重庆大学准聘副教授。2021年获同济大学力学博士学位，2022.06-2025.10在西南交通大学从事教育科研工作，2025年11月加入重庆大学航空航天学院。主要研究方向为波动力学，包括声子晶体、声学超材料等复杂介质中新奇波传播现象与人工调控及其在弹性波功能器件中的应用，弹性波自旋及自旋动量锁定的弹性波单向传输等。相关研究成果已以第一或共同第一作者在 Nature Communications、Physical Review Letters、International Journal of Mechanical Sciences、Engineering Structures等力学或物理等领域权威SCI期刊发表学术论文12篇，另有合作发表SCI论文10余篇。目前主持国家自然科学基金青年基金一项。

2016.09-2021.06 同济大学，航空航天与力学学院，力学，博士

2012.09-2016.06 同济大学，航空航天与力学学院，工程力学，学士

2025.11-至今              重庆大学航空航天学院，准聘副教授

2022.06-2025.10        西南交通大学力学与航空航天学院，讲师

2022.07-2025.09        西南交通大学力学与航空航天学院，博士后

波动力学、弹性波超材料、拓扑波输运、自旋波输运

2024.01-2026.12 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目，12302115，30万，主持                                        

近5年以一作或通讯作者发表的论文（*一作或共同一作、#通讯作者、本人加粗）

[1] W. Yuan*, J. Zhao#, Mode conversion between symmetric and shear horizontal plate waves in valley topological phononic crystal plates, Ann. Phys., (2025) e00177.

[2] W. Yuan*#, J. Zhao#, Abnormal edge states induced by sliding interfaces in valley topological phononic crystal plates, Phys. Scr., 100 (2025) 065925.

[3] W. Yuan*, J. Zhao#, G. Kang#, Tunable wave couplings induced by transverse properties of elastic valley topological edge states, Phys. Rev. Appl., 23 (2025) 044057.

[4] W. Yuan*, J. Zhao#, Y. Zhang, Y. Huang, G. Kang#, Observation of triple-branch valley topological edge states and abnormal refraction in elastic phononic crystal plates, Int. J. Mech. Sci., 264 (2024) 108825.

[5] W. Yuan*, Y. Zhang, Y. Pan#, Y. Huang, J. Zhao#, F. Yang, Z. Zhong, Topological rainbow trapping, concentration and guiding in graded elastic valley phononic crystal plate, Eng. Struct., 304 (2024) 117596.

[6] W. Yuan*, J. Zhao#, Y. Long, X. Zhang, J. Ren, Z. Zhong#, Theoretical and experimental demonstrations of the transversely symmetric and antisymmetric properties of topological edge states, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys., 56 (2023) 445305.

[7] J. Zhao*, C. Yang*, W. Yuan*, D. Zhang, Y. Long, Y. Pan, H. Chen, Z. Zhong#, J. Ren#, Elastic valley spin controlled chiral coupling in topological valley phononic crystals, Phys. Rev. Lett., 129 (2022) 275501.

[8] W. Yuan*, C. Yang*, D. Zhang, Y. Long, Y. Pan, Z. Zhong, H. Chen, J. Zhao#, J. Ren#, Observation of elastic spin with chiral meta-sources, Nat. Commun., 12 (2021) 6954.

[9] W. Yuan*, J. Zhao#, Y. Long, J. Ren, Z. Zhong, Multi-branch valley-chiral edge states of antisymmetric plate wave in phononic crystal plates with double-sided symmetric pillars, Int. J. Mech. Sci., 197 (2021) 106347.

近5年参与合作的论文（*一作或共同一作、#通讯作者、本人加粗）

[10] Y. Huang*, J. Zhao#, W. Yuan, Robust topological rainbow trapping in shamrock-leaf phononic crystal plates, Phys. Scr., 100 (2025) 025938.

[11] Y. Zhang*, J. Zhao#, Y. Huang, C. Yang, W. Yuan, Z. Zhong, J. Ren, Y. Pan, Elastic wave spin and unidirectional routing in thin rod systems, Int. J. Mech. Sci., 277 (2024) 109512.

[12] Y. Huang*, C. Yang, W. Yuan, Y. Zhang, Y. Pan, F. Yang, Z. Zhong, J. Zhao#, O.B. Wright, J. Ren#, Parity‐frequency‐space elastic spin control of wave routing in topological phononic circuits, Adv. Sci., (2024) 2404839.

[13] C. Yang*, D. Zhang*, J. Zhao*, W. Gao, W. Yuan, Y. Long, Y. Pan, H. Chen, F. Nori, K.Y. Bliokh#, Z. Zhong#, J. Ren#, Hybrid spin and anomalous spin-momentum locking in surface elastic waves, Phys. Rev. Lett., 131 (2023) 136102.

[14] J. Zhao*#, Q. Wang*, X. Wang, W. Yuan, Y. Huang, S. Chen, A. Riaud, J. Zhou#, On-chip valley phononic crystal plates with graded topological interface, Int. J. Mech. Sci., 227 (2022) 107460.

[15] J. Zhao*#, Y. Huang, W. Yuan, J. Zhang, C. Song, X. Zhang, Y. Pan, Broadband acoustic black hole for wave focusing and weak signal sensing, Appl. Acoust., 200 (2022) 109078.

[16] J. Zhao*, W. Yuan, F. Yang, Z. Zhong#, Valley-chiral edge states of antisymmetric plate wave in phononic crystals with linear defect, Acta Mech. Solida Sin., 34 (2021) 810-819.

[17] J. Zhao*, X. Cui, B. Bonello, B. Djafari-Rouhani, W. Yuan, Y. Pan, J. Ren, X. Zhang, Z. Zhong#, Broadband sub-diffraction and ultra-high energy density focusing of elastic waves in planar gradient-index lenses, J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 150 (2021) 104357.

[18] C. Song*, J. Zhao#, X. Ma, M. Zhang, W. Yuan, F. Yang, Z. Wang, X. Zhang, Y. Pan, Multi-frequency sound energy harvesting using helmholtz resonators with irradiated cross-linked polypropylene ferroelectret films, AIP Adv., 11 (2021) 115002.