Recently the Shenzhen Municipal Commission of Technological Innovation has released the Proposed Winner List of Five Shenzhen Science & Technology Awards in 2016. The list includes 66 winners: two winners of the Mayor Award, five winners of the Natural Science Award, two winners of the Technical Invention Award, 49 winners of the Science & Technology Progress Award and eight winners of the Youth Science & Technology Award. Cheng Chun, an associate professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), won the Youth Science & Technology Award.

According to the Science and Technology Reward Measures of Shenzhen Municipality, the Youth Science & Technology Award is presented to the young science & technology workers who have made significant innovative achievements and remarkable contributions in natural science research and other fields. Cheng is an associate professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at SUSTech, head of an independent research group, as well as a core researcher in the nanometer project under the National Major Research Program, Shenzhen’s major R&D program-“Peacock Program” and other programs. He mainly works on the preparation and functional application of strongly-correlated phase change materials, quantitative analysis techniques and platforms of near-field photo-thermal management, environment-adaptive high-frequency, power & density micro brakes, etc. So far he has published nearly 60 SCI papers on Nat., Comm., ACS Nano., and other leading journals, has been authorized one patent and applied for three PCT patents. His research findings were highly recognized by LBNL News Center many times, and were reported by renowned online technology media such as Science Daily and Materials Views. Also, he was rewarded as Guangdong Outstanding Youth, Guangdong Outstanding Young Teachers, Guangdong Top Young Talents and Shenzhen’s overseas high-level talents for “Peacock Program”.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering