Professor Youhong Tang
Professor
College of Science and Engineering
Youhong is a Mechanical and Materials Engineering researcher with research interests mainly focused on
(1) Structure-process-property relation of polymeric nanocomposites and fiber reinforced composites, especially on rubber, hydrogel and epoxy based multifunctional and value-added nanocomposites and marine FRP composites.
(2) Chemosensors/ biosensors design, manufacture, and their associated portable devices development, especially with novel aggregation-induced emission features.
Professor Youhong Tang obtained his PhD degree in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2007. He moved to Flinders University with an ARC-DECRA in 2012 from Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, the University of Sydney.
- Bachelor of Engineering: Wuhan University of Technology, China (2000)
- Master of Engineering: Wuhan University of Technology, China (2002)
- Doctor of Philosophy: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China (2007)
- Project Management Professional (PMP): Project Management Institute, US (2008)
- Professional Diploma in Project Management:Hong Kong Productivity Council, China (2008)
Honours and Awards:
- Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research Supervision, Flinders University, Australia, 2022
- Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early-Career Researcher, Flinders University, Australia, 2012
- Australian Research Council - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (ARC-DECRA), Australia, 2012-2014
- Best paper, 3rd National Doctoral Forum of China, China, 2005
- Postgraduate Studentship, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China, 2002 - 2007
- Best M.Eng. Thesis, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2002
- Postgraduate Studentship, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2000-2002
- First Prize Scholarship, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 1996-1999
- First Class Prize, the National Olympic Chemistry Contest for High School Students, Hubei Section, China, 1995
Grants:
- Australian Research Council -Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE120102784), 2012-2014;
- Australian Research Council - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE140100082), 2014;
- Australian Research Council - Industrial Transformation Training Centres (IC140100003), 2014-2016;
- Australian Solar Thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI) Node I: Heliostat cost down, 2014-2020;
- Australian Research Council - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE150100094), 2015;
- Premier’s Research and Industry Fund Catalyst Research Grant, South Australia, 2015-2016;
- Australian Research Council - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE180100136), 2018;
- International Research Grant (China-Australia Joint International Laboratory for Health Technologies), South Australia, 2018-2021;
- DIP, SA Government and DSTG, 2018-2019;
- Nano 6C (WA, Australia) research contract, 2018-2019;
- Australia-China Science and Research Fund (ACSRF) – Joint Research Centre on Personal Health Technologies, 2019-2022;
- Australian Research Council - Industrial Transformation Training Centres (IC190100034), 2020-2023;
- Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre, 2021-2031;
- Deputy Director of Joint International Laboratory for Health Technologies
- Deputy Director of ACSRF-Joint Research Centre on Personal Health Technologies
- Research Leader, Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology
- Research Leader of Centre for Maritime Engineering, Control and Imaging
- Research Leader, Medical Device Research Institute
- Member of Flinders Biofilm Research and Innovation Consortium
- Member of Flinders Marine and Coastal Research Consortium
ANN ECR travelling award - JUL 2014
Chris Marlin Postgraduate Student Publication Prize - MAR 2016
ANN ECR travelling award - JUL 2014
Fresh Sciences 2018 - JUN 2018
Selected Membership
- Fellow The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2018-)
- Chartered Fellow Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australia (2021-)
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Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, US (2008-)
- Certified Materials Professionals (CMatP), Materials Australia (2021-)
- Member, Chinese Chemistry Society, China (2018-); American Society Chemistry, US (2020-);
Selected Editorial board for international scholar journals
- Advances in Nano Research, Techno-Press (2014-)
- SpringerPlus, Springer (2015-)
- Heliyon, Elsevier (2016-)
- Molecules, MDPI (2018-)
- Polymers, MDPI (2018-)
- Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, Hindawi (2018-)
- Biosurface and Biotribology, IET (2020-)
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Aggregate, Wiley (2020-)
- Applied Composite Materials, Springer (2020-)
Selected Editorial board for international scholar journals
- Molecules, MDPI (Guest editor of commemorative issue on Aggregation-Induced Emission) (2016-17)
- Molecules, MDPI (Guest editor of Fiber reinforced composites: Interfacial modifications and properties) (2019-2020)
- Polymers, MDPI (Guest editor of Nanotechnology of Polymers and Biomaterials) (2018)
- Topics in Current Chemistry, Springer (Guest editor of Aggregation-induced emission) (2020-21)
- Materials Chemistry Frontiers, RSC (Guest editor of luminogenic bioprobes for personal health technologies)(2020-21)
- Molecules, MDPI (Guest editor of commemorative issue on Aggregation-Induced Emission) (2021-22)
Selected Committee for international conferences
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Advisory Committee, EMN Meeting on Polymer, Hong Kong, 2016
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International Organizing Committees, EMN Meeting on Hydrogel Materials, Singapore 2016;
- Theme Session Co-Chair & Scientific Committee Member, the 17th Congress of the Asian-Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong, China 2017.
- Co-Chair, Symposium T: 3rd International Symposium on Aggregation Induced Emission: Materials, Mechanisms and Applications. In: 9th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies. Singapore 2017;
- Chair, 4thInternational Conference on Aggregation Induced Emission: Materials, Mechanisms and Applications, Adelaide, 2019;
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Co-Chair, Symposium of Building Advanced Materials via Particle or Cluster Aggregation and Self-Assembly of Molecules with Aggregation-Induced Emission, Materials Research Society 2021 Spring meeting at Seattle, WA, USA 2021.
- Nanotechnology
- Aggregation-induced emssion
- Chemosensor and biosensor
- Hydrogels
- Marine composites
- Nanocomposites
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