Professor Youhong Tang

Matthew Flinders Professor

College of Science and Engineering

+61 8 82012138

youhong.tang@flinders.edu.au

Tonsley Building (4.26)

GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia

Youhong is a Mechanical, Material and Manufacturing 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.

Qualifications

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, awards and grants

Honours and Awards

Matthew Flinders Professorship, Flinders University, Australia 2023-
Visiting Scientist, Aggregation Induced Emission Institute, China, 2023
College of Science and Engineering Research Student Mentorship Award, Flinders University, Australia, 2023
Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Higher Degree Research Supervision, Flinders University, Australia, 2022
Visiting Scholar, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,China, 2017
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Early-Career Researcher, Flinders University, Australia, 2012
Australian Research Council - Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Australia, 2012-14
Best paper, 3rd National Doctoral Forum of China, China, 2005
Postgraduate Studentship, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China, 2002 - 07
Best M.Eng. Thesis, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2002
Postgraduate Studentship, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 2000-02
First Prize Scholarship, Wuhan University of Technology, China, 1996-99
First Class Prize, the National Olympic Chemistry Contest for High School Students, Hubei Section, China, 1995

Grants

ARC -Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE120102784), 2012-14
ARC- Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE140100082), 2014
ARC - Industrial Transformation Training Centres (IC140100003), 2014-16
ARC - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE150100094), 2015
Premier’s Research and Industry Fund Catalyst Research Grant, South Australia, 2015-16
ARC - Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LE180100136), 2018
International Research Grant (China-Australia Joint International Laboratory for Health Technologies), South Australia, 2018-21
DIP (Puratap, UniSA, UoN and DSTG), 2018-19
Nano 6C (WA, Australia) research contract, 2018-19
Australia-China Science and Research Fund – Joint Research Centre on Personal Health Technologies, 2019-22
ARC - Industrial Transformation Training Centres (IC190100034), 2020-23
Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre Project with BBT (NSW, Australia), 2022-25
Flinders Innovation Partnership Seed Grant with Hudson (NSW, Australia), 2023-24
Sakura Science Program (Hosted by Ritsumeikan University, Japan), 2023
Short Term Grant (University of Bayreuth Centre of International Excellence “Alexander von Humboldt“), 2023

Key responsibilities

Research Leader, Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science & Technology
Research Leader, Medical Device Research Institute

Topic coordinator

ENGR8822 Engineering Materials II GE

ENGR2766 Ship Design and Construction

ENGR2776 Hydrostatics

ENGR8841 Hydrostatics GE

ENGR2812 Engineering Materials II

Topic lecturer

ENGR2766 Ship Design and Construction

ENGR2812 Engineering Materials II

ENGR8841 Hydrostatics GE

ENGR2776 Hydrostatics

ENGR8822 Engineering Materials II GE

Supervisory interests

Biomaterials

Composite structures and materials

Fracture toughness and mechanics of materials

Functional polymeric materials

Marine composites and structures

Nanocomposite

Smart materials

Structure-processing-property relationship of materials

Higher degree by research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Advanced functional materials (1), Marine composites (2)

Associate supervisor: Maritime Engineering (3), Biomass and biofuel (1), Biomaterial & Bioinformation (1)

Completion

Associate supervisor: Maritime Engineering (1)

Higher degree by research student achievements

Dr Yang Yu

ANN ECR travelling award - JUL 2014

Nazila Dehbari

Chris Marlin Postgraduate Student Publication Prize - MAR 2016

Wei Han

ANN ECR travelling award - JUL 2014

Anh Tran Tam Pham

Fresh Sciences 2018 - JUN 2018

Professional engagement

Selected Membership

Fellow The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK, 2018-
Chartered Fellow Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Australia, 2021-
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute, US, 2008-
Certified Materials Professionals (CMatP), Materials Australia, 2021-

Selected Editorial board for international scholar journals

Molecules, MDPI, 2018-
Polymers, MDPI, 2018-
Materials Chemistry Frontiers, RSC, 2019-
Biosurface and Biotribology, IET, 2020-
Aggregate, Wiley, 2020-
Applied Composite Materials, Springer, 2020-
Scientific Reports, Nature, 2023-

Selected Editorial board for special issues

Molecules (Commemorative issue on Aggregation-Induced Emission) (2016-17)
Molecules (Fiber reinforced composites: Interfacial modifications and properties) (2019-20)
Polymers (Nanotechnology of Polymers and Biomaterials) (2018)
Topics in Current Chemistry (Aggregation-induced emission) (2020-21)
Materials Chemistry Frontiers (Luminogenic bioprobes for personal health technologies)(2020-21)
Molecules (Commemorative issue on Aggregation-Induced Emission) (2021-22)

Selected Committee for international conferences

Theme Session Co-Chair & Scientific Committee Member, the 17^th Congress of the Asian-Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering, Hong Kong, China 2017.
Co-Chair, Symposium T: 3^rd International Symposium on Aggregation Induced Emission: Materials, Mechanisms and Applications. In: 9^th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies. Singapore 2017;
Chair, 4^thInternational Conference on Aggregation Induced Emission: Materials, Mechanisms and Applications, Adelaide, 2019;
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.