Jian Shi Research Group

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Principal Investigator

Academic Appointments

2024–present

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2024–present

Professor, Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2024

Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow, Superconducting quantum computing, University of Chicago

2023

Associate Professor, Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2023

Visiting Scholar (Host: Prof. Andrew Cleland), Superconducting quantum computing, University of Chicago

2019–2023

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2014–2019

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Education

2013–2014

Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

2012

Ph.D., Materials Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison

2008

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri

2006

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Research

Scientific Vision: Drive fundamental advances in the science and engineering of novel semiconductors, quantum materials, and next-generation devices to enable high-performance future computing.

Primary Research Focus

  • Noncentrosymmetric semiconductors
  • Tunable quantum and topological materials
  • Coherent spintronic and quantum devices
  • Superconducting qubits and circuit quantum electrodynamics
  • Van der Waals epitaxy and strain engineering

Laboratory Equipment

Shared Laboratory "Equipment"

We conduct quantum experiments on IBM's Eagle (127-qubit) and Heron (156-qubit) processors through the RPI–IBM collaboration.

Our Laboratory Equipment

  • Customized Atomic Layer Deposition System (MRC 161)
  • Two Customized Pulsed Laser Deposition Systems (MRC 161 and MRC 137)
  • Customized RF Sputtering System (MRC 139)
  • Customized Chemical Vapor Deposition System (MRC 161)
  • Cryogenic Transport Measurement System (MRC 161)
  • Cryogenic Optical Stage (MRC 161)
  • Customized Femtosecond Optical Spectroscopy (MRC 161)
  • Micron Optical Second-harmonic Generation Measurement System (MRC 161)
  • High-pressure (200 bar) High-temperature Reactor (MRC 139)
  • High-Frequency/High-Voltage Transport Measurement System (MRC 161)
  • Electrochemical Measurement System (MRC 161)
  • Small Signal Measurement System - SR830 DSP Dual Phase Lock-In Amplifier (MRC 161)
  • Supercontinuum Laser (pulse width: 100 ps) (MRC 161)
  • 6.5 GHz Network Analyzer (MRC 137)
  • High-voltage Supply (20 kV) (MRC 161)
  • A Couple of Cryogenic Piezoelectric Strain cells (MRC 161)
  • A Couple of Customized Circular Photogalvanic Effect Measurement Systems (MRC 161)

Teaching

Courses Developed & Taught

MTLE 4960/6960, PHYS 4961/6961, ECSE 4960/6960 - Introduction to Quantum Engineering

Prerequisites: PHYS 1200 II or equivalent

When Offered: Fall Semester

Credit Hours: 3

Course materials: A Quantum Engineer's Guide to Superconducting Qubits, arXiv: 1904.06560; Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 3rd edition (2018), Griffiths, David J., Schroeter, Darrell F.; Quantum Computation and Quantum Information, (2010) 10th Edition, Michael A. Nielsen, Isaac L. Chuang.

Special Topics Course: Spin in Solids

Prerequisites: MTLE 4200 - Electrical and Optical Properties of Materials

Credit Hours: 2

Course materials: Modern Quantum Mechanics 3rd Edition, by J. J. Sakurai, and Jim Napolitano; Relativistic Quantum Mechanics by Walter Greiner; some recent research and review papers. Topics include Rashba spin-orbit coupling and Berry parameters.

MTLE 6060 - Advanced Kinetics of Materials Reactions

Prerequisites: MTLE 4100 or MTLE 6030 or equivalent

When Offered: Every Spring Semester

Credit Hours: 4

Course materials: Phase Transformations in Metals and Alloys by Porter, Easterling and Sherif, Diffusion in Solids by Glicksman and some research articles. Topics include Quantum random walk.

