Our group research focuses on structure-property relationships and light-matter interactions in quantum materials for high-performance computing, efficient energy conservation, and high-speed THz optoelectronics. We use ultrafast light pulses and electrically controllable nanodevices to discover, understand, and engineer emerging quantum materials for next-generation information and energy technology. In particular, we will investigate fundamental physics in 2D quantum materials and develop functional devices relying on quantum-mechanical effects including non-equilibrium phase transitions (ferroelectric, magnetic, correlated, and topological), quantum collective excitations, electronic/lattice many-body interactions, and photocarrier dynamics in energy conversion.
Awards And Honors
2023 NSF CAREER award
2022 The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation EPiQS Flexible Funding, Finalist
2022 APS FECS 2022 Physical Electronics Conference Mini-Grants
2021 AVS NSTD Early Career Award, Finalist
2021 AVS EMPD Postdoctoral Travel Award