个人经历：
牛春要，郑州大学物理工程学院讲师，校聘副教授，硕士生导师。
2009年毕业于郑州大学物理系，获理学学士学位。
2014年毕业于中国科学院物理研究所，获理论物理博士学位。
2014年7月到郑州大学物理工程学院任教至今。
2016-2017年，美国威廉玛丽学院访问学者。
研究方向：
主要从事计算凝聚态物理方面的研究，通过第一性原理计算方法研究材料的物性，探索微观系统的物理规律，
预测材料的结构和物理性质及其相互关系。包括半导体表面界面物性研究，低维材料电子结构及物性调控，
新结构新性能材料的预测，辅助场量子蒙特卡洛算法应用及发展等。
代表性成果：
主持了国家自然科学基金青年基金项目一项，郑州大学优秀青年教师发展基金一项，郑州大学学科推进计划项目一项，国家博士后一等资助一项。发表SCI收录论文40余篇，其中第一作者或通讯作者20余篇。
代表性论文：
1. Wenzhuo Wu#, Chunyao Niu#, Cong Wei, Yu Jia*, Chong Li, and Qun Xu*；Activation of MoS2 Basal Planes for Hydrogen Evolution through Zinc; Angew. Chem. 2019 (131): 2051 -2055
2. Chun-Xiang Zhao, Yi-Qi Yang, Chun-Yao Niu*, Jia-Qi Wang, Yu Jia;C-57 carbon: a two-dimensional metallic carbon allotrope with pentagonal and heptagonal rings. Computational Materials Science 2019 (160): 115–119
3. Yang Huang, Changyou Yu, Weiguang Chen,Yuhuai Liu, Chong Li, Chunyao Niu, Fei Wang * and Yu Jia；Band gap and band alignment prediction of nitride-based semiconductors using machine learning，J. Mater. Chem. C 2019,7, 3238-3245
4. Xiao-Yan Ren#, Chun-Yao Niu#, Seho Yi, Shunfang Li, and Jun-Hyung Cho, Hydrogen adsorption induced nanomagnetism at the Si(111)-(7×7) surface. Phys. Rev. B 2018 (98):195424.
5. Shouyan Bai, Chun-Yao Niu*, Weiyang Yu, Zhili Zhu, Xiaolin Cai and Yu Jia*, Strain Tunable Bandgap and High Carrier Mobility in SiAs and SiAs2 Monolayers from First-Principles Studies. Nanoscale Research Letters 2018 (13): 404.
6. Yi-bo Li, Li-jin Zeng, Chun-xiang Zhao, Chun-Yao Niu*, First-Principles Study of Magnetic Properties of TM13 and TM13@Au32Clusters (TM=Mn, Co); CHIN. PHYS. LETT 2018 (35) 103601.
7. Dahu Chang, Chun-Yao Niu*, Xiaowei Huang, Qiang Sun, Jun-Hyung Cho, and Yu Jia*, Abnormal volumetric thermal expansion in the hourglass fermion materials KHgAs and KHgSb. Phys. Rev. B, 2017（95）：104101
8. Zhili Zhu, Xiaolin Cai, Seho Yi, Jinglei Chen, Yawei Dai, Chunyao Niu, Zhengxiao Guo, Maohai Xie, Feng Liu, Jun-Hyung Cho, Yu Jia,* and Zhenyu Zhang*. Multivalency-Driven Formation of Te-Based Monolayer Materials: A Combined First-Principles and Experimental study. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2017 (119): 106101.
9. Xiaolin Cai, Chun-Yao Niu*，Yuan-Yao He, Jianjun Wang, Zhili Zhu, Liwei Zhang and Yu Jia，Quantum Effect Enhanced Magnetism in the C-doped phosphorene Nanoribbons: First-principles Calculations. Physical Chemistry Chemical physics, 2017 (19):28354-28359.
10. Xiaolin Cai, Chun-Yao Niu*, JianjunWang, WeiyangYu, XiaoYan Ren, Zhili Zhu, Magnetic engineering in 3d transition metals on phosphorene by strain. Physics Letters A, 2017 (381):1236–1240.
11. Chun-Xiang Zhao, Chun-Yao Niu*, Zhi-Jie Qin, Xiao Yan Ren, Jian-Tao Wang, Jun-Hyung Cho & Yu Jia; H18 Carbon: A New Metallic Phasewith sp2-sp3 Hybridized Bonding Network. Scientific Reports 2016 (6): 21879.
12. Weiyang Yu, Zhili Zhu, Shengli Zhang, Xiaolin Cai, Xiangfu Wang, Chun-Yao Niu*, and Wei-Bing Zhang*, Tunable electronic properties of GeSe/phosphorene heterostructure from first-principles study. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2016 (109): 103104.
13. Xiao-Yan Ren, Chun-Yao Niu*, Wei-Guang Chen, Ming-Sheng Tang and Jun-Hyung Cho, Energetics and kinetics of Cu atoms and clusters on the Si(111)-7x7 surface: first-principles calculations. Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys. 2016 (18): 18549.
14. Jia-Qi Wang, Chun-Xiang Zhao, Chun-Yao Niu*, Qiang Sun and Yu Jia, C20 − T carbon: a novel superhard sp3 carbon allotrope with large cavities. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 2016 (28): 475402.
15. Chenhui Li, Seho Yi, Congxin Xia, Ping Cui, Chunyao Niu, Jun-Hyung Cho*, Yu Jia* and Zhenyu Zhang. Dimensionality and Valency Dependent Quantum Growth of Metallic Nanostructures: A Unified Perspective. Nano Lett., 2016 (16 ): 6628–6635.
16. Weiyang Yu*, Chun-Yao Niu, Zhili Zhu, Xiangfu Wang and Wei-Bing Zhang*, Atomically thin binary V–V compound semiconductor: a first-principles study. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2016(4): 6581.
17. Xiao-Yan Ren, Chun-Xiang Zhao, Chun-Yao Niu*, Jia-Qi Wang, Yu Jia, Jun-Hyung Cho, First-principles study of the crystal structures and physical properties of H18-BN and Rh6-BN. Physics Letters A 2016(380): 3891–3896.
18. Chun-Yao Niu, Xin-Quan Wang, Jian-Tao Wang*, New metallic carbon allotropy in sp3 Bonding networks. Journal of Chemical Physics 140, 054514 (2014)
19. Chun-Yao Niu, Jian-Tao Wang*, En-ge Wang, and Chang-feng Chen; Size-selective self-assembly of magnetic Mn nanoclusters on Si(111); Journal of Chemical Physics 138, 164705 (2013)
20. Chun-Yao Niu and Jian-Tao Wang*, Adsorption and dissociation of oxygen molecules on Si(111)-(7×7) surface. Journal of Chemical Physics 139, 194709 (2013)
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