•2022/06-Now   Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University

•2018/02-2022/02   Postdoctor and Research Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

•2017/02-2018/02 Postdoctor, University of Virginia

•2014/07-2017/01 Postdoctor, Tsinghua University

• Committee member of the Extreme Manufacturing Institution of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society

• Senior member of the Chinese Society of Micro-Nano Technology

• Youth editor of International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing (IJEM)

• Youth editor of Frontiers of Optoelectronics (FOE)

•  Youth editor of Chinese Journal of Lasers

• Serve as invited reviewer for over 30 peer-reviewed journals including Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Science, Small, Nano Letters, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, Additive Manufacturing, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Applied Surface Science, Journal of Alloys and Compound, Optics Express, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Optics and Laser Technology, etc.

• Ultrafast Laser Subtractive/Additive Manufacturing

• Laser Materials Processing and Laser Extreme Manufacturing

• Laser Micro/Nano Surface/Interface Engineering

• Excellent faculty of School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University（2024）

• Science and Technology Award of Aviation Industry Corporation of China（2024）

• Excellent Youth Editor of International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing（2024）

Selected Publications:

[1] L. Wang, D. Li, G. Jiang, X. Hu, R. Peng, Z. Song, H. Zhang, P. Fan*, and M. Zhong*, “Dual-Energy-Barrier Stable Superhydrophobic Structures for Long Icing Delay”, ACS Nano, 2024, 18, 12489-12502.

[2] G. Jiang, L. Wang, Z. Tian, C. Chen, X. Hu, R. Peng, D. Li, H. Zhang, P. Fan*, and M. Zhong*, “Boosting water evaporation via continuous formation of a 3D thin film through triple-level super-wicking routes”, Materials Horizons, 2023, 10, 3523.

[3] Z. Tian, P. Fan*, D. Zhu, L. Wang, H. Zhao, C. Chen, R. Peng, D. Li, H. Zhang, and M. Zhong*, “Anti-ice-pinning superhydrophobic surfaces for extremely low ice adhesion”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023, 473, 145382.

[4] Z. Tian, L. Wang, D. Zhu, C. Chen, H. Zhao, R. Peng, H. Zhang, P. Fan*, and M. Zhong*, “Passive Anti-Icing Performances of the Same Superhydrophobic Surfaces under Static Freezing, Dynamic Supercooled-Droplet Impinging, and Icing Wind Tunnel Tests”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 6013-6024.

[5] C. Chen, P. Fan*, D. Zhu, Z. Tian, H. Zhao, L. Wang, R. Peng, and M. Zhong*, “Crack-Initiated Durable Low-Adhesion Trilayer Icephobic Surfaces with Microcone-Array Anchored Porous Sponges and Polydimethylsiloxane Cover”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023, 15, 6025-6034.

[6] C. Chen, Z. Tian, D. Zhu, H. Zhang, H. Zhao, G. Jiang, X. Hu, L. Wang, R. Peng, D. Li, P. Hao, P. Fan*, and M. Zhong*, “Metallic hierarchical structures uniformly covered with WC@PDMS composite coatings toward comprehensively durable superhydrophobic surfaces”, Chemical Engineering Science, 2023, 282, 119248.

[7] L. Wang, Z. Tian, D. Zhu, G. Jiang, H. Zhao, C. Chen, X. Hu, R. Peng, H. Zhang, P. Fan*, and M. Zhong*, “Environmentally adapted slippery-superhydrophobic switchable interfaces for anti-icing”, Applied Surface Science, 2023, 626, 157201.

[8] X. Hu, Z. Tian, C. Chen, G. Jiang, L. Wang, R. Peng, D. Li, H. Zhang, P. Fan*, and M. Zhong*, “Minimizing interface thermal resistance via laser surface micropatterning for enhancing wetting of gallium-based liquid metal with copper”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2023, 214, 124424.

[9] L. Li, Y. Zhou, Y. Gao, X. Feng, F. Zhang, W. Li*, B. Zhu, Z. Tian, P. Fan, M. Zhong, H. Niu, S. Zhao, X. Wei*, J. Zhu*, and H. Wu*, “Large-scale assembly of isotropic nanofiber aerogels based on columnar-equiaxed crystal transition”, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 5410.

