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• 02/22/12: My paper with Dr. Gommes and Dr. Torquato on material structures characterization is published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 108, 080601, 2012)

• 12/22/11: My paper with Dr. Torquato on computational modeling of invasive tumor growth is published in PLoS Computational Biology (PLoS Comput BIol 7, 1002314, 2011)

• 11/23/11: My paper with Dr. Torquato, Dr. Berman and Dr. Kiehl on self-organization of brain tumor cells is published in PLoS One (PLoS One 6, e27323, 2011)

• 09/13/11: My paper with Adam, Dr. Stillinger and Dr. Torquato on structures of binary hard-sphere alloy is published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 107, 125501, 2011)

• 06/20/11: My paper with Dr. Conway and Dr. Torquato on tiling space by regular polyhedra is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS 108, 11009, 2011)

• 04/29/11: My paper with Dr. Zachary and Dr. Torquato on disordered jammed materials is published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 106, 178001, 2011)

• 08/23/10: I'm joining in the Physical Science in Oncology Center at Princeton University as a postdoctoral research associate, working on the development of theoretical and simulation tools to model the growth and invasion of brain tumor and its micro environment.

• 08/13/10: I'm now officially a "Permanent Head Damage"... :)

• 06/21/10: I receive the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad. Here is the picture with other recipients.

• 04/28/10: I receive the Ray Grimm Prize in Computational Physics. This is a very prestigious and highly competitive award. My citation reads: "For his deep and penetrating contributions to the computational physics of heterogeneous materials and particle packing problems."

• 2005-2010, Ph. D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, NJ

• 2001-2005, B. E., Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, China

• 1998-2001, No. 2 High School of Shijiazhuang City, Shijiazhuang, China

• Microstructures and macroscopic properties of heterogeneous materials

• Self-assembly of anisotropic hard particles with applications in nano-engineering

• Modeling the growth and invasion of brain tumors

• Optimal design of multi-functional composites

• Jamming of granular media

• Targeted self-assembly of advanced materials

• Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of nano-particle systems

• Stochastic Geometry

• Ray Grimm Prize in Computational Physics, 2010

• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2010

• Gordon Wu Prize for Excellence, Princeton University, 2009

• Martin Summerfield Memorial Fellowship, Princeton University, 2006

• Princeton University Graduate Fellowship, 2005

• Outstanding Graduate of Peking University, 2005

• Municipal Outstanding Graduate of Beijing City, 2005

• Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowship, 2004

• Chinese Academy of Sciences Excellence in Mechanics Prize, 2003

• Hosogoe Scholarship, Peking University, 2002

• Merit Student of Peking University, 2002 -- 2004

• Provincial Merit High-school Student, 2001

• Municipal Excellent High-school Student Leader, 2001

• Provincial First Prize in the 17th China Physics Olympiad, 2000

1. H. Duan, Y. Jiao, X. Yi, Z. Huang and J. Wang

   Solutions of Inhomogeneity Problems with Graded Shell and Applications to

   Core-Shell Nanoparticles and Composites

   Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids  54, 1401 (2006)

2. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato

   Modeling Heterogeneous Materials via Two-Point Correlation Functions:

   Basic Principles

   Physical Review E 76, 031110 (2007)

3. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato

   Modeling Heterogeneous Materials via Two-Point Correlation Functions II:

   Algorithmic Details and Applications

   Physical Review E  77, 031135 (2008)  

4. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato  

   Optimal Packings of Superdisks and the Role of Symmetry

   Physical Review Letters 100, 245504 (2008)

5. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato

   Dense Packings of Superballs  

   Physical Review E 79, 041309 (2009)

6. S. Torquato and Y. Jiao 

   Dense Packings of Platonic and Archimedean Solids

   Nature 460, 876 (2009)

   [The Featured Cover Story of Aug. 13, 2009 issue of Nature ]

7. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato

   A Superior Descriptor of Random Textures and Its Predictive Capacity

   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106, 17634 (2009)

8. S. Torquato and Y. Jiao 

   Dense Packings of Polyhedra: Platonic and Archimedean Solids

   Physical Review E 80, 041104 (2009)

9. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato    

   Geometrical Ambiguity of Pair Statistics I. Point Configurations  

   Physical Review E 81, 011105 (2010)

10. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato    

    Distinctive Features Arising in Maximally Random Jammed Packings of Superballs  

    Physical Review E 81, 041304 (2010)

11. S. Torquato and Y. Jiao  

    Exact Constructions of a Family of Dense Periodic Packings of Tetrahedra  

    Physical Review E 81, 041310 (2010)

     

12. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato    

    Geometrical Ambiguity of Pair Statistics II. Heterogeneous Materials  

    Physical Review E 82, 011106 (2010)

13. S. Torquato, Y. Jiao

    Robust Algorithm to Generate a Diverse Class of Dense Disordered and

    Ordered Sphere Packings via Linear Programming

    Physical Review E 82, 061302 (2010)

14. Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato    

    Controllable Diversity of Jammed Hard-Sphere Packings with Variable Density and Disorder

    Journal of Applied Physics 109, 013508 (2011)

15. C. Zachary, Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    Hyperuniform Long-Range Correlations Are a Signature of Disordered

    Jammed Hard-Particles Packings

    Physical Review Letters 106, 178001 (2011)

16. C. Zachary, Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    Hyperuniformity, Quasi-Long-Range Correlations, and Void-Space Constraints

    in Maximally Random Jammed Particle Packings. I. Polydisperse Spheres

    Physical Review E 83, 051308 (2011)

17. C. Zachary, Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    Hyperuniformity, Quasi-Long-Range Correlations, and Void-Space Constraints

    in Maximally Random Jammed Particle Packings. II. Anisotropy in Particle Shape

    Physical Review E 83, 051309 (2011)

18. J. Conway, Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    A New Family of Tilings of 3D Space by Tetrahedra and Octahedra

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, 11009 (2011)

19. A. Hopkins, Y. Jiao, F. H. Stillinger and S. Torquato

    Phase Diagram and Structural Diversity of Densest Binary Sphere Packings

    Physical Review Letters 107, 125501 (2011)

20. Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    A Dense Packing of Truncated Tetrahedra that Nearly Fills All Space

    and its Melting Properties

    Journal of Chemical Physics 135, 151101 (2011)

21. Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    Maximally Random Jammed Packings of Platonic Solids: Isostaticity and hyperuniformity

    Physical Review E 84, 041309 (2011)

22. Y. Jiao, H. Berman and S. Torquato

    Spatial Organization and Correlation of Cell Nuclei in Brain Tumors 

    PLoS One 6, e27323 (2011)

23. H. Cohn, Y. Jiao, A. Kumar and S. Torquato

    Rigidity of Spherical Codes

    Geometry and Topology 15, 2235 (2011)

24. Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    Emergent Properties from a Cellular Automaton Model for Invasive Tumor

    Growth in Heterogeneous Environment

    PLoS Computational Biology 7, 1002314 (2011)

25. C. Gommes, Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    The Amount of Morphological Information Missing in Spatial Correlation Functions

    Physical Review Letters 108, 080601 (2012)

26. Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    Diversity of Dynamics and Morphologies of Invasive Solid Tumors

    AIP Advances [Invited paper for special issue "Physics of Cancer"], in press

27. Y. Jiao and S. Torquato

    Characterization of Pore Structure and Transport Properties of Biopolymer Networks

    Physical Biology, in preparation