Ningyan Cheng

Dr. Ningyan Cheng is a Research Fellow in the Department of Structure and Nano-/Micromechanics of Materials at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials. Her research focuses on advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques and nanoanalytics for materials characterization. She was recognized with the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for her contributions to materials science.

Her work intersects nanoscale material analysis and mechanical property characterization, with applications in sustainable materials development. Research areas include:

• Advanced electron microscopy methodologies
• Interface phenomena in nanomaterials
• Micromechanical behavior of sustainable materials