Prof. Zhigang Wu
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Department of Physics
Colorado School of Mines
1523 Illinois Street
Golden, CO 80401
USA
Education
- BS, Peking University, 1995
- PhD, The College of William and Mary, 2002
Employment History
- Postdoc Research Associate, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 2002-2006
- Postdoc Research Associate, UC Berkeley, 2006-2009
- Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines, 2009-present
Teaching
- PHGN 300: Modern Physics, Spring 2010, 2011
- PHGN 544: Nanoscale Physics, Fall 2010
Office Hours (Spring 2010)
- PHGN 300: Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 1:00-2:00 PM
- PHGN 482: Fridays @ 2:00-5:00 PM
Research Interests
- Nanoscale Materials: Electronic structures and synthesis
- Excitation Properties: Quasi-particles and optical absorption
- Surface and Interface
- Energy Conversion and Storage
- Photovoltaics based on nano/organic materials
Hydrogen storage in metal clusters and clathrates - Materials under Extreme Conditions
- Thermodynamics and phase transition
Superconductivity
Phase transition at the nanoscale - Computational Methods
- Density Functional Theory, TDDFT
Quantum Monte Carlo, GW/BSE
Classical/ab initio Molecular Dynamics
Research Group
- Undergraduate Students
- William Oswald: Nano-PV
Marc Devorak: High-pressure physics - Graduate Students
- Huashan Li (PhD): PV, interface
- Postdoc
Positions
- A PhD position is immediately available (Fall 2010)
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Personal Life
Last update: December 2009.