About Shuaifeng Li (Google Scholar, ORCID)
Currently, I am a Research Fellow in Department of Physics at University of Michigan, under the supervision of Prof. Xiaoming Mao, focusing on mechanical neural networks and physical learning. I earned my Ph.D. from Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at University of Washington, under the supervision of Prof. Jinkyu Yang.
Education
Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics 09/2018-06/2023
University of Washington (UW), Seattle, WA, USA
(Dissertation title: Characterization and Modeling of Spatiotemporal Behaviors in Corals, Elastic Metamaterials and Origami)
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering 09/2013-06/2017
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, Hubei, China
(Dissertation title: Topological phase transition in soft materials)
Awards&
Honors
Ruth C. Hertzberg Endowed Fellowship, UW, 2018
Best Poster Award, The 8th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META’17), 2017
Outstanding Undergraduate, HUST, 2017
Social Scholarship, Pacific Precision Forging Co., Ltd., 2015 & 2016
Innovation Scholarship, 2015 & 2016
National Endeavor Scholarship, 2014 & 2016
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Research Fellow 07/2023-present
Department of Physics, UMich, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Graduate Research Assistant 09/2018-06/2023
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, UW, Seattle, WA, USA
Data-driven Modeling
Model of coral tentacles motion by dynamic mode decomposition
Low-rank model of wave propagation in topological metamaterials
Model of origami dynamics by geometry-informed dynamic mode decomposition
Coral Biophysics
Motion analysis of coral tissue, coral polyps and coral tentacles
Dynamics analysis of coral bleaching in changing environment
Dynamics analysis of coral wound healing
Topological Metamaterials
Topological origami metamaterials
Spiral elastic valley topological metamaterials
Valley anisotropy
Undergraduate Research Assistant 03/2015-08/2018
Department of Optical and Electronic Information, HUST, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Topological Metamaterials
Soft elastic topological metamaterials
Soft elastic metamaterials with tunable interface states
Undergraduate Research Assistant 09/2015-11/2015
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, HUST, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Dynamics of water uptake by carbon nanotubes
Media
Coverage
The paper 'Spatiotemporal dynamics of coral polyps on a fluidic platform (published in Physical Review Applied)' was covered in Physics Magazine, PhysicsWorld.
The paper 'Digital image processing to detect subtle motion in stony coral (published in Scientific Reports)' was covered in UW News, Sciencenewsnet, ScienMag, Phys.org, EurekAlert!, Newswise, ScienceDaily, Azocleantech.
The paper 'Hollow-out patterning ultrathin acoustic metasurfaces for multi-functionalities using soft fiber/rigid bead network (published in Advanced Functional Materials)' was covered in HUST News, Sina, Polymer, Elecfans, The Acoustic Society of China. (in Chinese)
The paper 'Observation of elastic topological state in soft materials (published in Nature Communications)' was covered in HUST News, Vibunion, Cailiaoren, Cailiaoquan. (in Chinese)