On December 21, 2025, Prof. Fang Yu was invited to attend the first plenary meeting of the Fifth Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education at Shandong University in Jinan, where he was appointed as vice director of the Fifth Academic Committee of the Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education (Shandong University) for a five-year term (2025–2029).