Ass. Res. Tao Fei        Tel: +86-29-        E-mail: ttaofei@snnu.edu.cn

Education and Work Experiences：

Shaanxi Normal University, Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry and Physics, 2018;

Shaanxi Normal University, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018–2024;

Shaanxi Normal University, Associate Research Fellow, 2024–Presen

Research Interests：

Biomacromolecular Mesocrystal Colloid Chemistry;

Protein-mediated Biomineralization

Awards and Honors：

1. 2024, First Prize of the Natural Science Award, Shaanxi Provincial Science and Technology Award (2/4)

2. 2023, Second Prize of the Science and Technology Award, Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award of Higher Education Institutions, Ministry of Education (4/4)

3. 2022, First Prize of the Science and Technology Award of Shaanxi Higher Education Institutions (4/5)

4. 2021, Shaanxi Provincial Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

Research Projects as Principal Investigator:

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Program, No. 22472093, Water-Driven Protein Conformational Dissipation and Its Power Generation Mechanism, January 2025–December 2028, RMB 500,000.

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund, No. 21905165, Amyloid Crystallization Mechanism Based on Relaxation of Unfolded Protein Chains, January 2019–December 2023, RMB 250,000.

3. Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province, General Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province for Young Scientists, No. 2024JC-YBQN-0121, Protein-Based “Bragg Mirror” Colorimetric Sensor, January 2024–December 2025, RMB 50,000.

Representative Achievements:

1.Fei Tao#, Yali Li#, Qian Han, Shuting Miao, Yongchun Liu, Hao Ren, Peng Yang*. Gradient Protein Thin-Film-Based Bragg’s Mirror, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147(23), 20109-20119.

2. Shuting Miao#, Jing Guo#, Yuexin Zhang#, Peisheng liu, Xiaojie Chen; Qian Han, Yingbo Wang, Kun Xuan*, Peng Yang*, Fei Tao*. Biomimetic Intrafibrillar Mineralization of Hierarchically Structured Amyloid-Like Fibrils. Adv. Mater., 2025, 37(22): 2416824.

3. Fei Tao, Qian Han, Miaorang Deng, Shuting Miao, Peng Yang*. pH-Responsive Protein Conformation Transistor. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2024, 63(1): e202310879.

4. Fei Tao#, Qian Han#, Kaiqiang Liu, Peng Yang*. Tuning Crystallization Pathways through Mesoscale Assembly of Biomacromolecular Nanocrystals. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2017, 56(43), 13440-13444.

5. Qian Han#, Fei Tao#, Yan Xu, Hao Su, Facui Yang, Volker Körstgen, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Peng Yang*. Tuning Chain Relaxation from an Amorphous Biopolymer Film to Crystals by Removing Air/Water Interface Limitations. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2020, 59(45): 20367-20375.