Nanyang Technological University

Executive Editor:
ACS Applied Nano Materials

Postdoctoral Scholar:
Northwestern University (Advisor: Prof Sir Fraser Stoddart)
UCLA (Advisors: Prof Sir Fraser Stoddart and Prof Jeffrey Zink)

PhD:
Nankai University (Advisor: Prof Yu Liu)

BSc:
Nankai University

Fellow of Singapore National Academy of Science in 2024
Mitsui Chemicals-SNIC Industry Award in Materials and Nano-Chemistry in 2023
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2022
Lee Soo Ying Professorship in Materials Chemistry in 2021
SNIC Merit Service Award in 2020
Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics in 2018-2023
Singapore National Research Foundation Investigatorship in 2018
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Young Investigator Award in 2017
SPMS Teaching Excellence Award in 2015/2016
Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association Prize for Young Scientists in 2016
SPMS Young Researcher Award in 2013
TR35@Singapore Award in 2012
Singapore National Research Foundation Fellowship in 2010
UCLA Exceptional Accomplishment in Postdoctoral Research in 2010