长期围绕功能高分子以及高性能高分子开展工作。1）光电功能高分子材料：围绕光电功能有机/聚合物材料的制备方法、超分子自组装及其特殊光电功能性等开展研究工作。2）智能响应性功能材料：将生物酶、温度、PH以及光电等智能刺激响应性材料用于生命健康领域，如人工视网膜、肿瘤组织成像以及药物靶向递送等。3）高性能高分子材料：耐高温、高模量、高强度高分子材料，如聚酰亚胺、液晶高分子等。在J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., ACS Macro Lett.，ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces等杂志发表SCI论文100余篇，授权国家发明专利13项，获教育部高等学校科学技术奖1项（自然科学奖二等奖，排名第二）。

1993~1998 清华大学化学工程系 本科

1998~2003 清华大学化学工程系 博士

2003~2006 清华大学化学工程系 讲师

2007~2008 日本东京大学 JSPS博士后

2006~至今 清华大学化学工程系 副教授

光电功能高分子材料、智能响应性功能高分子材料、高性能高分子材料。

清华大学精品课本科生《高分子材料仪器分析》

本科生《高分子液晶》

研究生《高分子前沿讲座》

1.Tianhao Xue, Kuanchun Shao, Jingyuan Xiang, Xinyi Pan, Zixuan Zhu and Yaning He*, Nanoscale, 2020, 12, 7509-7513.

2.Tianhao Xue, Jiajia Shen, Kuanchun Shao, Wei Wang, Bing Wu, and Yaning He*，Chem. Eur. J., 2020, 26, 2521-2528.

3.Tianhao Xue, Xiangqian Jia, Jilei Wang, Jingyuan Xiang, Wei Wang, Juanjuan Du*, and Yaning He*, Chem. Eur. J., 2019, 25, 9634-9638.

4.Shang Li, Jilei Wang, Jiajia Shen, Bing Wu, Yaning He*, Azo Coupling Reaction Induced Macromolecular Self-Assembly in Aqueous Solution. ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 437−441.

5.Bing Wu, Tianhao Xue, Wei Wang, Shang Li, Jiajia Shen, Yaning He*, Visible Light Triggered Aggregation-induced Emission Switching with a Donor–acceptor Stenhouse Adduct. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018, 6, 8538−8545.

6.Jilei Wang, Bing Wu, Shang Li, Garry Sinawang, Xiaogong Wang, and Yaning He*, Synthesis and Characterization of Photoprocessable Lignin-Based Azo Polymer. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2016, 4, 4036−4042.

7.Jilei Wang, Shihang Wang, Yuqi Zhou, Xiaogong Wang, and Yaning He*, Fast Photoinduced Large Deformation of Colloidal Spheres from a Novel 4‑arm Azobenzene Compound. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2015, 7, 16889−16895.

8.Yaning He*, Yan Zhu, Zhen Chen, Wei He, Xiaogong Wang*, Remote-control Photocycloreversion of Dithienylethene Driven by Strong Push–pull Azo Chromophores. Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 5556−5558.

9.Yaning He*, Wei He, Renbo Wei, Zhen Chen, Xiaogong Wang*, Synthesizing Amphiphilic Block Copolymers through Macromolecular Azo-coupling Reaction. Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 1036–1038.

10.Yaning He, Yohei Yamamoto,* Wusong Jin,* Takanori Fukushima, Akinori Saeki, Shu Seki, Noriyuki Ishii, and Takuzo Aida*, Hexabenzocoronene Graphitic Nanotube Appended with Dithienylethene Pendants: Photochromism for the Modulation of Photoconductivity. Adv. Mater., 2010, 22, 829–832.