Shu Yang, professor of materials science and engineering and chemical and biomolecular engineering at Penn, was named a 2018 American Chemical Society, Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering (PMSE), Fellow. PMSE awarded her the fellowship “for dedicated service to the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering and pioneering the synthesis and fabrication of responsive nano- and micro structured soft materials.”

Dr. Yang is interested in developing new methodologies for the controlled synthesis, fabrication and characterization of materials with specific and unique structures and functionalities inspired by biology. Her special interests include preparation of functional (co)polymers and investigation of their self-assembled nanostructures; understanding the self-organization process at surfaces and interfaces; development of novel responsive materials and non-conventional approaches for nano- and micropatterning of complex 2-D and 3-D structures; and controlling wetting, adhesion and biofouling on polymer thin films.