ENGR 1600 - Materials Science for Engineers

Prerequisites: CHEM 1100

When Offered: Every Fall Semester

Credit Hours: 4

Course references: Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering, An Integrated Approach by Callister and Rethwisch

MTLE 4963/6963 - Functional Ceramics

Prerequisites: MTLE 4100 or approval by the instructor

Credit Hours: 3

References: Introduction to Solid State Physics by Kittel, Physical Ceramics: Principles for Ceramic Science and Engineering by Chiang, Birnie and Kingery, Symmetry and Structure by Kettle, Symmetry in Bonding and Spectra by Douglas and Hollingsworth, Mineralogical Applications of Crystal Field Theory by Burns and some research articles. Topics include Symmetry, d orbitals, and irreducible representations.

Recognition

Awards and Honors

2025

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering Research Excellence Award

2024

Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship

2024

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering Outstanding Research Team Award

2023

IEEE Ferroelectrics Young Investigator Award

2023

AFOSR DURIP Award

2020–present

Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Physics

2020

James M. Tien '66 Early Career Award

2020

Early Career Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Applied Physics

2019

ASM International Geisler Award

2018

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Engineering Research Excellence Award

2018

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award

Publications

Selected Five Recent Publications

[1]

Jia R, Xin Y, Potter M, Jiang J, Wang Z, Ma H, Zhang Z, Liang Z, Zhang L, Lu Z, Yang R, Pendse S, Hu Y, Peng K, Meng Y, Bao W, Liu J, Wang GC, Lu TM, Shi Y, Gao H, Shi J.

Long-Distance Remote Epitaxy

Nature, 646, 584–591 (2025)

[2]

Briscoe J, Shi J.

Photogalvanic effects in non-centrosymmetric halide perovskites

Nature Reviews Physics, 7, 270–279 (2025)

[3]

Jiang J, Zhang L, Ming C, Zhou H, Bose P, Guo Y, Hu Y, Wang B, Chen Z, Jia R, Pendse S, Xiang Y, Xia Y, Lu Z, Wen X, Cai Y, Sun C, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Gall D, Sun Y-Y, Koratkar N, Fohtung E, Shi Y, Shi J.

Giant Pyroelectricity in Nanomembranes

Nature, 607, 480–485 (2022)

[4]

Zhang L, Jiang J, Multunas C, Ming C, Chen Z, Hu Y, Lu Z, Pendse S, Jia R, Chandra M, Sun Y-Y, Lu T-M, Ping Y, Sundararaman R, Shi J.

Room-temperature electrically switchable spin–valley coupling in a van der Waals ferroelectric halide perovskite with persistent spin helix

Nature Photonics, 16, 529–537 (2022)

[5]

Jiang J, Chen Z, Hu Y, Xiang Y, Zhang L, Wang Y, Wang G-C, Shi J.

Flexo-Photovoltaic Effect in MoS2

Nature Nanotechnology, 16, 894–901 (2021)

Full Publication List (133 publications)

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2025 Publications (9)

[133]

Williams S, Pendse S, Thakral A, Lu Z, Prashant N, Dhull N, Jia R, Liang Z, Wang Z, Aglagul D, Wang G-C, Gall D, Fohtung E, Shi J.

Van der Waals Epitaxy of Millimeter-Domain Bi2Se3

J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, in press, 2025

[132]

Jia R, Xin Y, Potter M, Jiang J, Wang Z, Ma H, Zhang Z, Liang Z, Zhang L, Lu Z, Yang R, Pendse S, Hu Y, Peng K, Meng Y, Bao W, Liu J, Wang GC, Lu TM, Shi Y, Gao H, Shi J.

Long-Distance Remote Epitaxy

Nature, 646, 584–591, 2025

[131]

Wu X, Joshi YJ, Yan H, Andersson G, Anferov A, Conner CR, Karimi B, King AM, Li S, Malc HL, Miller JM, Mishra H, Qiao H, Ryu M, Xing S, Shi J, Cleland AN.

Mitigating cosmic-ray-like correlated events with a modular quantum processor

Phys. Rev. Applied 24, 044022, 2025

[130]

Briscoe J, Shi J.

