Personal Profile
Education
2012 School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, USA Ph.D.
2006 Department of Physics, Tsinghua University B.S.
Work Experience
2022-Pres. Global Institute of Future Technology, SJTU Professor
2021-2022 Global Institute of Future Technology, SJTU Associate Professor
2016-2020 University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiaotong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) Associate Professor
2012-2016 University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiaotong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) Associate Professor
Research Fields
Micro-nanoscale thermal conductivity and radiation
Self-heating and heat transfer mechanism of electronic devices
Thermal management of electronics and energy storage systems
Green energy and modern agriculture
Thermal conductivity of micro-nanoporous media and composites
Honors and Awards
2021 National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Science Fund
2020 First Prize of Shanghai Natural Science Award
2020 Tang Lixin Outstanding Scholar Award
2019 The second prize of Candlelight Award Plan of Shanghai Jiaotong University
Scientific research project
Selected Publications (10 selected in last 3 years)
[1] Yufei Sheng, Hongxin Zhu, Siqi Xie, Qian Lv, Huaqing Xie, Haidong Wang*, Ruitao Lv*, Hua Bao*, Electrically-driven reversible phonon transport manipulation in two-dimensional heterostructures. Nature Communications 16, 1970, 2025
[2] Yushi Chen, Leshan Shen, Zhifu Qi, Zhouyang Luo*, Xiangyu Li*, Hua Bao*, Large-scale implementation of solar interfacial desalination. Nature Sustainability 1-8, 2025
[3] Jiaxuan Xu, Xiaona Huang, Yufei Sheng, Qiangsheng Sun, Hongkai Zhang, Hua Bao*, Yanan Yue*, Direct Observation of Substantial Phonon Nonequilibrium Near Nanoscale Hotspots in Gallium Nitride. Advanced Science 2411040, 2025
[4] Xinyu Zhang, Ao Wang, Cheng Shao*, Hua Bao*, Understanding thermal transport in magnesium solid solutions through first-principles approaches and machine learning feature screening. Acta Materialia 276, 120160, 2024
[5] Ao Wang, Hua Bao*, Size-dependent thermal transport properties of advanced metallic nanowire interconnects. Applied Physics Letters 124, 212202, 2024
[6] Yue Hu, Jiaxuan Xu, Xiulin Ruan, Hua Bao*, Defect scattering can lead to enhanced phonon transport at nanoscale. Nature Communications 15, 3304, 2024
[7] Yufei Sheng, Shuying Wang, Yue Hu, Jiaxuan Xu, Zhigang Ji*, Hua Bao*, Integrating First-Principles-Based Non-Fourier Thermal Analysis Into Nanoscale Device Simulation. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 71, 1769, 2024
[8] Jiaxuan Xu, Yue Hu, Hua Bao*, Quantitative Analysis of Nonequilibrium Phonon Transport Near a Nanoscale Hotspot, Physical Review Applied, 19, 014007, 2023
[9] Jie Chen, Yao Zhou, Xingyi Huang*, Chunyang Yu, Donglin Han, Ao Wang, Yingke Zhu, Kunming Shi, Qi Kang, Pengli Li, Pingkai Jiang, Xiaoshi Qian, Hua Bao, Shengtao Li, Guangning Wu, Xinyuan Zhu, Qing Wang*, Ladderphane copolymers for high-temperature capacitive energy storage. Nature, 615, 62-66, 2023
[10] Jiaxuan Xu, Han Wei, and Hua Bao*, Physics-informed neural networks for studying heat transfer in porous media. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 217, 124671, 2023
Professional Service
Guest Editor of Journal of Heat Transfer
Guest editor of Energy and AI
Course Taught (Recent 5 Years)
Heat Transfer (English)
Solid State Physics (English)
Advanced Heat Transfer (English)
