EDUCATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1993-1998 B.S. (Physics), University of Science and Technology of China

1998-2005 Ph.D. (Physics), California Institute of Technology, USA

2006-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow (Biophysics), Harvard University, USA

2012- Professor, University of Science and Technology of China

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biological Physics; Cellular motility and sensory transduction; Physics of cellular behavior; Molecular motor

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS (*: corresponding authors)

1. H. Shi, S. Ma, R. Zhang, J. Yuan*, A hidden state in the turnover of a functioning membrane protein complex.Science Advances 5: eaau6885 (2019).

2. F. Wang, H. Shi, R. He, R. Wang, R. Zhang*, J. Yuan*, Nonequilibrium effect in the allosteric regulation of the bacterial flagellar switch.Nature Physics 13:710-714(2017).

3. B. Wang, R. Zhang, and J. Yuan*, Limiting (zero-load) speed of the rotary motor of Escherichia coli is independent of the number of torque-generating units.PNAS 114:12478-12482(2017).

4. F. Wang, J. Yuan* and H.C. Berg*, Switching dynamics of the bacterial flagellar motor near zero load.PNAS 111:15752-15755(2014)

5. J. Yuan, R.W. Branch, B.G. Hosu and H.C. Berg, Adaptation at the output of the chemotaxis signaling pathway.Nature 484:233-236(2012).

6. J. Yuan, K.A. Fahrner, L. Turner and H.C. Berg, Asymmetry in the clockwise and counter-clockwise rotation of the bacterial flagellar motor. PNAS 107:12846-12949(2010).

7. J. Yuan and H.C. Berg, Resurrection of the flagellar rotary motor near zero load. PNAS 105:1182-1185(2008).