[10] A. Mao, S. Fess, N. Kraiem, P. Li, Z. Wu, Q. Zhu, X. Huang, P. Fan, B. Cui, J. F. Silvain, S. Hu, M. Anthamatten, S. P. Regan, D. Harding, and Y. Lu*, “Spatiotemporal Reaction Dynamics Control in Two-Photon Polymerization for Enhancing Writing Characteristics”, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2024, 9, 2400077.

[11] A. Mao, H. Mitsuboshi, M. Trochon, X. Zhang, L. Trinh, S. Keynia, P. Fan, N. Kraiem, X. Huang, N. Li, P. Li, Z. Wu, W. Sun, B. Cui, J. F. Silvain, M. Hara, M. Yoshimura, K. L. Marshall, M. Anthamatten, and Y. Lu*, “Evolution of chemical and mechanical properties in two-photon polymerized materials during pyrolysis”, Carbon, 2023, 208, 384-389.

[12] L. Wang, G. Jiang, Z. Tian, C. Chen, X. Hu, R. Peng, H. Zhang, P. Fan, and M. Zhong*, “Superhydrophobic microstructures for better anti-icing performances: open-cell or closed-cell”, Materials Horizons, 2023, 10, 209.

[13] L. Wang, G. Jiang, D. Zhu, Z. Tian, C. Chen, X. Hu, R. Peng, D. Li, H. Zhang, H. Zhao P. Fan, and M. Zhong*, “Self-Driven Droplet Motions Below their Icing Points”, Small, 2023, 19, 2302339.

[14] G. Jiang, H. Zhang, P. Fan, L. Wang, X. Hu, and M. Zhong*, “Laser microstructuring of extremely-thin vapor chamber with hybrid configuration for excellent heat dissipation”, Energy Conversion and Management, 2023, 290, 117214.

[15] X. Hu, G. Jiang, P. Fan, G. Hu, G. Xu, W. Wang, L. Wang, and M. Zhong*, “1000 °C High-Temperature Wetting Behaviors of Molten Metals on Laser-Microstructured Metal Surfaces”, Langmuir, 2023, 39, 17538-17550.

[16] L. Wang, H. Zhao, D. Zhu, L. Yuan, H. Zhang, P. Fan, and M. Zhong*, “A Review on Ultrafast Laser Enabled Excellent Superhydrophobic Anti-Icing Performances”, Applied Sciences, 2023, 13, 5478.

[17] J. Huo, Q. Yang, J. Yong*, P. Fan, Y. Lu, X. Hou, and F. Chen*, “Underwater Superaerophobicity/ Superaerophilicity and Unidirectional Bubble Passage Based on the Femtosecond Laser-Structured Stainless Steel Mesh”, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2020, 7, 1902128.

[18] Q. Zhu, W. Sun, Y. Yoo, X. Zhang, N. Hunter, A. Mao, N. Li, X. Huang, P. Fan, X. Wang, B. Cui, and Y. Lu*, “Enhance corrosion resistance of 304 stainless steel using nanosecond pulsed laser surface processing”, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2023, 42, 103479.

[19] P. Fan*, G. Jiang, X. Hu, L. Wang, H. Zhang, and M. Zhong, “Localized in‑situ deposition: a new dimension to control in fabricating surface micro/nano structures via ultrafast laser ablation”, Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2023, 16, 36.

[20] N. Li#, P. Fan#,*, Q. Zhu, B. Cui, J. F. Silvain, and Y. Lu*, “Femtosecond laser polishing of additively manufactured parts at grazing incidence”, Applied Surface Science, 2023, 612, 155833.

[21] A. Mao#, P. Fan#,*, L. Constantin, N. Li, X. Huang, B. Cui, J.F. Silvain, X. Wang, and Y. Lu*, “Forming three-dimensional micro-objects using two-dimensional gradient printing”, Applied Materials Today, 2022, 28, 101538.

[22] Q. Zhu#, P. Fan#,*, N. Li, T. Carlson, B. Cui, J.F. Silvain, J.L. Hudgins, and Y. Lu*, “Femtosecond-laser sharp shaping of millimeter-scale geometries with vertical sidewalls”, International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2021, 3, 045001.

