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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)

  • 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 Unversity (joining Fall 2022)

        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 Engineering, Yale Unversity (joining Fall 2023)

        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 Engineering, Yale Unversity (joining Fall 2024)

        B.Sc in Material Sciences 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.

Postdoc Fellows
 

Visiting Students
 

Xinyuan Zhang​

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  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 2022

  • Email: xinyuan.zhang@yale.edu

  • Xinyuan's research focuses on the development of perovskite single crystals and their integration into novel optoelectronic devices.

Visiting Students
 

Wenting Gao

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  • Undergraduate student in Chemistry, USTC 

  • Email: w.gao@yale.edu

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

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

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.

Yan Zhou

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

  • Current position: PhD student at Brown University

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