I am currently a postdoc researcher in Dr. Ravi Prasher research group in Energy Technology Area at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Before this, I completed my PhD program in Mechanical Engineering department at Vanderbilt University, advised by Prof. Deyu Li.

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My research interest lies in fundamental transport physics of heat carriers (electrons, phonons) in nanomaterials and at the interfaces, and exploring the underlying relationship between mechanical strain with phonon transport dynamics. I am equally passionate on leveraging this fundamental understanding into discovering and designing functional materials and devices to tackle grand challenges related with thermal sciences. Specifically, my work covers the following topics:

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1. Design and fabricate functional thermal materials

• Design high thermal conductivity material based on superdiffusive 1D phonon transport

• Top-down fabrication nanostructures with complex morphologies for tunable thermal conductivity

• Thermal conductivity engineering via volumetric strain

• Electrospinning polymer nanomaterials as flexible heat spreader

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2. Engineer high performance thermoelectric materials

• Enhance ZT through supressing lattice thermal conductivity in porous nanostructures 

• Enhance ZT by separating electron/phonon transport pathway in organic/inorganic hybrids

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3. Probe phonon transport dynamics in functional materials

• Reveal the effects of electron-phonon coupling on phonon transport in doped semiconductors

• Explore phonon transport dynamics in amorphous materials

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4. Deisgn functional phononic devices for stray phonon noise reduction in quantum computing​

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5. Engineer and characterize composite materials for high temperature thermal energy storage