Guoyong Mao (毛国勇)

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Email:     guoyongmao@zju.edu.cn

Official Website： https://person.zju.edu.cn/GuoyongMao

Working experience

  • Assistant professor (one-hundred talent researcher), Zhejiang University, China, 2023.02-Current
  • Post-doc/University Assistant, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. Martin Kaltenbrunner Group，2018.10-2023.02
  • Research Assistant, Zhejiang University, China, Shaoxing Qu Group，2018.07-2018.10

Education

  • Ph.D. Solid Mechanics, Zhejiang University, China. Shaoxing Qu Group，2013.09-2018.06
  • Visiting Student, Harvard University, USA. Zhigang Suo Group，2015.11-2016.10
  • B.Eng. Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, China, Weiqiu Chen Group, 2009.09-2013.06

Honors and Rewards

  • Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang University (2018)
  • National Scholarship for Doctoral Students (2015)
  • Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang University & Zhejiang Province(2013)
  • National Scholarship (2011)

Members

  • The Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (中国力学学会高级会员)
  • Society of Engineering Science
  • European Mechanics Society

Services: Academic society

Committee Board of the Engineering and Applied Science Forum (EASF) (2020.10.1-2021.03.30) 

Publications

See the full list: https://maolab.cn/publications/

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B. Patents (Selected)

  1. G. Mao, L. Wu, X. Liang, and S. Qu, an intelligent window with tunable transparency, Zhejiang University, Jan 27, 2017: CN107357053B
  2. G. Mao, X. Huang, J. Liu, and S. Qu, an artificial human heart, Zhejiang University, Jan 27, 2016: Under review by SIPO
  3. G. Mao, S. Qu, X. Huang, J. Liu, and T. Li, Soft Peristaltic Pump, Zhejiang University, July 8, 2015: CN104763620B

D. Book Chapter

  1. X. Liu, G.Mao, Chapter 6 Structural Instabilities in Soft Machines. Construction and Mechanics of Soft Machines (《软机器的构筑与力学》). Springer&上海交通大学出版社, 2024.
  2. G. Mao, S. Qu, Mechanics and Control of Smart Flexible Structures: R. Li, G. Liu (Eds.) Flexible and Stretchable Electronics: Materials, Design, and Devices, Pan Stanford Publishing, 2019.

S. Supervision

  1. Vera Pamminger, bachelor’s thesis: flexible soft electromagnetic structures, 2022.
  2. Klaus Grasserbauer, bachelor’s thesis: hydrogel-based tactile sensor, 2020.

Services: Reviewer

  • Science Robotics
  • PNAS
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • Soft Robotics
  • Advanced Engineering Materials
  • Advanced Materials Technologies
  • Advanced Science
  • Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • International Journal of Robotics Research
  • International Journal of Solids and Structures
  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • Journal of Applied Mechanics
  • Research
  • RSS Pioneers Workshop 2024
  • Area Chair RSS Pioneers 2025
  • IEEE RobotSoft
  • IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE A
  • International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Self-introduction

Mao Guoyong, a Hundred-Talents Program Researcher and doctoral supervisor, is a recipient of the National Young Talents Program. He has published over 30 SCI-indexed papers, including more than 10 first-authored articles in influential international journals such as Nature Communications, Science Advances, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Soft Matter, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Extreme Mechanics Letters, and IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. Additionally, he has contributed to collaborative papers published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Energy, Nature Materials, and Advanced Materials. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited over 3,000 times, with an H-index of 23.

He has authored one English book chapter published by CRC Press and one Chinese review article. As the primary inventor, he has filed three patent applications, with two already granted. His research has garnered significant attention for its scientific impact and potential engineering applications, being featured in major scientific media outlets such as Science and Technology Daily, ScienceNet, Nature Reviews Materials, Tech Xplore, and The National.

Dr. Mao has received several prestigious awards, including the Lin Guangzhao & Hu Guozan International Exchange Fund for Graduate Education, the National Scholarship, the Outstanding PhD Graduate Award of Zhejiang University, and the Outstanding Graduate Award of Zhejiang Province. As a member of the EASF Webinar Committee, he has organized multiple online international academic seminars for young scholars. He also serves as a reviewer for leading journals such as Science Robotics, Nature Communications, PNAS, and Journal of Applied Mechanics.

Currently, he is the principal investigator of one National Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Overseas) and one General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Last Updated on 2025-07-01 by Rocket Mao

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