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WANG RESEARCH GROUP
University of Miami
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"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."
- Phil Jackson
Principle Investigator
Dr. Kun Wang
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry (Secondary)
Faculty of the UM Quantum Initiative
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
Email: kunwang@miami.edu
2026 Nanoscale Emerging Investigator
2026 Sigma Xi
2025 University of Miami Provost's Research Award
2024 ACS Applied Electronics Materials Early Career Investigator
2022 MRS Communications Early Career Materials Researcher
2022 Emerging Research Scholar Award Runner-Up – Mississippi State University
2022 Journal of Materials Chemistry C Emerging Investigator (Royal Society of Chemistry)
2021 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Award
2021 Advancing Collaborative Research Award – Mississippi State University
2016 Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Award
2016 Nature Chemistry’s Altmetric Top 10 (Ranked No. 3)
2016 Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Award – University of Georgia
2015 Sean M. Kirkpatrick Award for Outstanding Research – University of Georgia
Coffee (Lab Assistant)
Research Interest:
Optimal treat acquisition strategies
Fun Fact:
The fluffiest lab member who is good at distracting other members from deadlines
Graduate Student
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Haixin Zhang (Physics, 2021-)
2025 Recipient of the Bruker AFM Image Competition Award
Research Interest:
Quantum transport, surface sciences, and nanofabrication
Fun Fact:
Haixin loves skiing and snowboarding. He is also a fan of model airplanes.
Mehrdad Shiri (Physics, 2021-)
2026 Academic Year Dissertation Award, UM College of Arts and Sciences
2025 NSF Graduate Student Fellow (sponsored by IEEE)
Research Interest:
Plasmonics, light-matter interactions, and computational methods
Fun Fact:
Mehrdad spends his free time building and programming radio-controlled multirotors. Besides, he is an avid fan of Judo.
Shaocheng Shen (Chemistry, 2022-)
2026 Summer Research Fellowship, UM College of Arts and Sciences
Research Interest:
2D materials and single-molecule optoelectronics
Fun Fact:
Shaocheng is an fan of guitar and billiards.
High School Student
Samantha Gross (2025 Summer)
Samantha is currently a rising senior at Don Soffer Aventura High School in Miami. She joins us through UM's Young Scholar Program during the summer of 2025. Working with us, she will explore the quantum properties of molecular materials.
Fun Fact:
Samantha is the founder of The Limitless Project, which focuses on empowering K-12 students in STEM to pursue their limitless potential.
Group Alumni
Dr. Chaolong Tang, MSU Postdoctoral Fellow (2021 - 2023)
Current position: Process Engineer at Hitachi
Rongjing Yan, MSU Grad Student in Chemistry (2021 - 2023)
Current position: PhD student in Chemistry at MSU
Ridwan Ayinla, MSU Master Student in Chemistry (2021 - 2023)
Current position: PhD student in at MSU; CAS Future Leader
Jamaal Jackson, USM Undergrad in Polymer Science (2023 Summer REU)
Current position: Development specialist at Hyundai MOBIS
Ian Bunker, MSU Undergrad (2021 Spring - 2023 Spring)
Current position: MSU Undergrad in ME
Katlyn Grimes, MSU Undergrad in Physics (2021 Summer)
Current position: Graduate student at Georgia Tech
Rajesh Shrestha, MSU Undergrad in Physics & CS (2020 Fall - 2021 Summer)
Current: Graduate student in Optics at U Arizona
Karl Grebner, MSU Undergrad in ME (2021 Fall)
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