Principle Investigator
Satoshi Aya
South China University of Technology (SCUT)
School of Emergent Soft Matter
Tel: +86-13826107240
Education and employment
He received his Ph.D. degree in materials engineering from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2014 under the supervision of Prof. Hideo Takezoe and Prof. Ken Ishikawa. He has been a professor at South China University of Technology in China since 2019. His principal interests are the physicochemical properties of soft matter, particularly in traditional liquid crystals, polar liquid crystals, colloids, and applications of liquid crystals, etc.
He is a member of The International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS), The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), The Physical Society of Japan (JPS) and The Chinese Physical Society (CPS).
2019.3-, SCUT, Professor
2017.4-2019.1, RIKEN CEMS, RIKEN SPRD researcher
2015.9-2017.3, RIKEN CEMS, Special researcher
2014.4-2015.8, Hitachi High-tech. Corp., R&D researcher
2012.4-2014.3, Tokyo Tech., JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)
2011.10–2014.3, Tokyo Tech., PhD candicate in Prof. Hideo Takezoe's lab
2010.4–2011.9, Tokyo Tech., Master in Prof. Hideo Takezoe's lab
2006.4–2010.3, Tokyo Tech., Bachelor in Prof. Hideo Takezoe's lab
Hobby: soccer, bicycle touring, reading ...
Postdoc
Subramani Kathick
Research: Investigations on second-order nonlinear optical effects in ferroelectric nematic liquids
Hobby: playing chess, travelling, movies
PhD student
Huaqian Long (龙华倩)
Research: Nonlinear optics of ferroelectric nematc liquid crystals
Hobby: skating, bicycle, volunteer, cat
Minghui Deng (邓明慧)
Research: Nonlinear optics of ferroelectric nematc liquid crystals
Hobby: foodaholic, writing fanfiction，batman (all media type)
Yu Zou (邹宇)
Research: Ferroelectric liquid crystal (LC) topology and free energy theory. Many unusual polar topologies may be produced by ferroelectric LCs in specific spatial confinements. From the perspective of free energy, by revealing the relationship between physical properties and polar topologies in ferroelectric fluids systems, it promotes the understanding of the fundamental physical laws of the polar LC systems and promotes the ferroelectric LC materials toward further development and application.
Hobby: soccer, music, movies, chinese literactures
Enjun Ling (林恩俊)
Research: Electric polarization structures of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
Hobby: basketball, anime, PC games, swimming
Graduate student
Muhan Yiliu (伊刘慕涵)
Research: A Study on Reconfigurable Topological Structure of Solitons in Frustrated Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals
Hobby: cooking, keeping pets, traveling, reading
Yuyang Zheng (郑宇扬)
Hobby:cooking, exercise, traveling
Jiantao Liang（梁键滔）
Hobby: all kinds of sports, traveling, movies, photography, reading
Undergraduate student
Former menbers
【2024】
PhD: Jiandan Yang (杨吉丹)
Master: Li Ding (丁莉), Zihua Chen (陈子华), Qiong Ning (宁琼)
【2023】
Postdoc: Junichi Kougo
PhD: Xiuhu Zhao (赵秀虎), Junchen Zhou (周俊琛)
Master: Hao Xu (徐豪)
【2022】
Master: Zhe Wan (万喆), Wentao Tang (唐文滔)