Guangyin Jing, Professor of the School of Physics and head of the Department of Materials Physics at Northwest University, Xi’an, China, specializes in soft matter and biophysics. He founded the Soft Matter Physics Lab (SMPL) in 2009, with current research interests including active matter, self-propelled particles, fluid dynamics of microswimmers, collective motion, bacterial swimming in biological fluids, and medical applications. His work is funded by the National Natural Science Foundation and the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Shaanxi Province Natural Science.

Research Experience

• Professor of Physics, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 2017–Present
• Associate Professor of Physics, Northwest University, Xi’an, China, 2010–2017
• Visiting Researcher, PMMH Lab, ESPCI-PSL, 2015–2016
• Postdoctoral Fellow, FAST Lab, University Paris-Saclay, France, 2008–2009
• Postdoctoral Fellow, SIMM Lab, ESPCI-ParisTech, Paris, France, 2007–2008

Key Research Areas:

• Macroscopic locomotion strategies and molecular regulation in bacteria
• Collective behavior and swarm intelligence in autonomous motile systems and living organisms
• Interactions between bacteria and biological fluids and their medical applications