Principle Investigator

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science & Department of Applied Physics

Postdoc: Kavli Fellow, Physics, UC Berkeley (2020 – 2023)

Ph.D.: Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT (2020)

B.S.: Physics, Peking University (2013)

Current members

Fangyuan Liu

Postdoc, MEMS

Ph.D.: Materials Science, University of Connecticut (2023)

B.S.: Chemistry, Jilin University (2014)

Research interest: Aberration-corrected TEM and in-situ TEM investigation for crystal structure evolution under electron beam irradiation.

Mingyang Cai

Graduate student, Electrical Engineering

B.S.: Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2023)

Research interest: My research interest is topological properties of quantum materials and their device applications. 

More about me: Besides research, I enjoy hiking, playing guitar and table tennis.

Luna Liu

Graduate student, Applied Physics

B.S.: Physics, The University of British Columbia (2023)

Research interest

More about me

Vinni Yu

Undergraduate student, Mechanical Engineering ('26)



Tianyu Liang

Visiting undergraduate student, Physics, Peking University ('24)



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