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

• CAREER – National Science Foundation (NSF) (2026)
• Emerging Investigator – Journal of Materials Chemistry C (2026)
• Maria Goeppert Mayer Award – American Physical Society (APS) (2025)
• 5 Sigma Physicist Award – American Physical Society (APS) (2024)
• Schechter-Wissler-Stice Teaching Award in Chimical Engineering (2023)
• PRF Doctoral New Investigator – American Chemical Society (ACS) (2023)
• Fall Graduate Student Award finalist – Materials Research Society (MRS), Silver Award (2017)
• Graduate Research Fellow – National Science Foundation (NSF) (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