Name: Shan Gao
Title: Assistant Professor
E-mail: s_gao@ujs.edu.cn

Working Experience
March 2021 - Present  Jiangsu University, Assistant Professor
September 2022 – Present  Tsinghua University, Post-Doctor

Education Background
● Doctor of Engineering (Sep.2015 – Jun. 2020)
-Major: Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics
-Huazhong University of Science and Technology
● Bachelor of Engineering (Sep.2011 - Jun.2015)
-Major: Energy and Power Engineering
-Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Research Interests
● Bioinspired super-hydrophilic/hydrophobic
● Micro/Nano Scale Flow and Heat Transfer
● Droplet/Bubble Manipulation and Dynamics
● Efficient Energy Conversion and Storage Materials

Research Techniques and Skills
● Experimental techniques: (a) High Speed Camera; (b) Image Processing
● Multiscale simulations: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Multibody dissipative particle dynamics and Molecular dynamics simulations

Projects
● National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52306088) 2024.1—2026.12
● National Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China, 2023.7-2026.6
● China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. JSSCBS20221182), 2022.10—2024.09

Publications
● Shan Gao, Jian Qu, Zhichun Liu, Weigang Ma, Sequential self-propelled morphology transitions of nanoscale condensates enable a cascade jumping-droplet condensation. Nano Energy, 2023, 113, 108558.
● Zequn Wang, Meng An, Dongsheng Chen, Shan Gao*, et al. Molecular insights into enhanced water evaporation from a hybrid nanostructured surface with hydrophilic and hydrophobic domains. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 465, 142838.
● Shan Gao*, Jian Qu, Zhichun Liu, Wei Liu. Nanoscale Thin-Film Boiling Processes on Heterogeneous Surfaces. Langmuir, 2022, 38, 20, 6352–6362.
● Shan Gao, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Tuning Nanostructured Surfaces with Hybrid Wettability Areas to Enhance Condensation. Nanoscale, 2019, 11, 459-466.
● Shan Gao, Jing Long, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Evaporation-induced Wetting Transition of Nanodroplets on Nanopatterned Surfaces with Concentric Rings: Surface Geometry and Wettability Effects. Langmuir, 2019, 35, 9546-9553.
● Shan Gao, Quanwen Liao, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Self-Removal of Multiple and Multisize Coalescing Nanodroplets on Nanostructured Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2018, 122, 20521-20526.
● Shan Gao, Quanwen Liao, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Nanodroplets Impact on Rough Surfaces: A Simulation and Theoretical Study. Langmuir, 2018, 34, 5910–5917.
● Shan Gao, Quanwen Liao, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Coalescence-Induced Jumping of Nanodroplets on Textured Surfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2018, 9, 13-18.
● Shan Gao, Quanwen Liao, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Effects of Solid Fraction on Droplet Wetting and Vapor Condensation: A Molecular Dynamic Simulation Study. Langmuir, 2017, 33, 12379-12388.
● Bo Ye, Jian Qu, Hongzhao Wang, Shan Gao, Huihe Qiu, Rapid bubble growth within 200 μs in flat microchannels under “hot spot” heating conditions at ultra-high heat fluxes. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023, 213, 124312.
● Peng Mao, Shan Gao, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Head-on Collision of Two Nanodroplets on a Solid Surface: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study. Langmuir, 2021, 37, 12346-12355.
● Jing Long, Wei Xiong, Chengyiran Wei, Shan Gao, et al. Directional Assembly of ZnO Nanowires via Three-Dimensional Laser Direct Writing. Nano Letters. 2020, 20, 5159–5166.
● Ji Li, Shan Gao, Rui Long, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Self-Pumped Evaporation for Ultra-Fast Water Desalination and Power Generation. Nano Energy. 2019, 65, 104059.
● Bo Zhang, Ji Li, Shan Gao, Wei Liu, Zhichun Liu. Comparison of Thermo-Mechanical Properties for Weaved Polyethylene and Its Nanocomposite Based on CNT Junction by Molecular Dynamics Simulation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2019, 123, 19412-19420.