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Yiping Cao
Veterinary Medicine
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
Language: Chinese, English, German
Protein
Self-Assembly
Structural Analysis
Bioactivity
Biological Fate
Children'S Health
Food Science
Amyloid Fibrils
Protein Films
Biomaterials
Areas of Focus
- Protein self-assembly and structural analysis
- Protein bioactivity and biological fate
- Protein-based children's health food
Work Experience
- 2022-08 - Present - Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tenured Associate Professor
Academic Background & Achievements
- Bachelor and Master from Hubei University of Technology in Food Science
- PhD from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, with distinction
- Postdoctoral research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Selected for the National High-level Talents Special Support Plan
Publications
- Interfacial electrostatic self-Assembly of amyloid fibrils into multifunctional protein films, Yangyang Han, Yiping Cao, et al., 2023
- Strengthening and toughening of protein-based thermosets via intermolecular self-assembly, Yiping Cao and Bradley D Olsen, 2022
- Different folding states from the same protein sequence determine reversible vs irreversible amyloid fate, Yiping Cao, et al., 2021
- Design principles of food gels, Yiping Cao and Raffaele Mezzenga, 2020
- Amyloid fibril-templated high-performance conductive aerogels with sensing properties, Yangyang Han, Yiping Cao, et al., 2020
- Probing the structure of filamentous nonergodic gels by dynamic light scattering, Mattia Usuelli, Yiping Cao, et al., 2020
- Amyloid fibril-directed synthesis of silica core–shell nanofilaments, gels, and aerogels, Yiping Cao, et al., 2019
- Food protein amyloid fibrils: Origin, structure, formation, characterization, applications and health implications, Yiping Cao and Raffaele Mezzenga, 2019
- Selective and efficient removal of fluoride from water: in situ engineered amyloid fibril/ZrO2 hybrid membranes, Qingrui Zhang, Sreenath Bolisetty, Yiping Cao, et al., 2019
- Elasticity in physically cross-linked amyloid fibril networks, Yiping Cao, et al., 2018
Awards
- ETH Medal
- SNSF Mobility Fellow
