Mengen Wang
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Background
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