Ph. D., 2012     National University of Singapore, Major: Physics                          Singapore

Thesis: Theoretical investigation on thermal properties of silicon based nanostructures.

Advisor: Professor Baowen Li

M. Sc., 2007    Nanjing University, Major: Acoustics                                               China

Thesis: The study of elastic wave chaos in nonintegrable systems.

Advisor: Professor Jian-Chun Cheng

2018-present   Vice Dean for research, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University

2015-present   Professor, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University

2013-2015       ETH Fellow, ETH Zurich

2011-2013       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National University of Singapore

TEACHING

Course: Advances in Condensed Matter Physics (Spring semester)

RESEARCH

Research interests: Nanoscale heat conduction, energy conversion, atomistic simulations

Web of Science Citations: >4700, H-index: 38

Google Scholar Citations: >6200, H-index: 43

Web of Science：https://webofscience.clarivate.cn/wos/author/record/317061

Google Scholar：https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=rQ_iitwAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID： http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4599-3600

On-going Research Grant:

1. NSFC, Grant No.: 12075168.

2. Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, Grant No.: 19ZR1478600.

Completed Research Grant:

1. NSFC, Grant No.: 51506153.

2. Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, Grant No.: 17ZR1448000.

Selected Publications:

(†: equal contribution; *: corresponding author)

1. W. Ren, S. Lu, C. Yu, J. He, Z. Zhang, J. Chen*, and G. Zhang*,  The Impact of Moiré Superlattice on Atomic Stress and Thermal Transport in van der Waals Heterostructures, Applied Physics Reviews, 10, 041404 (2023).

3. Z. Zhang*, Y. Guo, M. Bescond, J. Chen*, M. Nomura, and S. Volz*, Heat Conduction Theory Including Phonon Coherence, Physical Review Letters, 128, 015901 (2022).

4. Z. Zhang*, Y. Guo, M. Bescond, J. Chen*, M. Nomura, and S. Volz*, How coherence is governing diffuson heat transfer in amorphous solids, npj Computational Materials, 8, 96 (2022).

5. J. He, Y. Hu, D. Li, and J. Chen*, Ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity and promising thermoelectric figure of merit in borophene via chlorination, Nano Research, 15, 3804−3811 (2022).

6. J. Chen, J. He, D. Pan, X. Wang, N. Yang, J. Zhu, S. A. Yang, and G. Zhang*, Emerging theory and phenomena in thermal conduction: A selective review, Science China: Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 65, 117002 (2022).

7. W. Ren, Y. Ouyang, P. Jiang, C. Yu, J. He, and J. Chen*, The Impact of Interlayer Rotation on Thermal Transport Across Graphene/Hexagonal Boron Nitride van der Waals Heterostructure, Nano Letters, 21, 2634−2641 (2021).

8. Z. Zhang, Y. Ouyang, Y. Cheng, J. Chen*, N. Li*, and G. Zhang*, Size-dependent phononic thermal transport in low-dimensional nanomaterials, Physics Reports, 860, 1-26 (2020).

9. X. Xu, J. Zhou*, and J. Chen*, Thermal transport in conductive polymer-based materials, Advanced Functional Materials, 30, 1904704 (2020).

10. X. Xu, J. Chen*, J. Zhou*, and B. Li, Thermal Conductivity of Polymers and Their Nanocomposites, Advanced Materials, 30, 1705544 (2018).

11. H. Wang†, S. Hu†, K. Takahashi, X. Zhang*, H. Takamatsu*, and J. Chen*, Experimental study of thermal rectification in suspended monolayer graphene, Nat. Commun. 8, 15843 (2017).

12. J. Chen*, J. H. Walther*, and P. Koumoutsakos*, Covalently Bonded Graphene-Carbon Nanotube Hybrid for High-Performance Thermal Interfaces. Advanced Functional Materials 25, 7539-7545 (2015).

13. D. Alexeev†, J. Chen†, J. H. Walther, K. P. Giapis, P. Angelikopoulos, and P. Koumoutsakos*, Kapitza resistance between few-layer graphene and water: Liquid layering effects. Nano Letters 15, 5744-5749 (2015).

14. J. Chen, J. H. Walther, and P. Koumoutsakos*, Strain engineering of Kapitza resistance in few-layer graphene. Nano Letters 14, 819-825 (2014).

15. J. Chen, G. Zhang*, and B. Li, Impacts of atomistic coating on thermal conductivity of germanium nanowires. Nano Letters 12, 2826-2832 (2012).

16. J. Chen, G. Zhang*, and B. Li, Remarkable reduction of thermal conductivity in silicon nanotubes. Nano Letters 10, 3978-3983 (2010).

2023             Shanghai Suguang Scholar

2022             Vebleo Fellow

2015             National Youth Talent Award

2013-2015    ETH Fellowship

2012             WFF Ph. D. Prize in Environmental and Sustainability Research

2010             Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Student Abroad