Education and Work Experiences：

Researcher, Lancaster University, UK, 1998

PhD, Lancaster University, UK, 1995-1998

Visiting Scholar, Birmingham University, UK, 1993-1995

Research Interests：

Fundamental and Applied Research on New Concept Sensors and Molecular Materials

Major Academic Appointments:

Member of the National Textbook Committee (2017 - )

Chair of the Science Education Expert Committee of the National Textbook Committee (2023 - )

 Executive Council Member of the Chinese Chemical Society (2017 - )

Vice Chair of the Applied Chemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society (2017 - )

Chair of the Revision Group for the National High School and Compulsory Education Chemistry Curriculum Standards (2014 - )

 Director General of the Shaanxi Provincial Association of Science Popularization Writers (2019 - )

 Chairperson of the Xi’an Municipal Association for Science and Technology (2023 - )

First Director of the Virtual Teaching and Research Office for Chemistry (Teacher Education) Program Development at Western Universities (2022 - )

Director of Shaanxi Provincial Basic Discipline (Surface and Interface Chemistry) Research Center (2022 - )

Major Awards and Honors：

First Cohort of Outstanding Advisor Teams of the China Graduate Advisor Development Community (PI) , 2026

First Prize for Technological Invention, Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research at Institutions of Higher Education (Science and Technology), 2023

Second Prize, National Teaching Achievement Award (Graduate Category, PI), 2023

Baosteel Outstanding Teacher Special Award Nomination, 2019

70th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China Commemorative Medal, 2019

First Prize, Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award (PI), 2019

China Patent Excellence Award (PI), 2015

Second Prize, National Teaching Achievement Award (Undergraduate Category, Second Investigator), 2014

First Prize, Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award (PI), 2013

Top Talent in Key Fields in Shaanxi Province, 2012

Supervisor of a National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, 2011

National Model Worker, 2010

First Prize, Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award (PI), 2010

Nationally Recognized Distinguished Teacher, 2008

First Prize, Shaanxi Provincial Government Science and Technology Award (4/8), 2004

Recipient of the National “May Day” Labor Medal, 2003

National Outstanding Teacher, 2001

Recipient of the State Council Special Allowance, 1993

Representative Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. National Major Research Instrument Development Special Project, Grant No. 22427802, Research System for Controllable Preparation of Flexible Nanomembranes, January 2025 - December 2029, RMB 7.8273 million yuan.

2. Key Project, Grant No. 22132002, Research on Key Scientific Issues in the Preparation of Lightweight, High-Strength Polymer Foam Gel Emulsion Formwork, January 2022 - December 2026, RMB 3.04 million yuan.

3. International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Grant No. 21820102005, Matrix Effects of Fluorescent Sensitive Films towards Innovative Preparation and High Performance, January 2019 -December 2023, RMB 2.4 million yuan.

4. National Major Scientific Research Instrument Development Project, Grant No. 21527802, R&D System for Fluorescence Sensors and Sensor Arrays to Support Expanded Research on Fluorescence-Sensitive Films, January 2016 - December 2020, RMB 4.61 million yuan.

5. Ministry of Science and Technology 863 Program Goal-Oriented Research Project, Grant No. 2007AA03Z349, High-Sensitivity Nanomembrane-Based Portable Explosive Detection Device, December 2007 - November 2010, RMB 1.5 million yuan.

Representative Publications:

(1) Yan Luo, Xiaoyan Liu, Yu Fang. Functional Thin Films: From Interfacial Preparation to Applications. Acc. Mater. Res. 2025, 6, 600–614.

(2) Rongrong Huang, Taihong Liu, Haonan Peng, Jing Liu, Xiaogang Liu, Ding Liping, Fang Yu. Molecular Design and Architectonics towards Film-based Fluorescent Sensing. Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53, 6960–6991.

(3) Yan Luo, Lejie Liu, Qingtong Wu, Hongtao Li, Ruijuan Wen, Jinglun Yang, Chun Yang, Yangtao Shao, Ling-Ya Peng, Liping Ding, Yu Fang. Protonation-triggered Fluorescence Switching in COF Membranes for the Selective and Rapid Detection of New Psychoactive Substances. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2026, e5244392.

(4) Xiangquan Liu, Zhicong Zhang, Lingya Peng, Jinglun Yang, Yan Jiang, Rongrong Huang, Yan Luo, Dongxu Xue, Sanyuan Ding, Daqiang Yuan, Xiaoyan Liu, Liping Ding, Yu Fang. A 4+3 β-Ketoenamine-Linked Covalent Organic Framework Membrane for High-Performance Film-Based Fluorescent NO₂ Sensor. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. 2026, 65, e20736.

(5) Xinyu Gou, Xue Gu, Zhaolong Wang, Binbin Zhai, Hongyan Xu, Lingya Peng, Xingmao Chang, Taihong Liu, Liping Ding, Yu Fang. Harnessing Interfacial Click Polymerization Using Pyridinium-yne Films as Photochromic, Radical Generation and Sensing Platforms. Nat. Commun., 2026, 17, 5589.

(6) Rongrong Huang, Qinglong Qiao, Deborah Seah, Tianruo Shen, Xia Wu, Fabio de Moliner, Chao Wang, Nannan Ding, Weijie Chi, Huaming Sun, Marc Vendrell, Zhaochao Xu, Yu Fang, Xiaogang Liu; Precision Molecular Engineering of Compact Near-Infrared Fluorophores. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 5258–5268.

(7) Jie Wang, Ruijuan Wen, Jinglin Kong, Jing Liu, Zhongshan Liu, Yu Fang. Miniaturized Separation-Sensing Tandem Enabled by Fluorescent Monoliths. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202502020.

(8) Yuanhong Shu, Yan Luo, Hexi Wei, Lingya Peng, Jingjing Liang, Binbin Zhai, Liping Ding, and Yu Fang. Fabrication of Large-Area Multi-Stimulus Responsive Thin Films via Interfacially Confined Irreversible Katritzky Reaction. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, e202402453.

(9) Ke Liu, Jing Zhang, Qiyuan Shi, Liping Ding, Taihong Liu, Yu Fang. Precise Manipulation of Excited-state Intramolecular Proton Transfer via Incorporating Charge Transfer toward High-performance Film-based Fluorescence Sensing. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 7408-7415.

(10) Jiaqi Tang, Zuozhong Liang, Haonan Qin, Xiangquan Liu, Binbin Zhai, Zhen Su, Qianqian Liu, Haitao Lei, Kaiqiang Liu, Chuan Zhao, Rui Cao, Yu Fang. Large-area Free-standing Metalloporphyrin-based Covalent Organic Framework Films by Liquid-air Interfacial Polymerization for Oxygen Electrocatalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202214449.

(11) Film-Based Fluorescence Sensing Technology and Application, Science Press, 2019/2024, ISBN 978-7-03-062493-2 / ISBN 978-7-03-079400-0