Hsiu-yu Yu

Biography

B.S. Ch.E., National Taiwan University 2004 M.S. Ch. E., National Taiwan University 2006 Ph.D. Ch.E., Cornell University, USA 2012 Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, USA 2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, USA 2012-2016

Research Interest

Predictive theoretical modeling of complex systems Theoretical modeling provides insights into the fundamentals of many complex systems ranging from organic‒inorganic hybrid materials to biological fluids. A suitably chosen model description that captures the essential physics of the system in conjunction with efficient multiscale modeling techniques that incorporates the physical laws relevant to the scales of interest can guide the materials design for a variety of innovations. Making use of classical density-functional theory, generalized Langevin dynamics, and continuum or molecular modeling, my group will answer basic questions in order to gain both qualitative and quantitative understanding regarding the equilibrium and dynamical properties of complex systems in engineering nanomedicine and materials science applications. Particular aspects that my group will address include: (1) Directed transport of functionalized nanoparticles for systematic materials processing and vascular targeted drug delivery (2) Controlling nanoparticle trafficking in the extracellular matrix and polymer networks (3) Predicting tunable, functionalized self-assemblies for high-efficiency advanced materials design and tissue engineering