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
Office Hours (Fall 2009)
- Wednesday 9-11:30; Friday 9-11:30
Research Interests
- Nano-materials: electronic structures and synthesis
- Excitation properties: photoemission and optical absorption
- Surface and interface
- Energy conversion: photovoltaics based on nano-materials
- Energy storage: H-storage in metal clusters and clathrates
- Materials under extreme conditions: thermodynamics and superconductivity
- Ferroelectrics and multi-ferroic materials
- Computational methods:
Density Functional Theory, TDDFT
QMC, GW/BSE, Quantum Chemistry
Classical/ab initio MD, kMC
Research Group
- Undergraduate Students:
William Oswald (Nano-PV)
Marc Devorak (High-pressure physics) - Graduate Students:
- Postdoc:
Positions
- A PhD position is immediately available
- A Postdoc position is expected for summer 2010
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Personal Life
Last update: September 2009.