Education and Working Experiences

Jul. 2025-Present, Full Professor, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Aug. 2024-Feb. 2025, Academic Visitor, Department of Mechanic Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Jul. 2020-Jun. 2025, Associate Professor, School of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Jul. 2018-Jun. 2020, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University.

Sep. 2013-Jul. 2018, Ph.D., Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, Tsinghua University.

Sep. 2009-Jun. 2013, B.E., Thermal and Power Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Teaching

1. Engineering Thermodynamics;

2. Engineering Fluid Mechamics;

Social/ Academic Work

Guest Editor of Applied Physics Letters for the Special Topic “Superhydrophobic Surfaces”.

Youth Editorial Board of Nano-Micro Letters, Science Bulletin, Research.

Referee for more than 40 peer-reviewed journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Nano-Micro Letters, Nano Energy, Small, Chemical Engineering Journal, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, etc.

Session Chair of several academic conferences.

Academic Achievements

Books

1. Condensed and Melting Droplet Behavior on Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Springer, 2020.11.

Selected journal publications：

1. S. Yang#, F. Chu#, V. Ganesan, P. Faghihi, D. Ghaddar, W. Zhang, J. Liu, J. Yang, A. Huang, K. Boyina, K. Chettiar, S. Dewanjee, S. Aflatounian, R. Khan, P. Braun, J. Feng, D. Poulikakos, N. Miljkovic*, Growth and control of suspended ice bridges during sessile droplet freezing, Nature Physics, 22 (2026) 1136–1143.

2. F. Chu, S. Li, C. Zhao, Y. Feng*, Y. Lin, X. Wu*, X. Yan*, N. Miljkovic*, Interfacial ice sprouting during salty water droplet freezing, Nature Communications, 15 (2024) 2249. (ESI highly cited paper)

3. J. Du, W. Wang, Y. Fu, X. Li, J. Tan, H. Li, X. Chen, F. Chu*, Q. Min, C.Y. Tso*, A self-regulated photothermal anti-/deicing film for all-season applications, Nature Communications, 17 (2026) 2632.

4. F. Chu#, Z. Hu#, Y. Feng*, N.C. Lai, X. Wu*, R. Wang*, Advanced Anti‐Icing Strategies and Technologies by Macrostructured Photothermal Storage Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Advanced Materials, 36 (2024) 2402897. (ESI highly cited paper)

5. J. Luo, W. Sun, Z. Hu, Y. Feng, F. Chu*, R. Wang*, Photothermal superhydrophobic anti-icing surfaces necessitate dynamic thermal regulation, Matter, 10 (2025) 102389.

6. M. Hou, Z. Jiang, W. Sun, Z. Chen, F. Chu*, N.C. Lai*, Efficient Photothermal Anti-/Deicing Enabled by 3D Cu2-xS Encapsulated Phase Change Materials Mixed Superhydrophobic Coatings, Advanced Materials, 36 (2024) 2310312. (ESI highly cited paper)

7. Z. Hu, F. Chu, H. Shan, X. Wu, Z. Dong, R. Wang*, Understanding and Utilizing Droplet Impact on Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Phenomena, Mechanisms, Regulations, Applications, and Beyond, Advanced Materials, 36 (2024) 2310177.

8. F. Chu, Z. Ni, D. Wen*, Y. Feng*, S. Li, L. Jiang, Z. Dong*, Liquid Film Sculpture via Droplet Impacting on Microstructured Heterowettable Surfaces, Advanced Functional Materials, 32 (2022) 2203222. (Selected as Journal Frontispiece)

9. B. Ge, X. Wu*, Y. Li, Y. Zhu, Z. Hu*, F. Chu*, Bio-Inspired Enhanced Robust Superhydrophobic Surfaces by Binder Engineering, Advanced Functional Materials, 36 (2026) e75798.

10. Z. Hu, H. Ran, H. Liu, B. Ji, J. Zhang, F. Chu*, Unveiling nanodroplet impact force on material interfaces, Droplet, 5 (2026) e70045.

11. W. Sun, Y. Wei, Y. Feng*, F. Chu*, Anti-icing and deicing characteristics of photothermal superhydrophobic surfaces based on metal nanoparticles and carbon nanotube materials, Energy, 286 (2024) 129656.

12. L. Ma, C. Zhao, B. Ge, X. Zhang, X. Wu, Y. Feng*, F. Chu*, Effect of solid surface wettability on ice adhesion strength: Stretching and shearing adhesion, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 253 (2025) 127585.

13. Y. Wei, S. Gao, W. Sun, X. Wu, Y. Feng*, F. Chu*, Anti-frosting and defrosting on photothermal superhydrophobic coatings based on silane hydrolysis and carbon nanotube doping, Applied Thermal Engineering, 236 (2024) 121876.

