Yanan Gao

Hainan University

Prof. Yanan Gao received his bachelor’s degree in 1999 and doctorate degree in 2005 from Shandong University. Then he continued his research at Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems(2006-2008), University of Akron(2008-2009)and University of York(2009-2011)as a postdoctoral research fellow. In 2011, Prof. Gao jointed Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences as the principal investigator of Chinese Ionic Liquids Lab and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics-Queen’s University Joint Lab and the leader of Porous Organic Framework Material Group. Now Prof. Gao is the vice director of Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials of Tropical Island Resources, Ministry of Education and the member of Academic committee in School of Chemical Engineering and Technology in Hainan University. His current research interests focus on the design, synthesis and application of covalent organic frameworks (COFs).

Yanan Gao