Education and Training

Feb. 2022 – present         University of California, Berkeley                                                              

Postdoc, Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Advisor: Prof. Costas P.  Grigoropoulos

Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2021 The University of Texas at Austin

Ph.D., Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering 

Committee: Prof. Yuebing Zheng, Prof. Deji Akinwande, Prof. Brian A. Korgel, Prof. Donglei Emma Fan

Sep. 2013 – Jun. 2017 University of Science and Technology of China

B.S. in Applied Physics

Services

Journal Reviewer for Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Advanced Science, Physical Review Applied, Physical Review B, Langmuir, Applied Materials Today, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters, PhotoniX, Optical Materials, Micromachines, Optics and Laser Technology, Next Nanotechnology, Journal of Electronic Materials, etc.

Selected Awards and Honors

2024 Rising Stars in Materials Science and Engineering (Stanford, CMU, MIT, UIUC joint)

2023 Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering (Berkeley, MIT, Stanford joint)

2023 Funding Support by MRS Early Career Professionals Subcommittee, Materials Research Society 

2022 Berkeley Postdoctoral Association Professional Development Award, UC Berkeley

2021 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad 

2021 Fall MRS Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society (MRS website)

2020-2021 University Graduate Continuing Fellowship, UT Austin

2019-2020 Ben Streetman Prize, UT Austin

2019-2020 George J. Heuer, Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin