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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipient: Dr. Nan Gao

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Dr. Nan Gao

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jnz55RYAAAAJ&hl=en

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nan-Gao-23/research

E-mails: ngao@upv.edu.es; ngaoaa@connect.ust.hk

Educate and Work Experience

  • 09/2012-07/2016   Bachelor, Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Jiaotong University(SWJTU), Sichuan, China
  • 09/2016-03/2019   Master of Science, Solid Mechanics, Zhejiang University(ZJU), Zhejiang, China (Supervisor: Prof. Weiqiu Chen)
  • 08/2019-05/2022   PhD, Physics, Hongkong University of Science and Technology(HKUST), Hongkong, China (Supervisor: Prof. Ping Sheng)
  • 07/2022-12/2022   Postdoc, Physics, Hongkong University of Science and Technology(HKUST), Hongkong, China
  • 12/2022-12/2023   Postdoc, Physics, Jaume I University(UJI), Castello, Spain
  • 01/2023-Present   Postdoc, Applied Mathematics, Polytechnic University of Valencia(UPV), Valencia, Spain (got MSCA PF)

Research Impact

  • 16 articles (13 as first/co-first/corresponding author) in scientific journals (with 437 citations and an h-index of 9, by Google Scholar), including Sci. Adv., J. Mech. Phys. Solids., Phys. Rev. Appl. and Appl. Phys. Lett., 1 book chapter, 1 review;
  • 7 oral presentations in Conference/Workshop;
  • Invited reviewer in several International Journals (including Phys. Rev. Lett., Int. J. Mech. Sci. , Appl. Phys. Lett., and Phys. Rev. Appl.) and several international collaborators.

Research Direction and Publications

Book Chapter

  • Li, J.*, Gao, N.* (Co-first), Bao, R., and Chen, W., 2023, April. Tunable Static and Dynamic Responses of Soft Porous Phononic Crystals. In Mechanics of High-Contrast Elastic Solids: Contributions from Euromech Colloquium 626 (pp. 133-154). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Review

  • Gao, N.*, Ma, T.*, Zhou, W., Wang, Y., Chen, W., (2024). A brief review of solitary waves in nonlinear metamaterial. Mechanics Research Communications, 104260.

Journal Papers

  • Underwater and air acoustic metamaterials
  • Qu, S.*, Gao, N.* (Co-first), Tinel, A., Morvan, B., Romero-Garcia, V., Groby, J-P., Sheng, P. (2022). Underwater metamaterial absorber with impedance-matched composite. Science Advances, 8(20), eabm4206.
  • Gao, N., Dong, Z., Mak, H. Y., Sheng, P. (2022). Manipulation of Low-Frequency Sound with a Tunable Active Metamaterial Panel. Physical Review Applied, 17(4), 044037.
  • Gao, N., Qu, S., Li, J., Wang, J., Chen, W. (2021). Harnessing post-buckling deformation to tune sound absorption in soft Helmholtz absorbers. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 208, 106695.
  • Elastic / acoustic functional metamaterials
  • Wang, J., Wu, B., Yang, M., Jiang, W., Gao, N.* (Co-corresponding), Bao, R., Chen, W.* (2025). Inverse Design of Reconfigurable Metabeams: Harnessing Multi-Wave Coupling for Tailored Dispersion. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 106156.
  • Gao, N., Abraham-Ekeroth, R. M., Torrent, D. (2024). Bound states in the continuum for antisymmetric lamb modes in composite plates made of isotropic materials. Wave Motion, 129, 103348.
  • Wang, J., Gao, N.* (Co-corresponding), Chen, W.* (2024). Harnessing nonlocal effects for wave localization and multi-frequency rainbow trapping in periodic structures. APL Materials, 12(7).
  • Gao, N.*, Wang, J.*, Chen, W. (2022). Klein tunneling for Lamb waves in elastic phononic crystal plates. Applied Physics Letters, 121(10): 102201.
  • Gao, N.*, Qu, S.*, Si, L., Wang, J., Chen, W. (2021). Broadband topological valley transport of elastic wave in reconfigurable phononic crystal plate. Applied Physics Letters, 118(6), 063502.
  • Wang, J., Gao, N., Zhang, H., Zhou, X., Lü, C., Chen, W. (2020). Experimentally tailoring acoustic topological edge states by selecting the boundary type. Applied Physics Letters, 117(3), 033503. (Editor Selected)
  • Elastic wave manipulation in mechanically tunable soft phononic crystals
  • Gao, N., Li, J., Bao, R., Chen, W. Q. (2019). Harnessing uniaxial tension to tune Poisson’s ratio and wave propagation in soft porous phononic crystals: an experimental study. Soft Matter, 15(14), 2921-2927. (Cover Paper)
  • Gao, N., Huang, Y. L., Bao, R., Chen, W. (2018). Robustly tuning bandgaps in two-dimensional soft phononic crystals with criss-crossed elliptical holes. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 31(5), 573-588.
  • GAO, N., LI, J., BAO, R., Chen, W. (2019). Study of band gaps of two-dimensional phononic crystals with criss-crossed elliptical holes. Journal of ZheJiang University (Engineering Science), 53(4), 811-818.
  • Huang, Y., Gao, N., Chen, W., Bao, R. (2018). Extension/compression-controlled complete band gaps in 2D chiral square-lattice-like structures. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica, 31(1), 51-65.
  • Huang, Y., Gao, N., Chen, W., Bao, R. (2016). A new post buckling algorithm for periodic structures and its application. Chinese Journal of Computational Mechanics, 33(4), 509-515.

Picked Conference/Workshop Oral/Poster Presentations

  1. Ultra-Thin Underwater Absorber with Impedance-Matched Composite. SES 2024 Annual Technical Meeting, Hangzhou, China, 20-23 August, 2024.
  2. Underwater metamaterial absorber with impedance-matched composite. The 14th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Toyama, Japan, 16-19 July, 2024.
  3. Mosaic design strategy: from underwater sound absorbers to air sound insulation metamaterials. Symposium on Acoustic Metamaterials, Aegina, Greece, 15-17 May. 2024.
  4. An ultrathin broadband underwater acoustic absorber with composite metamaterials. AoE Young Research Forum, Hong Kong, China, 25 May. 2021.
  5. Effect of stretching on band gap of phononic crystals in soft materials. 2018 National Conference on Solid Mechanics, Harbin, China, 23-25 Nov. 2018.
  6. Tunability of bandgaps in two-dimensional phononic crystals with cross-like elliptical holes. Proceedings of the 2017 Symposium on Piezoelectricity, Acoustic Waves and Device Applications, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, 27-30 Oct. 2017.
  7. The study of characteristics and tunability of bandgaps in two-dimensional phononic crystals with cross-like elliptical holes. The Second Graduate Forum on Applied Mechanics Innovation Joint Laboratory, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 5 May. 2018. (Best oral award)

I welcome collaboration and discussion with researchers working in related fields！