uEducational Background 2013.09 - 2018.09 Southeast University, College of Materials, Materials Science and Engineering, Doctoral Degree 2009.09 - 2013.06 Southeast University, College of Materials, Materials Science and Engineering, Bachelor's Degree uWork Experience 2024.04 - Present Southeast University, College of Materials, Professor (Promotion by Exception) 2021.04 - 2024.03 Southeast University, College of Materials, Associate Professor (Promotion by Exception) 2018.12 - 2021.03 Southeast University, College of Materials, Lecturer
Honored as National High-Level Young Talent. Preside over a number of national-level research projects, including the first batch of Original Exploration Projects and its extended funding of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program.Publish over 80 papers as first and corresponding authors in top-tier international journals covering comprehensive science, energy and materials disciplines, including Nature Communications, Science Bulletin, Energy & Environmental Science, Materials Today, and Cement & Concrete Research.Receive multiple provincial and ministerial science and technology awards, including the First Prize of Basic Research Category in the Building Materials Science and Technology Award from China Building Materials Federation and Chinese Society of Silicate (ranked first). Relevant research achievements have been applied in numerous key engineering projects including the Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, the Second Jiaozhou Bay Subsea Tunnel, the Haitai River-Crossing Passage and the Dongliang Expressway, and have been covered by more than 170 domestic and overseas media outlets such as Xinhua News Agency and Science and Technology Daily，Selected as one of the "Top 10 Global Building Materials Technology Advances of 2025". uResearch Interests 1. Cement-based new energy materials (such as moisture/water-driven power generation, new batteries, supercapacitors, etc.); 2. Computational materials science (first-principles, molecular dynamics and machine learning, etc.); 3. Carbon capture and carbon neutrality materials (Biomimetic/negative carbon cementitious materials, etc.); uResearch Grants 1. Key Research Project of National Key R&D Program, 2023.11 - 2026.10 2. General Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2024.01 - 2027.12 3. The Fifth Batch of National Major Technological Research Projects of the Building Materials Industry "Challenge-Based" Program, 2026.01 - 2028.12 4. Original Exploration Projects and its extended funding of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2021.1-2024.12 5. Excellent Young Research Project of Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation, 2023.07 - 2026.06 uSelected Publications and Achievements Selected Prizes: 1.The bionic design principle and performance improvement methods of structural-energy storage integrated cement-based materials, China Building Materials Federation / China Silicate Society, First Prize in the Basic Research Category of the 2025 Building Materials Science and Technology Award (ranked 1st)
Selected Publications: 1、Chen, Y., Zheng, Y., Zhou, Y.*, Zhang, W.*, Li, W., She, W., ... & Miao, C. (2023). Multi-layered cement-hydrogel composite with high toughness, low thermal conductivity, and self-healing capability. Nature Communications, 14(1), 3438. 2、Wang, Y., Zheng, Y., Li, W., Xiao, S., Chen, S., Xing, J., Zhou, Y.*, & Miao, C. (2025). Bio-inspired thermoelectric cement with interfacial selective immobilization towards self-powered buildings. Science Bulletin,70(12):1994-2003. 3、Xing, J., Wang, L., Guo, Y., Li, W., Wang, Y., Zhao, W., Wu, Y., Wang, W.*, He, J.*, and Zhou, Y.* (2026). An expandable cement-induced pseudo-supercapacitor brick for self-energy-storage buildings. Energy & Environmental Science, 19, 3524-3535. 4、Li, W., Xiong, C., Zhou, Y.*, Zheng, Y., Xing, J., Jin, Y., & Wang, Y. (2026). Deciphering the initial hydration reaction of tricalcium aluminate based on Ab initio-accurate machine learning force field. Cement and Concrete Research, 201, 108124. 5、Zhao, W., Xiao, S., Xing, J., Xiong, C., Chen, S., Zheng, P., Wang, P., Pan, L.* and Zhou, Y.* (2026). Bioinspired alternating rigid-soft layered design enhances structural-functional-electrochemical integrated cement-based batteries toward zero–carbon buildings. Materials Today, 95,103288.
uTeaching and Education Teach undergraduate courses Computational Materials Science and Eco-Environmental Materials (Seminar), and postgraduate course Mechanics of Composite Materials. Advocate all-round development of group members. Supervise student teams to win multiple key honors: National Silver Award & Jiangsu Provincial Gold Award of Challenge Cup, National Silver Award & Jiangsu Provincial Gold Award of Internet Plus Competition. Postgraduates of the group have been granted various accolades and scholarships for many times, including Outstanding Master’s Thesis of Southeast University, National Scholarship and Doctoral Freshman Scholarship. Group graduates secure careers in Sinopec, BYD, Highway Institute of Ministry of Communications, China State Construction Western Region, and selected civil servants of Shanghai, Shenzhen and other regions. Recruit 2–4 master candidates and 1–2 doctoral candidates each year. All admitted students will be under unified management of Academician Miao Changwen’s research group with shared research resources. Applicants with backgrounds in materials, energy, computer science and related disciplines are welcome. |
