一、基本情况：

2009年本科毕业于常州大学数理学院，2014年博士毕业于苏州大学物理科学与技术学院。2015年7月入职苏州科技大学。2018年9月至2019年8月英国卡迪夫大学Cardiff Catalysis Institute访问学者。获批江苏省首批一流本科课程《数学物理方法》。

二、主要研究领域及学术成就：

主要从事功能薄膜和光电器件方面的研究。研究方向包括：(1)多铁氧化物薄膜；(2)二维光电探测器。主持国家自然科学基金3项。在Nature Communications、Advanced Functional Materials和Applied Physics Letters等国际主流物理期刊发表SCI论文近80余篇。获得2021年度江苏省高等学校科学技术研究成果奖三等奖。

三、代表性科研成果：

[1] K. Liu, Z. Li, J. Li, W. Zhou, X. Wu, Y. Fang, J. Yang, Z. Shao, R. Zhao^#, Y. Song, Modulation of the nonlinear optical response and transient dynamics of CdO/Ag/CdO sandwich-type films, Optics & Laser Technology, 168 (2024) 109858.

[2] K. Liu, Z. Li, X. Wu, Y. Fang, W. Zhou, J. Yang, Y. Sun, R. Niu, Z. Shao, L. Chen, R. Zhao#, Y. Song, Impact of aluminum doping on nonlinear absorption and ultrafast carriers dynamics of Al:CdO thin films, Optics & Laser Technology, 157 (2023) 108675.

[3] R. Zhao, C. Yang, H. Wang, K. Jiang, H. Wu, S. Shen, L. Wang, Y. Sun, K. Jin, J. Gao, L. Chen, H. Wang, J.L. MacManus-Driscoll, P.A. van Aken, J. Hong, W. Li, H. Yang, Emergent multiferroism with magnetodielectric coupling in EuTiO3 created by a negative pressure control of strong spin-phonon coupling, Nature Communications, 13 (2022) 2364.

[4] R. Zhao#, Y. Ji, C. Yang, W. Li, Y. Zhu, W. Zhang, H. Lu, Y. Jiang, G. Liu, J. Hong, H. Wang, H. Yang, Origin of unexpected lattice expansion and ferromagnetism in epitaxial EuTiO3–δ thin films, Ceramics International, 46 (2020) 19990-19995.

[5] H. Lu, Y. Yang, Z. Luo, S. Wu, Y. Ji, Y. Li, J. Zhang, G. Liu, Y. Jiang, H. Yang, C. Ma, R. Zhao#, J. Gao, Fluorination-enhanced photoconductive effect in a wide band gap Ca3Ti2O7-xFx thin films, Materials Research Express, 7 (2020) 126402.

[6] Y. Liang, Z. Luo, S. Wu, Y. Yang, Y. Qin, S. Wu, Y. Ji, H. Lu, G. Liu, Y. Jiang, J. Wang, H. Yang, R. Zhao#, C. Ma, J. Gao, Oxygen-vacancy-induced atomic and electronic reconstructions in magnetic Sr(Ti0.875Fe0.125)O3-δ thin films, Materials Research Express, 7 (2020) 076105.

[7] R. Zhao, J. Zhong, C. Ji, J. Zhao, H. Lu, Three-dimensional ZnO/ZnxCd1-xS/CdS nanostructures modified by microwave hydrothermal reaction-deposited CdSe quantum dots for chemical solar cells, Solar Energy, 191 (2019) 78-83.

[8] R. Zhao, Y. Chen, Y. Ji, W. Li, L. Chen, A. He, H. Lu, M. Zhao, J. Yao, Y. Jiang, G. Liu, J. Gao, H. Wang, H. Yang, Controllable conduction and hidden phase transitions revealed via vertical strain, Applied Physics Letters, 114 (2019) 252901.