Weigang Wang

CONTACT

Department of Physics and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Arizona, 1118 E. Fourth Street, Tucson, AZ 85721

Office: 520-626-8846, Lab: 520-626-1648, Fax: 520-626-1771; Email: wgwang_at_arizona.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Physics, 2008, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, 2018-, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Assistant Professor, 2012- 2018, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2012, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

TEACHING

• PHYS 381/382 - Methods in Experimental Physics (Advanced Lab), Spring 2016

• PHYS 381/382 - Methods in Experimental Physics (Advanced Lab), Fall 2015

• PHYS 460 - Solid State Physics, Spring 2015

• PHYS 142/143 - Introductory Optics and Thermodynamics, Fall 2014

• PHYS 381/382 - Methods in Experimental Physics (Advanced Lab), Fall 2013

• PHYS 460 - Solid State Physics, Fall 2012

PUBLICATIONS

AWARDS

• Distinguished Scholar Award, University of Arizona, 2022

• Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UA Dept. of Physics, 2018

• NSF CAREER Award, 2016

SELECTED INVITED TALKS

• "Ultrafast and ultralow energy switching in magnetic tunnel junctions", The 67th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM 2022)

• "Perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions for memory and spin-logic applications", SRC e-workshop, Feb 2021

• "Voltage-Controlled Antiferromagnetism in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions", The 65th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials , Nov 2020

• "Energy efficient perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions", TSMC e-workshop, April 2020

• "Putting a spin on the next generation of transistors", Raytheon Technology network symposium, Sept 2018, Tucson

• "Energy efficient switching in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions", 6th US Government Workshop on Magnetic Tunnel Junctions, Sept 2018, Washington, DC

• “Voltage-controlled interlayer coupling in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions” (Symposium: Voltage-Controlled Spintronics for Nanoelectronics Beyond Moore's Law), 61st Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM conference), Nov 2016, New Orleans

• “Voltage-controlled magnetization switching in spintronic devices”, EMN Meeting on Spintronics, Oct 2016, Las Vegas

• “Voltage-controlled magnetization switching in spintronic devices”, International Conference of Asian Union of Magnetics Societies (IcAUMS), August 2016, Tainan

• "Voltage-controlled spintronic structures", APS Four corners conference, Nov 2015, Phoenix

• "Voltage-controlled Magnetic Anisotropy and Magnetization in 3d Transitional Metals", The 1st【ImPACT】International Symposium: Toward the Ultimate Green IT Devices and System, June 2015, Tokyo

• "Electrical control of magnetization switching in spintronic devices ", School of Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University, May 2015, Beijing

• “Voltage controlled magnetism in 3d transitional metals", 2015 International Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), May 2015, Beijing

• “Voltage controlled magnetism in 3d transitional metals", The American Physical Society March Meeting, March 2015, San Antonio

• "Voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy and magnetism in perpendicular tunnel junctions", 2014 Materials Science & Technology Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. Oct 2014

• "Unipolar Switching in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with Tunable Energy Barrier", 13th Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium, August 2013 , Minneapolis

• "Voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy in perpendicular magnetic tunnel junctions", the American Physical Society March Meeting, March 2013, Baltimore

• "Voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy in magnetic tunnel junction", The NanoScience/Engineering conference of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE), August 2012, San Diego, California

• "Voltage induced switching in CoFeB/MgO/CoFeB magnetic tunnel junctions", 2012 International Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), May 2012, Vancouver, Canada

PATENTS

• T. Newhouse-Illige and W. G. Wang, “Magnetic Tunnel Junctions with Voltage Tunable Interlayer Coupling for Memory and Sensor Applications” USPTO Application # 15/720,399

• H Almasi and W.G. Wang, “Perpendicular Magnetic Tunnel Junction Device with High Thermal Stability”, USPTO Application # 15/633,653

• Chong Bi and W. G. Wang, "Voltage-controlled magnetic devices", USPTO Application # 14/885.609

• Chong Bi and W. G. Wang, "Metal Based Nonvolatile Field-effect Transistors", USPTO Application # 62/301,771

• W. G. Wang and C. L. Chien, "Magneto-electronic devices and methods of production", USPTO Application # 02240-332026

PROFESSIONAL & SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES

• Manuscript Reviewer for Nature journals, Science journals, Physical Review journals, Advanced Materials, Applied Physics Letters, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics D, Journal of Applied Physics, Thin Solid Films, Physics Research International, Modern Physics Letters B, International Journal of Modern Physics, New Journal of Physics..

• Editorial Broad Member: Scientific Reports (2016-), International Journal of Magnetism & Nuclear Science (2017-)

• Program Committee Member: 62nd Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2017)

• Program Committee Member: 61st Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2016)

• Symposium Co-chair (Topological Insulator/Ferromagnet Heterostructures for Spintronics), 2016 Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials New Orleans

• Session Chair (Spin-Orbit Effects), The American Physical Society March Meeting, March 2015, San Antonio

• Session Co-Chair (Magnetization Dynamics), 59th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, Nov. 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii

• Session Chair (Magnetic Anisotropy), 2014 American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver

• Session Chair (Spin Pumping), 58th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, Nov. 2013, Denver

• Session Chair (Resistive Switching), 13th Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium, August 2013 , Minneapolis

• Session chair (Biomagnetics, Magneto-Optics & Ultrafast Effects), 2013 American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore

• Session chair (Magnetic Tunnel Junction), 2012 International Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), Vancouver

• Poster judging panel, 2012 IUMRS – ICYRAM conference

• Member, Graduate Examination Committee, Physics, UA, 2012 - present

• Mentor, Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program

• Participant, Johns Hopkins University Annual Physics Fair, 2009-2012

• Participant, Meyerhoff Bridge Summer Program at JHU, 2009-2012

• Member, Department Safety Committee, University of Delaware, 2005-2007

• Participant, American Physical Society Outreach Program “Adopt-a-Scientist”

• Referee, 2007 Delaware Science Olympiad finals

• Member, American Physical Society and IEEE