WennieWang

About

The Wang Materials group utilizes and deploys computational methods to engineer the optical, electronic, and transport properties of materials in energy sustainability technologies. Enabled by high performance computing (HPC), they seek to elucidate and predict the materials properties at the microscopic level using first-principles calculations, drive the exploration of novel materials platforms, and create strategies that directly couple to experiments. In particular, they look to understand and harness defects in materials for optoelectronic devices. Research in the group is highly interdisciplinary and draws upon fields such as chemical engineering, materials science, and solid-state physics.

Throughout their research and teaching efforts, they strive to create and foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment.

Educational Qualifications

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago (2018-2021)
Ph.D., Computational Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara (2018)
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)

Select Awards & Honors

• Maria Goeppert Mayer Award – American Physical Society (2025)
• Ken Hass Outstanding Student Paper Award for Industrial Applications, Runner-up – APS (2018)
• Excellence in Research Fellowship – UCSB Institute for Energy Efficiency (2017-2018)
• Fall Graduate Student Award finalist – Materials Research Society (MRS), Silver Award (2017)
• Graduate Research Fellow (GRFP) – National Science Foundation (2014)
• Holbrook Foundation Fellowship – UCSB Institute for Energy Efficiency (2013-2014)

Related Websites

• Wang Materials Group
• Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry
• The Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials
• Oden Institute
• Texas Materials Institute
• Microelectronics Research Center

Select Publications