彭晨晖，中国科学技术大学特任教授，博士生导师。2016年12月博士毕业于液晶显示发源地美国肯特州立大学液晶研究所（Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University）。2016年12月至2018年8月于美国麻省理工学院生物工程系从事博士后研究。2018年8月至2021年12月于美国孟菲斯大学物理系任助理教授，博士生导师。2021年入选国家创新人才引进计划青年项目，2022年加入中国科学技术大学物理学院，任特任教授。主要从事活性物质、复杂流体、液晶弹性体及胶体自组装等方面的研究，以第一作者或通讯作者在Science, PNAS, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials等期刊上发表论文30余篇。

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代表论文（*为通讯作者）：

1. Z. Asilehan, W. Tang, X. Zheng, R. Wang, J. Zhang, K. Tian, F. Vergara, Q. Shi, Z. Chen, J. Jiang*, R. Zhang*, Chenhui Peng*, Monopole-mediated light control of half skyrmion topology in nematic liquid crystals. Nature Communications 16, 9178 (2025).

2. J. Zhang, W. Tang, Z. Asilehan, Z. Chen, Q. Shi, F. Vergara, J. Jiang*, R. Zhang*, Chenhui Peng*, Nonreciprocal chirality conversion in spatiotemporal evolutions of nematic colloidal entanglement. Science Advances 11, eads7281 (2025).

3. Z. Asilehan^#, W. Tang^#, J. Zhang, Z. Chen, R. Wang, Q. Shi, G. Song, J. Jiang*, R. Zhang*, Chenhui Peng*, Light-driven dancing of nematic colloids in fractional skyrmions and bimerons. Nature Communications 16, 1148 (2025).

4. J. Jiang^#, O. Akomolafe^#, X. Wang^#, Zhawure Asilehan, Wentao Tang, Jing Zhang, Zijun Chen, Ruijie Wang, Kamal Ranabhat, Rui Zhang* and Chenhui Peng*, Topology-driven collective dynamics of nematic colloidal entanglement. PNAS, 121, e2402395121 (2024).

5. X. Wang^#, J. Jiang^#, J. Chen^#, Z. Asilehan, W. Tang, Chenhui Peng*, R. Zhang*, Moiré effect enables versatile design of topological defects in nematic liquid crystals. Nature Communications 15, 1655 (2024).

6. J. Jiang^#, X. Wang^#, O. Akomolafe^#, W. Tang, Z. Asilehan, K. Ranabhat, R. Zhang* and Chenhui Peng*, Collective transport and reconfigurable assembly of nematic colloids by light-driven cooperative molecular reorientations, PNAS, 120, e2221718120 (2023)

7. J. Jiang^#, K. Ranabhat^#, X. Wang^#, H. Rich, R. Zhang* and Chenhui Peng*, Active transformations of topological structures in light-driven nematic disclination networks, PNAS, 119, e2122226119 (2022)

8. Chenhui Peng, T. Turiv, Y. Guo, Q.-H. Wei, and O. D. Lavrentovich*, "Command of active matter by topological defects and patterns," Science, 354, 882 (2016).

9. Chenhui Peng, T. Turiv, Y. Guo, S. V. Shiyanovskii, Q.-H. Wei, and O. D. Laverntovich*, "Control of colliodal placement and assembly by modulated molecular orientaion in nematic cells," Science Advances, 2, e1600932 (2016).

10. Chenhui Peng, Y. Guo, T. Turiv, Miao Jiang, Q.-H. Wei, and O. Lavrentovich*, "Patterning of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals by photoalignment with photonic metamasks," Advanced Materials, 29, 1606112 (2017).

11. Z. Lei, Z. Chai, K. Wan, J. Zhang, G. Wang, W. Li, C. Li, L. Wang, F. Feng, J. Jiang, Chenhui Peng*, Aquatic Topological Liquid Crystal Gel Kirigami. Advanced Functional Materials, https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202512059 (2025).

[1] 2022.2 -- 至今
中国科学技术大学      物理学院      Professor      特任教授

[2] 2018.8 -- 2021.12
孟菲斯大学      物理系      Assistant Professor      助理教授

[3] 2016.12 -- 2018.8
麻省理工学院      生物工程系      博士后