Deng-Ke Yang

Biography:
Deng-Ke Yang is a professor in the School of Emergent Soft Matter at South China University of Technology. He received his B.S. in physics from Tsinghua University in China in 1984 and his Ph.D. in physics from University of Hawaii in 1989.  He worked as postdoctoral fellow, assistant professor, associate professor and full professor in Kent State University from 1989 to 2025. His main research interest is in liquid-crystal physics and devices. He has coauthored 2 books and 8 book chapters. He also has published more than 200 papers. He received the Society for Information Display (SID) Special Recognition Award in 2005 for his pioneering work on polymer-stabilized cholesteric devices and reflective displays. He was elected as a fellow of the SID in 2007 for his significant scientific and technological contributions to bistable, reflective cholesteric displays and to polymer-stabilized cholesteric devices, and for his outstanding contributions to education. He received SID Slottow-Owaki Prize in 2017 for his outstanding contributions to the education and training in the field of liquid-crystal displays. He also received Kent State University annual Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award in 2017. He has been named one of the world’s top 2% of scientists by Stanford University.

Title of the communication:
Flexoelectric Effect in Liquid Crystals and Its Applications