Yingying Zhang

Yingying Zhang is a Faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University. Her research focuses on the synthesis and fundamental understanding of carbon nanotubes, graphene, silk, and their hybrid materials, with an emphasis on developing high-performance flexible and wearable electronics and smart systems. She has authored over 190 journal papers, including publications in Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Science Advances, and Advanced Materials, and has received more than 18,000 citations. She is also an Associate Editor of ACS Sensors and serves on the Advisory Board of several scientific journals. Her work has been highlighted by Nature, Scientific American, and other prominent media outlets.

Yingying Zhang is a professor at Tsinghua University specializing in wearable electronics, nanomaterials, nanochemistry, and carbon nanotubes. Her research focuses on developing flexible, stretchable, and sensitive electronic materials for applications in strain sensing, electronic skin, and wearable health monitoring. Zhang's work includes the creation of carbonized silk and cotton-based nanomaterials for high-performance strain sensors, as well as graphene and carbon nanotube-based flexible electronics. Her research also explores the synthesis and application of carbon nanotubes in air filtration, solar steam generation, and printed electronics. Zhang's contributions emphasize the integration of nanomaterials with textile and biomaterials to enable multifunctional, biocompatible, and sustainable electronic systems.