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TEAM

Principal Investigator
 

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Awards and Scholarships

Mengxia Liu​​

 

Assistant Professor 

Department of Electrical Engineering and Energy Sciences Institute

Yale University

​Email: mengxia.liu@yale.edu

Postdoc​: the University of Cambridge 2018-2021

Ph.D.: the University of Toronto (2018)

B.Sc.: Tianjin University (2014)

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  • ONR Young Investigator Award (2024)

  • ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award (2024)

  • The Packard Fellowship (2023)

  • The Seal of Excellence Award - Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions (2019)

  • Rising Stars in EECS (2018) 

  • Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad (2018)  

Mengxia has benefited greatly from working with remarkable groups of dedicated scientists and engineers. Her goal at Yale University is to pass on her passion and enthusiasm for science to her students and postdocs.

Graduate Students
 

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Tyler Wang​

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  • Ph.D. candidate in Physics, Yale 

        B.A. in Physics & B.Sc. in Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 2022.

  • Email: tyler.wang@yale.edu

  • Tyler is interested in the physics of novel materials and their application towards the development of new technologies.  In his free time, he loves cooking and drinking boba.

Mingwei Ge​

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  • Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale                                                    

        B.Sc in Chemistry, Nankai University, 2023.

  • Email: mingwei.ge@yale.edu

  • Mingwei is interested in developing emerging optoelectronic materials and devices by leveraging a diverse range of knowledge. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking and playing Dota2.

Zhengjie Li​

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  • Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale 

        B.Sc in Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2024.

  • Email: zhengjie.li@yale.edu

  • Zhengjie works on investigating the dynamics of quantum-dot-based semiconductors for infrared optoelectronics. He enjoys playing badminton and kayaking in his spare time.

Wenting Gao​

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  • Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale

        B.Sc in Chemistry, USTC, 2025.

  • Email: w.gao@yale.edu

  • Wenting's research interests lie in designing nanomaterials and exploring their chiroptical and electronic properties. 

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Yunpei Duan​

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  • Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale

        B.Eng in Materials Science & Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology.

        M.S in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024.

  • Email: yunpei.duan@yale.edu

  • Yunpei focuses on developing synthesis methods for colloidal quantum dots and heterostructures and understanding their photophysics.

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Xinji Lin​

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  • M.S in Applied Physics, Yale

        B.Sc in Applied Physics, Shandong University, 2025.

  • Email: xinji.lin@yale.edu

  • Xinji’s research focuses on computational imaging and optical field sensing. Outside the lab, he enjoys photography and painting.

Undergraduate Students
 

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Ingrid Slattery​

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  • B.Sc in Applied Physics, Yale (Expected, May 2027)

        Certificate in Energy Studies, Education Studies Scholar Intensive Certificate

  • Email: ingrid.slattery@yale.edu

  • Ingrid is a junior studying applied physics and education. She loves watching physics unfold in nature on mountain explorations and local bike rides.

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Gavin Onghai​

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  • B.Sc in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Yale (Expected, May 2028)

  • Email: gavin.onghai@yale.edu

  • Gavin is a Hahn Scholar working on computational and lensless imaging, focusing on polarization-sensitive materials, novel approaches to polarization detection, and inverse algorithms for optical reconstruction. In his spare time, he enjoys weightlifting and playing tennis.

Group Alumni
 

Allen Liu​​​

  • Year and position at Liu Group:  2022 Fall, high-school intern

  • Current position: Undergraduate student at Princeton University

Mike Chen

  • Year and position at Liu Group:  2023 Spring, visiting student.

  • Current position: Postdoc at HKUST

Zhaohui Xing

  • Year and position at Liu Group:  2023 Summer, visiting student.

  • Current position: PhD student at the University of Washington

Yan Zhou

  • Year and position at Liu Group:  2023 Summer, visiting student.

  • Current position: PhD student at Brown University

Yuan Yao

  • Year and position at Liu Group:  2024 Summer, visiting student.

  • Current position: PhD student.

Xinyuan Zhang

  • Year and position at Liu Group:  2024-2025, postdoc fellow.

  • Current position: NA

Open Positions
 

WE ARE RECRUITING postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate and visiting students. We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic candidates to drive the design, understanding, and implementation of next-generation semiconductors for energy, sensing, and computing applications. Please click Join Us for further information.

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