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Optoelectronic devices permeate our daily lives. From displays on our phones, watches, and TVs, to lighting, to lasers for healthcare, spectroscopy, communications, and security applications. There is one primary issue that holds back further use of optoelectronic devices in many applications, and that is the fact that silicon, the workhorse of microelectronics applications, cannot efficiently emit light. Exploiting emerging materials with properties that silicon and other conventional materials do not have, the goal of my research is to develop the next generation of optoelectronic devices and systems that have the capacity to offer game-changing technologies in lighting, display, communication, computing, sensing, and renewable energy.

We are actively recruiting postdoctoral scholars, Ph.D. students and undergraduate interns. We welcome applicants with a background in Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry. Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Zhao (lianfez@clemson.edu). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We apologize for not being able to reply to all the enquiries.

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