Education Background
2018-2023 Ph.D., Tsinghua University, Fluid Mechanics
2014-2018 B.Eng., Dalian University of Technology, Process Equipment and Control Engineering
Work Experiences
2023-now Postdoctoral Researcher (Assistant Research Fellow), Center for Combustion Energy, and School of Aerospace Engineering, Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Tsinghua University
Other Professional Positions
Member of Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (CSTAM)
Member of European Mechanics Society (Euromech)
Research Areas and Interests
My research interests lie in the field of fluid mechanics. The current interests of research are as follows.
- Interfacial Instability: Liquid jets, Liquid films, and Thermal Optofluidics
- Fluid Measurement Science: Optical Diagnostics for Microscale Flows
- Biomedical Applications: Single-Cell Microfluidics and Mass Spectrometry Analysis
Honors and Awards
2024 Qinghang Scholar Program (Tsinghua University)
2022 Zeng-Yuan Guo Scholarship (Tsinghua University)
2021 Excellent Presentation Award of the 12th National Conference on Experiments in Fluid Mechanics, China
2018 Outstanding Graduate of Liaoning
2016 Merit Student of Dalian
2016 National Scholarship, China
2015 National Scholarship, China
Books and Patents
1. Yu Zhao and Hai-Tao Xu, Method, device and electronic equipment for laser engraving on liquid films, China patent, ZL202211077217.3
2. Yu Zhao and Hai-Tao Xu, A device for controlling the breakup of liquid-jets, China patent, ZL202110000477.X
Journal Publications
Selected Publications:
1. Y. Zhao and H.-T. Xu*, Laser-induced thermocapillary flows on a flowing soap film, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 9, L022001 (2024).
Highlighted as: Laser pulses engrave an unlikely surface: soap films, Nature, 626, 931 (2024).
2. Y. Zhao and H.-T. Xu*, Calibration of absorption coefficients of liquid solutions for measuring liquid film thickness by absorptiometry, Meas. Sci. Technol., 35, 085301 (2024).
3. Y. Zhao and H.-T. Xu*, Observation of antisymmetric shock waves in soap-film flows, Phys. Rev. Fluids, 7, L082001 (2022).
Selected as Editors’ Suggestion.
4. Y. Zhao, D.-M. Wan, X.-L. Chen, X. Chao, and H.-T. Xu*, Uniform breaking of liquid-jets by modulated laser heating, Phys. Fluids, 33, 044115 (2021).
Selected as Featured Article.
5. H.-Y. Chen⊥, J.-H. Liu⊥, Y. Zhao⊥, H.-T. Xu, W.-L. Liu, Z. Xing, F. Tang*, S.-C. Zhang*, and X.-R. Zhang, Single-cell/particle sample introduction device for mass cytometry based on gas-driven flow focusing, Anal. Chem., 97, 4590-4597 (2025). (⊥Co-first authors)