[23] Q. Zou, L. Deng, P. Fan*, D. Li, C. Zhang, L. Fan, L. Jiang, J.F. Silvain, and Y. Lu*, “Refractory Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube–Boron Nitride Nanocomposites for Scalable Electrical Anisotropic Interconnects”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, 2, 100-108.

[24] P. Fan*, B. Bai, M. Zhong*, H. Zhang, J. Long, J. Han, W. Wang, and G. Jin, “General Strategy toward Dual-Scale-Controlled Metallic Micro-Nano Hybrid Structures with Ultralow Reflectance”, ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 7401-7408.

[25] P. Fan*, B. Bai, J. Long, D. Jiang, G. Jin, H. Zhang, and M. Zhong*, “Broadband high-performance infrared antireflection nanowires facilely grown on ultrafast laser structured Cu surface”, Nano Letters, 2015, 15, 5988-5994.

[26] G. Ou#, P. Fan#, H. Zhang, W. Yu, H. Wei, M. Zhong*, and H. Wu*, “Large-scale hierarchical oxide nanostructures for high-performance electrocatalytic water splitting”, Nano Energy, 2017, 35, 207-214.

[27] G. Ou#, P. Fan#, X. Ke, Y. Xu, K. Huang, H. Wei, W. Yu, H. Zhang, M. Zhong*, H. Wu*, and Y. Li, “Defective Molybdenum Sulfide Quantum Dots as Highly Active Hydrogen Evolution Electrocatalyst”, Nano Research, 2018, 11, 751-761.

[28] M. Cai#, P. Fan#, J. Long, J. Han, Y. Lin, H. Zhang, and M. Zhong*, “Large-scale Tunable 3D Self-Supporting WO3 Micro-Nano Architectures as Direct Photoanodes for Efficient Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9, 17856-17864.

[29] P. Fan*, H. Wu, M. Zhong*, H. Zhang, B. Bai, and G. Jin, “Large-scale cauliflower-shaped hierarchical copper nanostructures for efficient photothermal conversion”, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 14617-14624.

[30] P. Fan, R. Pan, and M. Zhong*, “Ultrafast Laser Enabling Hierarchical Structures for Versatile Superhydrophobicity with Enhanced Cassie-Baxter Stability and Durability”, Langmuir, 2019, 35, 16693-16711.

[31] P. Fan, Z. Sun, G.C. Wilkes, and M.C. Gupta*, “Low-temperature laser generated ultrathin aluminum oxide layers for effective c-Si surface passivation”, Applied Surface Science, 2019, 480, 35-42.

[32] P. Fan*, B. Bai, G. Jin, H. Zhang, and M. Zhong*, “Patternable fabrication of hyper-hierarchical metal surface structures for ultrabroadband antireflection and self-cleaning”, Applied Surface Science, 2018, 457, 991-999.

[33] P. Fan, M. Zhong*, B. Bai, G. Jin, and H. Zhang, “Tuning the optical reflection property of metal surface via micro-nano particle structures fabricated by ultrafast laser”, Applied Surface Science, 2015, 359, 7-13.

[34] P. Fan*, M. Zhong*, B. Bai, G. Jin, and H. Zhang, “Large Scale and Cost Effective Generation of 3D Self-Supporting Oxide Nanowire Architectures by a Top-Down and Bottom-Up Combined Approach”, RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 45923-45930.

[35] P. Fan, M. Zhong*, L. Li, T. Huang, and H. Zhang, “Rapid fabrication of surface micro/nano structures with enhanced broadband absorption on Cu by picosecond laser”, Optics Express, 2013, 21, 11628-11637.

[36] P. Fan, M. Zhong*, L. Li, P. Schmitz, C. Lin, J. Long, H. Zhang, “Angle-independent colorization of copper surfaces by simultaneous generation of picosecond-laser-induced nanostructures and redeposited nanoparticles”, Journal of Applied Physics, 2014, 115, 124302.

[37] P. Fan, M. Zhong*, L. Li, P. Schmitz, C. Lin, J. Long, H. Zhang, “Sequential color change on copper surfaces via micro/nano structure modification induced by a picosecond laser”, Journal of Applied Physics, 2013, 114, 083518.