I am a creative researcher, a hands-on engineer, and a self-motivated team player.

My research experiences mainly focus on developing the high performance of magnetic materials, multiferroics, ME coupling for spintronics (like MRAM, STT-RAM, etc), magnetic sensors (like AMR, GMR, TMR sensors), and RF/microwave (like inductors, filters, antenna, resonators) applications. Through interdisciplinary research and multiple education backgrounds, I have gained the skills in brainstorming, discovering “blind spots” in existing solutions, exploring new ideas, prototyping, and developing new devices.

I have over 7 years of hands-on research experience in electrical, magnetic, and microwave properties of high aspect ratio nanostructured materials; Over 7 five years of cleanroom experience; Synthesis, characterization of new materials and device fabrications; Proficient in experimental design, implementation, data analysis, and problem-solving; over 35+ publications and 10+ conference orals and posters.

Professional Experience

University of Maryland – College Park April. 2020 – Present

Postdoctoral Associate Supervisor: Professor Ichiro Takeuchi

He is responsible for carrying out the synthesis of thin-film heterostructures in support of the development of advanced magnetostrictive material, design and fabricates novel multiferroic spin-wave launching devices and other spintronic devices. Specific responsibilities include carrying out physical vapor deposition of thin-film heterostructures, maintenance of physical vapor deposition instrumentation, and characterization films using XRD, AFM, EDS, SEM, etc. He also designs and fabricates novel multiferroic spin-wave devices, such as surface acoustic wave devices and magnetoelectric devices.

NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology October 2018 – April 2020

Researcher Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Gopman

Working with University of Minnesota Supervisor: Jian-Ping Wang

He is responsible for carrying out the synthesis of thin-film heterostructures in support of the development of advanced magnetic tunnel junction stacks. Specific responsibilities include carrying out physical vapor deposition of thin-film heterostructures and maintenance of physical vapor deposition instrumentation; characterization of such films using on-site measurement tools of the chemical, microstructural, electronic, and magnetic properties, like XRD, XPS, XRF, SEM, EDS, etc.

Education:

• Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, October 2018

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Concentration: High Performance of Magnetic Materials for RF/Microwave Devices and Memory Application

• M.S, Electrical Engineering Fall 2014

Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Concentration: Analog/Digital Circuits and Magnetic materials.

• B.S, Physics, and Mathematics (Double Major) June 2012

Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Concentration: Microelectronics and Information and Computing Science.

Skills

Fabrication:

thin-film/nanostructure deposition by PVD, ALD, and PLD deposition, wet-chemical deposition: Sol-gel, Spin-spray, and electroplating. Photolithography, E-beam lithography, Ion etching, ICP, dry-etch, Micro-/Nano-fabrication.

Material Characterization:

XRD, XRF, EDX, SEM, AFM, Optical Microscope, Infrared Spectroscopy. VSM, SQUID, I-V, C-V, and magneto-resistivity measurements. FMR, ESR, Network Analyzer, MOKE, CIPT.

Software:

Matlab, Labview, HFSS, Comsol, Cadence, Python, and Maxwell.

Awards

2018 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, New York, 2018

Student Travel Grant, ICM conference, San Francisco, 2018