My principal research field is experimental condensed matter physics, and my research group at Caltech currently focuses on scientific and technological topics of correlated electrons (e.g., high-temperature superconductors; novel magnetic systems), topological materials (e.g., topological insulators and superconductors; topological states and channels for quantum information), low-dimensional systems (e.g., van der Waals materials, including graphene, h-BN and two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides; graphene nanostripes; carbon nanotubes; nanoparticles), spintronics (based on strong spin-orbit-coupled materials and half-metallic ferromagnets), nanoscience and nanotechnology (e.g., instrumentation of scanning probe microscopy for nanoscale characterization; nanofabrication of electronic, optoelectronic, valleytronic and spintronic devices; nanoscale strain engineering of graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides), energy research (e.g., energy storage in supercapacitors and lithium ion batteries, energy conversion in photovoltaic and fuel cells), and precise measurements using superconducting technology.
Awards and Achievements
- Wu Chien-Shiung Distinguished Lectureship, National Central University, Taiwan ( 2012)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science ( 2007)
- Fellow, American Physical Society ( 2004)
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University ( 2003)
- Fellow, The Institute of Physics, UK ( 2001)
- Achievement Awards, Southern California Chinese-American Faculty Association ( 2001)
- Outstanding Young Researcher Award, International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) ( 1998)
- Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering ( 1992-1997)
- Sloan Research Fellowship ( 1990-1992)