教育背景1999/09-2002/06，中国科学院金属研究所，工学博士。1996/09-1999/06，中国科学院金属研究所，工学硕士。1992/09-1996/06，浙江大学材料系，工学学士。工作履历2013/12-至今，清华大学，材料学院，教授，博导。2008/03-2013/12，清华大学，材料学院，副教授，博导（2011）。2007/05-2008/02，英国剑桥大学，材料系，博士后。2003/02-2007/05，美国劳伦斯柏克利国家实验室，材料科学部，博士后。学术兼职中国晶体学会，常务理事，电子晶体学专委会 副主任。中国电子显微镜学会，物理与材料科学专委会 副主任。中国物理学会，固体缺陷专业委员会 委员。中国有色金属学会，理化检验学术委员会 委员。研究领域材料显微结构的原子尺度与电子层次研究。目前方向包括（1）表面与界面原子结构与特性；（2）形变与相变微观结构与机理。研究概况结合高分辨电子显微学实验与第一原理计算。在实验方面, 通过追求空间分辨极限, 获得材料中的精确原子构型；在计算方面, 基于实验确定的静态原子结构, 获得材料中原子的动态行为、局域电子结构, 以及相关物理性能。2008年以来负责10余项科研课题，其中4项国家自然科学基金项目课题，1项科技部973项目课题。研究成果在Phys. Rev. Lett.等期刊发表论文70多篇，SCI引用1000多次。奖励与荣誉清华大学221人才支持计划，2011教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划，2010全国百篇优秀博士学位论文，2005中国科学院院长特别奖，2002K.H. Kuo Award of Outstanding Student, The K.H. Kuo Education Fund (California, USA), 2002学术成果 • "Direct sub-angstrom measurement of surfaces of oxide particles"R. Yu*, L.H. Hu, Z.Y. Cheng, Y.D. Li, H.Q. Ye, J. ZhuPhys. Rev. Lett., 105, 226101 (2010).• "Multishell intermetallic onions by symmetrical configuration of ordered domains"R. Yu*, W. Chen, Z.Y. Cheng, Y.D. Li*, J. Zhu*Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 225501 (2010). • "Undulating slip in Laves phase and implications for deformation in brittle materials"W. Zhang, R. Yu*, K. Du*, Z.Y. Cheng, J. Zhu, H.Q. YePhys. Rev. Lett., 106, 165505 (2011).• "Reversible structural transition in epitaxial manganite film"Q. Zhan, R. Yu*, L.L. He, D.X. Li, J. Li, S.Y. Xu, C.K. OngPhys. Rev. Lett., 88, 196104 (2002).• "Crystal structures of and displacive transitions in OsN2, IrN2, RuN2, and RhN2"R. Yu*, Q. Zhan, L.C. De JongheAngew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46, 1136 (2007).• "A seed-based diffusion route to monodisperse intermetallic CuAu nanocrystals"W. Chen, R. Yu, L.L. Li, A.N. Wang, Q. Peng, Y.D. Li*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49, 2917 (2010).• "Reversible Wurtzite-Tetragonal Reconstruction in ZnO( ) Surfaces"M.R. He, R. Yu, J. Zhu*Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 124, 7864 (2012). • "Calculations of single-crystal elastic constants made simple"R. Yu*, J. Zhu, H.Q. YeComp. Phys. Comm., 181, 671 (2010). • “Effective object planes for aberration-corrected TEM”R. Yu*, M. Lentzen, J. ZhuUltramicroscopy 112, 15 (2012).• “Atomic steps on the MgO(100) surface”S.R. Lu, R. Yu*, J. ZhuPhys. Rev. B, 87, 165436 (2013). • “Lattice Strain Distributions in Individual Dealloyed Pt−Fe Catalyst Nanoparticles”L. Gan, R. Yu, J. Luo, Z.Y. Cheng, J. Zhu*J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3, 934 (2012).• “Subangstrom Profile Imaging of Relaxed ZnO( ) Surfaces”M.R. He, R. Yu, J. Zhu*Nano Lett., 12, 704 (2012). • "Ferroelectric polarization and domain walls in orthorhombic (K1−xNax)NbO3 lead-free ferroelectric ceramics"N. Lu, R. Yu, Z.Y. Cheng, Y.J. Dai, X.W. Zhang, J. Zhu*Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 221905 (2010).• “Quantitative experimental determination of site-specific magnetic structures by transmitted electrons”Z.Q. Wang, X.Y. Zhong*, R. Yu, Z.Y. Cheng, J. Zhu*Nature Comm., 4, 1395 (2013).• "Proton transfer mechanism in LaPO4"R. Yu*, L.C. De JongheJ. Phys. Chem. C, 111, 11003 (2007).• "Elastic constants and tensile properties of Al2OC"R. Yu*, X.F. Zhang, L.C. De Jonghe, and R.O. RitchiePhys. Rev. B, 75, 104114 (2007).• "First principles calculations of the effect of Pt on NiAl surface energy and the site preference of Pt"R. Yu, P.Y. Hou*Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 011907 (2007).• "Elastic stability and electronic structure of pyrite type PtN2: A hard semiconductor"R. Yu*, Q. Zhan, X.F. ZhangAppl. Phys. Lett., 88, 051913 (2006).• "Structure and interface chemistry of perovskite-spinel nanocomposite thin films"Q. Zhan*, R. Yu, S. Crane, H. Zheng, C. Kisielowski, R. RameshAppl. Phys. Lett., 89, 172902 (2006).• "Thermal wetting of platinum nanocrystals on silica surface"R. Yu, H. Song, X.F. Zhang, P. Yang*J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 6940 (2005).• "Family of noble metal nitrides"R. Yu*, X.F. ZhangPhys. Rev. B, 72, 054103 (2005).• "Platinum nitride with fluorite structure"R. Yu*, X.F. ZhangAppl. Phys. Lett., 86, 121913 (2005).• "Effect of W on structural stability of TiAl intermetallics and the site preference of W"R. Yu*, L.L. He, H.Q. YePhys. Rev. B., 65, 184102 (2002).• "Effects of Si and Al on twin boundary energy of TiC"R. Yu*, L.L. He, H.Q. YeActa Mater., 51, 2477 (2003).• "Si-induced twinning of TiC and formation of Ti3SiC2 platelets"R. Yu*, Q. Zhan, L.L. He, Y.C. Zhou, H.Q. YeActa Mater., 50, 4127 (2002).• "Orientation relationship and interfacial structure between ？-Ti5Si3 precipitates and ？-TiAl intermetallics"R. Yu*, L.L. He, J.T. Guo, H.Q. Ye, V. LupincActa Mater. 48, 3701 (2000).