Biography
Mengen Wang received her BS from Shandong University in China and PhD from Stony Brook University. She then spent three years as a postdoc in the Materials Department at the University of California - Santa Barbara. Wang鈥檚 research is focused on developing and applying first-principles quantum mechanical computational approaches to facilitate the rational design of materials for next-generation energy conversion and quantum information applications.
Selected Publications
鈥淚ncorporation of Si and Sn donors in 尾-Ga2O3 through surface reconstructions,鈥 M. Wang, S. Mu, and C. G. Van de Walle, J. Appl. Phys., 130, 185703 (2021). (Editor鈥檚 pick)
鈥淎dsorption and Diffusion of Aluminum on 尾-Ga2O3 (010) Surfaces,鈥 M. Wang, S. Mu, and C. G. Van de Walle, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 10650 (2021).
鈥淢echanism of the accelerated water formation reaction under interfacial confinement,鈥 M Wang, C Zhou, N Akter, WT Tysoe, JA Boscoboinik, D Lu, ACS Catal., 10, 6119, (2020).
鈥淚mmobilization of single Ar atoms in two-dimensional zeolite nano-cages,鈥 J. Q. Zhong, M. Wang, N. Akter, J. Kestell, I. Waluyo, A. M. Boscoboinik, T. Kim, D. Stacchiola, D. Lu, J. A. Boscoboinik, Nat. Commun., 8, 16118 (2017).
Education
- Postdoc training: University of California - Santa Barbara, 2019-22
- PhD: Stony Brook University, 2014-19
- BS: Shandong University, China, 2010-14
Research Interests
- Density functional theory computation
- Quantum defects
- Energy conversion
- Wide-bandgap semiconductors
- Quantum materials
Teaching Interests
- Computational materials science
- Solid-state physics
- Semiconductor physics