Background Information: 

Qingchen Shen, Assistant Professor at Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo. He received his doctoral degree (Materials Science and Engineering) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2020 (Advisor: Prof. Tao Deng). He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge (2021-2024) and the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (2024-2025) (Advisor: Prof. Silvia Vignolini). His main research interests focus on bioinspired thermal and optical materials and devices, including stretchable thermal management materials and devices, passive radiative cooling materials based on cellulose, sustainable optical materials based on cellulose, and stretchable devices utilizing liquid metals. As the first/corresponding (including co-first/corresponding) author, he has published more than ten papers in prestigious international journals such as Science, Advanced Materials, and Advanced Science. The overall citations are over 1,800, and an H-index is 16. He holds 2 UK patent applications and 8 Chinese patent applications (3 granted). His work has been featured by well-known domestic and international media, including XinhuaNet, People's Daily, China Science Daily, Chemistry World, Phys.org, the American Chemical Society (ACS), New Scientist, Fast Company, Euronews, and others.

Research Field:

• Bioinspired Thermal-Functional Materials and Devices: Stretchable thermal management materials and devices for wearable electronics; passive radiative cooling materials based on cellulose for thermal management in buildings and personal applications.

• Bioinspired Optical Materials: Sustainable optical materials based on the self-assembly of cellulose nanocrystals.

• Bioinspired Stretchable Devices: Stretchable devices utilizing gallium-based liquid metals.

Educational Background:

2016-2020: PhD. (Materials Science and Engineering), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2013-2016: Master (Materials Science and Engineering), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2009-2013: Bachelor (Materials Science and Engineering), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University

Work Experience:

2025-Present: Assistant Professor, Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo

2024-2025: Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

2021-2024: Postdoctoral researcher, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge

Academic Experience: (Optional)

2019-2020: Visiting scholar, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University 

Academic Part-time Jobs (Partial):

Reviewer for journals such as Nature Communications and Construction and Building Materials.

Awards and Honors:

2020: SJTU Overseas Study Grants for Excellent PhD Students

2020: Nomination of the SJTU outstanding doctoral thesis

2020: Outstanding postgraduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2015: National scholarship for graduate students

2014: National first prize of 7th National Student Social Practice and Science Contest on Energy and Emission Reduction

2014: Excellent poster award of International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Material

2014: GE Foundation TECH award

Representative Works:

General Information

More than 25 SCI papers with over 1800 citations, H-Index 16

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eJIHyFcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

10 Representative Works (* refers to the corresponding author, # refers to the co-first author)

1. Q. Shen#, M. Jiang#, R. Wang#, K. Song#, M. H. Vong#, W. Jung, F. Krisnadi, R. Kan, F. Zheng, B. Fu, P. Tao, C. Song, G. Weng, B. Peng, J. Wang*, W. Shang *, M. D. Dickey*, T. Deng*, 2023, Liquid metal-based soft, hermetic, and wireless-communicable seals for stretchable systems. Science, 379(6631): 488–493. 

2. J. Song, R. M. Parker, B. Frka-Petesic, T. Deng, L. Xu, X. Deng*, S. Vignolini*, Q. Shen*, 2025, Spray‐assisted fabrication of cellulose photonic pigments on superhydrophobic surfaces. Advanced Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202416607.

3. Q. Shen#, Z. Luo#, S. Ma#, P. Tao, C. Song, J. Wu, W. Shang*, T. Deng*, 2018, Bioinspired infrared sensing materials and systems. Advanced Materials, 30(28): 1707632.

4. Q. Shen#, Z. Ning#, B. Fu, S. Ma, Z. Wang, L. Shu, L. Zhang, X. Wang, J. Xu, P. Tao, C. Song, J. Wu, T. Deng*, W. Shang*, 2019, An open thermo-electrochemical cell enabled by interfacial evaporation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(11): 6514-6521.

5. Q. Shen#, S. Ma#, Z. Luo#, S. An, J. He, R. Zhang, P. Tao, C. Song, J. Wu, R. A. Potyrailo, T. Deng*, W. Shang*, 2020, Butterfly wing inspired high performance infrared detection with spectral selectivity. Advanced Optical Materials, 8(6): 1901647. 

6. Q. Shen#, C. Chang#, P. Tao, Z. Ning, S. Rong, Y. Liu, C. Song, J. Wu, W. Shang*, T. Deng*, 2018, Waste heat recovery in an oscillating heat pipe using interfacial electrical double layers. Applied Physics Letters, 112(24): 243903.

7. Q. Shen#, J. He#, M. Ni, C. Song, L. Zhou, H. Hu, R. Zhang, Z. Luo, G. Wang, P. Tao, T. Deng*, W. Shang*, 2015, Subtractive structural modification of Morpho butterfly wings. Small, 11(42): 5705-5711.

8. F. Zhang#, Q. Shen#, X. Shi, S. Li, W. Wang, Z. Luo, G. He, P. Zhang, P. Tao, C. Song, W. Zhang, D. Zhang, T. Deng*, W. Shang*, 2015, Infrared detection based on localized modification of Morpho butterfly wings. Advanced Materials, 27(6): 1077-1082. 

9. W. Zhu#, B. Droguet#, Q. Shen#, Y. Zhang#, T. G. Parton, X. Shan, R. M. Parker, M. F. L. De Volder, T. Deng, S. Vignolini*, T. Li*, 2022, Structurally colored radiative cooling cellulosic films. Advanced Science, 9(26): 2202061. 

10. F. Zheng#, Q. Shen#, Z. Wang, W. Cheng, R. Wang, C. Fang, B. Chu, J. Tao, W. Zhang, P. Tao, C. Song, W. Shang, B. Fu*, T. Deng*, 2023, Lightweight all graphene-based two-phase heat transport devices. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 10(12): 2201687.