1994年毕业于南京化工大学，2000 年于南京大学高分子系获博士学位。2000 年10 月至2001 年1 月, 德国马普协会 柏林Fritz-Haber 研究所(访问学者); 2001-2003 年德国Ulm 大学(洪堡学者); 2004-2006 年5 月分别在美国Rochester 大学和Eastern Michigan 大学从事科工作; 2006 年5 月回到苏州大学化学化工学院工作。近年来已获得国家自然科学基金，霍英东教育基金 “优选资助课题” 等项目资助。2007 年入选教育部“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”，2008 年入选江苏省“六大人才高峰计划”。

   代表论文：

1.  Z. Chen, Feng Yan*, L. Qiu, J. Lu, Y. Zhou, J. Chen, Y. Tang and J. Texter, “Sustainable Polymerizations in Recoverable Microemulsions”, Langmuir, 2010, 26, 3803-3806.
2. B. Lin, S. Cheng, L. Qiu, Feng Yan*, S. Shang and J. Lu, “Protic ionic liquid-based hybrid proton conducting membranes for anhydrous proton exchange membrane application”, Chem. Mater., 2010, 22, 1807-1813.
3. J. Lu, Feng Yan*, J. Texter, “Advanced applications of ionic liquids in polymer science”, Prog. Polym. Sci., 2009, 34, 431-448. (invited review).
4. Feng Yan*, S. Yu, X. Zhang, L. Qiu,F. Chu,J. Youand J. Lu, “Enhanced proton conduction in polymer electrolyte membranes as synthesized by polymerization of protic ionic liquid-based microemulsions”, Chem. Mater., 2009, 21, 1480–1484.
5.  J. Zhao, Feng Yan*, Z. Chen, H. Diao, F. Chu, S. Yu, J. Lu, “Microemulsion polymerization of cationic pyrroles bearing an imidazolum-ionic liquid moiety”, J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem., 2009, 47, 746-753.
6. S.Yu, Feng Yan*, X. Zhang, J. You, X. Xia, Q. Xu, G. Ma and J. Lu, “Polymerization of ionic liquid-based microemulsions: a versatile method for the synthesis of polymer electrolytes”, Macromolecules, 2008, 41, 3389-3392.
7. Feng Yan, J. Texter, “Solvent-reversible poration in ionic liquid copolymers”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2007, 46, 2440-2443.
8. Feng Yan,J. Texter, “Surfactant ionic liquid-based microemulsions for polymerisation”, Chem. Commun., 2006, 2696-2699.
9. Feng Yan, J. Texter, “Capturing nanoscopic length scales and structures by polymerization in microemulsions”, Soft Matter, 2006, 2, 109-118.
10. Feng Yan,J. Texter, “Polymerization of and in mesophases”, Adv. Colloid & Interf. Sci., 2006, 128, 27-35.
11. Feng Yan, W. A.Goedel, “Utilizing capillary forces for the preparation of mesoscopic rings in colloidal crystal templates”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2005, 44, 2084-2088.
12. Feng Yan, W. A. Goedel, Preparation of mesoscopic gold rings using particle imprinted templates, Nano Letters, 2004, 4, 1193-1196.
13. Feng Yan, W. A. Goedel, A simple and effective method for the preparation of porous membranes with three-dimensionally arranged pores, Adv. Mater., 2004, 16, 911-915.
14. Feng Yan, W. A. Goedel, Polymer membranes with two-dimensionally arranged pores derived from monolayers of silica particles, Chem. Mater., 2004, 16, 1622-1626.