14. C. Zhao, Y. Lin, X. Wu*, X. Zhang, F. Chu*, Nanoscale insights on the freezing front propagation and ion behaviors during seawater freezing, Applied Surface Science, 641 (2023) 158499.

15. C. Zhao, Z. Hu, Y. Lin, X. Wu*, X. Zhang, F. Chu*, Effects of salinity and temperature on the icing of sessile saltwater droplets on solid surfaces, Desalination, 591 (2024) 118063.

16. Y. Lin, X. Wu*, Z. Hu, F. Chu*, Leidenfrost droplet jet engine by bubble ejection, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 650 (2023) 112-120.

17. F. Chu*, S. Li, Z. Hu, X. Wu*, Regulation of droplet impacting on superhydrophobic surfaces: Coupled effects of macrostructures, wettability patterns, and surface motion, Applied Physics Letters, 122 (2023) 160503. (ESI highly cited paper)

18. Y. Shu, F. Chu*, Z. Hu, J. Gao, X. Wu, Z. Dong, Y. Feng*, Superhydrophobic Strategy for Nature-Inspired Rotating Microfliers: Enhancing Spreading, Reducing Contact Time, and Weakening Impact Force of Raindrops, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (2022) 57340−57349.

19. Y. Shu, Z. Hu, Y. Zhu, Y. Feng*, F. Chu*, Dynamic rain-proofing of superhydrophobic surfaces for unmanned aerial vehicles: Droplet impact on inclined moving surfaces, Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 167 (2025) 109287.

20. Z. Hu, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, S. Ding, Y. Lin, Bidirectional Transport of Split Droplets, Physical Review Applied, 18(4) (2022) 044057. (Selected for inclusion in the American Physical Society's outreach)

21. Z. Hu, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, Double-peak characteristic of droplet impact force on superhydrophobic surfaces, Extreme Mechanics Letters, 52 (2022) 101665.

22. Z. Hu, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, Splitting dynamics of droplet impact on ridged superhydrophobic surfaces, Physics of Fluids, 34(9) (2022) 092104. (Selected as Featured)

23. F. Chu, X. Yan*, N. Miljkovic*, How Superhydrophobic Grooves Drive Single-Droplet Jumping, Langmuir, 38 (2022) 4452-4460.

24. J. Luo, F. Chu*, Z. Ni, J. Zhang, D. Wen*, Dynamics of droplet impacting on a cone, Physics of Fluids, 33(11) (2021) 112116. (Selected as an Editor’s Pick)

25. Y. Lin, F. Chu*, Q. Ma, X. Wu*, Gyroscopic rotation of boiling droplets, Applied Physics Letters, 118(22) (2021) 221601.

26. Z. Hu, Z. Yuan, H. Hou, F. Chu*, X. Wu*, Event-driven Simulation of Multi-scale Dropwise Condensation, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 167 (2021) 120819.

27. F. Chu*, J. Luo, C. Hao, J. Zhang, X. Wu, D. Wen*, Directional Transportation of Impacting Droplets on Wettability-Controlled Surfaces, Langmuir, 36(21) (2020) 5855-5862. (Selected in a Virtual Issue)

28. F. Chu*, Y. Lin, X. Yan, X. Wu*, Quantitative relations between droplet jumping and anti-frosting effect on superhydrophobic surfaces, Energy and Buildings, 225 (2020) 110315.

29. F. Chu, X. Zhang, S. Li, H. Jin, J. Zhang, X. Wu, D. Wen*, Bubble formation in freezing droplets, Physical Review Fluids, 4(7) (2019) 071601(R).

30. F. Chu, S. Gao, X. Zhang, X. Wu, D. Wen*, Droplet re-icing characteristics on a superhydrophobic surface, Applied Physics Letters, 115(7) (2019) 073703.

31. F. Chu, X. Wu*, L. Wang, Meltwater Evolution during Defrosting on Superhydrophobic Surfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(1) (2018) 1415-1421.

32. F. Chu, D. Wen, X. Wu*, Frost Self-Removal Mechanism during Defrosting on Vertical Superhydrophobic Surfaces: Peeling Off or Jumping Off, Langmuir, 34(48) (2018) 14562-14569.

33. F. Chu, X. Wu*, Y. Zhu, Z. Yuan, Relationship between condensed droplet coalescence and surface wettability, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, 111 (2017) 836-841.

34. F. Chu, X. Wu*, L. Wang, Dynamic melting of freezing droplets on ultraslippery superhydrophobic surfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 9 (2017) 8420-8425.

35. F. Chu, X. Wu*, B. Zhu, X. Zhang, Self-propelled droplet behavior during condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces, Applied Physics Letters, 108(19) (2016) 194103.

36. F. Chu, X. Wu*, Fabrication and condensation characteristics of metallic superhydrophobic surface with hierarchical micro-nano structures, Applied Surface Science, 371 (2016) 322-328.

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