Dr. Wennie Wang
The University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
5640 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 834-7370
Email: wwwennie at gmail.com
Website: wenniewang.com
Former Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Education
- Ph.D. in Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) (2018); Advisor: Chris G. Van de Walle
- B.S. in Materials Science & Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2013)
Professional Affiliations
- APS Career Mentor Fellow (2020, 2021)
- APS Forum for Early Career Scientists, Member-at-large (2020-current)
- Member of American Physical Society (APS)
- Member of Materials Research Society (MRS)
Areas of Interest
- Quantum materials
- Defects in semiconductors
- Correlated electronic systems
- Physics of interfaces/surfaces
Experience
- 2018-present, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Chicago
- 2015-2017, Teaching Assistant and Co-instructor, UCSB
- 2013-2018, Graduate Research Assistant, UCSB
Publications
- W. Wang, A. Radmilovic, K.-S. Choi, and G. Galli
Integrating Computation and Experiment to Investigate Photoelectrodes for Solar Water Splitting at the Microscopic Scale
Acc. Chem. Res. 54, 3863-3872 (2021).
- H. Vo, S. Zhang, W. Wang, and G. Galli
Lessons Learned from First-Principles Calculations of Transition Metal Oxides
J. Chem. Phys., 154, 174704 (2021).
- D. Lee,* W. Wang*, C. Zhou, X. Tong, M. Liu, G. Galli, K.-S. Choi
The impact of surface composition on the interfacial energetics and photoelectrochemical properties of BiVO4
Nat. Energy, 6, 287–294 (2021).
- A. Lindberg*, W. Wang*, S. Zhang, G. Galli, K.-S. Choi.
Can a PbCrO4 photoanode perform as well as isoelectronic BiVO4
ACS Appl. Energy Mater., 3, 9, 8658–8666 (2020).
- H. Ma, W. Wang, S. Kim, M.H. Cheng, M. Govoni, G. Galli.
PyCDFT: a Python package for constrained density functional theory
J. Comp. Chem., 41, 1859 (2020).
- W. Wang, P. Strohbeen, D. Lee, C. Zhou, J. Kawasaki, K.S. Choi, M. Liu, G. Galli.
The role of surface oxygen vacancies in BiVO4
Chemistry of Materials, 32, 2899-2909 (2020).
- W. Wang, Y. Kang, H. Peelaers, K. Krishnaswamy, C.G. Van de Walle.
First-principles study of transport in WO3
Phys. Rev. B. 101, 045116 (2020)
- W. Wang, H. Peelaers, J.X. Shen, C.G. Van de Walle.
Carrier-induced absorption as a mechanism for electrochromism in WO3
MRS Communications, 1-6 (2018)
- W. Wang, H. Peelaers, J.X. Shen, A. Janotti, C.G. Van de Walle.
Impact of point defects on electrochromism in WO3
Proc. SPIE 10533, 10533C (2018)
- W. Wang, A. Janotti, C.G. Van de Walle.
Phase transformations upon doping in WO3
J. Chem. Phys., 146, 214504 (2017)
- W. Wang, A. Janotti, C.G. Van de Walle.
Role of oxygen vacancies in crystalline WO3
J. Mat Chem. C. 4, 6641-6648 (2016),
- F. Kaule, W. Wang, S. Schoenfelder.
Modeling and Testing the Mechanical Strength of Solar Cells.
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 120A, 441-447 (2014)
- S.S. Wicks, W. Wang,M.R. Williams, B.L. Wardle.
Multi-scale interlaminar fracture mechanisms in woven composite laminates reinforced with aligned carbon nanotubes.
Composites Science and Technology. 100, 128-135 (2014).