1986.07-1988.08 中国科学院长春物理研究所 研究实习员/助理研究员
1991.07-1993.06 清华大学材料科学与工程系 博士后
1993.06-1993.10 清华大学材料科学与工程系 助理研究员
1993.11-1998.11 清华大学材料科学与工程系 副教授
1998.11-至今 清华大学材料科学与工程系（材料学院） 教授
1993.12-1995.03 香港科技大学物理系 访问学者
1995.04-1995.07 美国电子材料公司（AEM Inc.）访问科学家
1999.07-2000.11新加坡南洋理工大学光子学研究中心 访问研究员
2004 国家杰出青年科学基金获得者
2007 教育部长江学者特聘教授
2017 当选为中国工程院院士，隶属于化工、冶金与材料工程学部
主要从事信息功能材料研究，研究方向包括：
（1）超材料：电磁（光学）、热学、力学超材料及其在信息技术、高端装备、具身智能、生物医学工程、可持续发展等领域的应用；
（2）人工物质与新物理化学系统：准凝聚态、准粒子、人工物质中的激发态与能量传输与转换、智能系统及类生命系统；
（3）超构材料学：主要探索将超材料的研究范式与方法论拓展到常规材料的性能的改进与提高，以突破常规材料的自然极限，发展高性能材料；
（4）电子功能陶瓷材料与元器件：新型电磁介质材料、无源电子元件、传感器及其集成。
国家技术发明奖二等奖（2005年，排名第一，获奖成果：高性能低温烧结软磁铁氧体材料）
国家自然科学奖二等奖（2016年，排名第一，获奖成果：非金属基超常电磁介质的原理与构筑）
已发表学术论文500余篇，出版学术专著3部，授权发明专利70余项。
【近期论文】
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