Huan Wu

I am a computational physicist and thermal scientist working on electron and phonon transport.

I obtained my Ph.D. degree in Micro/Nano Engineering - Aerospace Engineering in December, 2022.

I am currently appointed as a postdoctoral scholar in Prof. Yongjie Hu's group at UCLA.

I collaborate with national labs and other groups such as Prof. Xiangfeng Duan (UCLA), Prof. Paul Weiss (UCLA), Prof. Adrienne Lavine (UCLA), Dr. Lucas Lindsay (Oak Ridge), Dr. Raphael Hermann (Oak Ridge), Dr. Ahmet Alatas (Argonne), Dr. Martin Kunz (Lawrence Berkeley), Dr. Toshihiro Aoki (UCI), Dr. Barbara Lavina (UChicago) and Prof. Joon Sang Kang (KAIST).

You can find my papers on Google Scholar, and more information from my CV and Linkedin.

You can contact me through email: huan58@ucla.edu

You can find my photography from my Instagram.

I am passionate about exploring the potential revolutionary impact of energy transport and conversion through quantum physics. My career goal is to explore fundamental physics of energy transfer, contributing to the development of future technologies including but not limited to,

Electron and heat transport in nanodevices
Ultra-high and ultra-low thermal conductivity materials for thermal management
Thermoelectric energy conversion for waste heat recovery
Solar energy harvesting
Aerospace thermal materials
Superconductivity

My approach combines first-principles calculations grounded in quantum physics and advanced computing to generate theoretical insights, and complemented by a systematic exploration through material characterizations and experimental observations.

From electron scale to human scale