Photogalvanic effects in non-centrosymmetric halide perovskites

Nat. Rev. Phys. 7, 270–279, 2025

[129]

Anderson J, Nazirkar NP, Ndiaye A, Barringer J, Tran V, Bassène P, Cha W, Jiang J, Shi J, Harder R, N'Gom M, Fohtung E.

Real-Time Tracking of Nanoscale Morphology and Strain Evolution in Bi2WO6 via Operando Coherent X-Ray Imaging

Adv. Mater., 2504445, 2025

[128]

Nazirkar NP, Tran V, Bassène P, Ndiaye A, Barringer J, Jiang J, Cha W, Harder R, Shi J, N'Gom M, Fohtung E.

Manipulating ferroelectric topological polar structures with twisted light

Adv. Mater., 2415231, 2025

[127]

Aglagul D, Shi J.

Strain Induced Kramers–Weyl Phase in III–V Zinc Blende Systems

Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, 083102, 2025

[126]

Zhang L, Li JA, Hu Y, Jiang J, Lai R, Benna MK, Shi J.

Emulating complex synapses using interlinked proton conductors

Phys. Rev. Applied 23(1), 014027, 2025

2024 Publications (5)

[125]

Deng B, Shi J, Shi Y.

Molecular dynamics simulations on ferroelectricity of AlN thin films

J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 107(12), 7850–7857, 2024

[124]

Nazirkar NP, Shi X, Shi J, N'Gom M, Fohtung E.

Coherent diffractive imaging with twisted X-rays: Principles, applications, and outlook

Appl. Phys. Rev. 11, 021302, 2024

[123]

Shen J, Jia R, Hu Y, Zhu W, Yang K, Li M, Zhao D, Shi J, Lian J.

Cold-Sintered All-Inorganic Perovskite Bulk Composite Scintillators for Efficient X-ray Imaging

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 16(19), 24703–24711, 2024

[122]

Hu Y, Chen R, Pendse S, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Jiang J, Zhang L, Jia R, Palermo EF, Wertz E, Shi J.

Chiral photon emission from a chiral–achiral perovskite heterostructure

Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 113301, 2024

[121]

Wang Z, Chen Z, Xu R, Zhu H, Sundararaman R, Shi J.

Challenges and opportunities in searching for Rashba-Dresselhaus materials for efficient spin-charge interconversion at room temperature

Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. 29, 101145, 2024

2023 Publications (6)

[120]

Guo Y, Hu Y, Shi J.

Electrochemical epitaxy of nanostructures

Nano Trends 4, 100024, 2024

[119]

Jiang J, Zhang L, Hu Y, Guo Y, Chen Z, Jia R, Pendse S, Xiang Y, Wang G-C, Shi Y, Shi J.

Metal-insulator transition of single-crystal V2O3 through van der Waals interface engineering

ACS Nano, 17, 12, 11783–11793, 2023

[118]

Lin YC, Torsi R, Younas R, Hinkle C, Rigosi AF, Hill HM, Zhang K, Huang S, Shuck CE, Chen C, Lin Y-H, Maldonado-Lopez D, Mendoza-Cortes JL, Ferrier J, Kar S, Nayir N, Rajabpour S, van Duin ACT, Liu X, Jariwala D, Jiang J, Shi J, et al.

Recent Advances in 2D Material Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

ACS Nano, 17, 11, 9694–9747, 2023

[117]

Schold E, Barringer Z, Shi X, Williams S, Prashant Nazirkar N, Wang Y, Hu Y, Shi J, Fohtung E.

Three-dimensional morphology and elastic strain revealed in individual photoferroelectric SbSI nanowire

MRS Bulletin, 48, 467–474, 2023

2022 Publications (14)

[116]

Lu Z, Zhang L, Wen X, Jog A, Kisslinger K, Gao L, Shi J, Gall D, Washington MA, Wang G-C, Lu T-M.

Ultrathin Ruthenium Films on Graphene Buffered SiO2 via Quasi Van der Waals Epitaxy

ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 4, 5775–5788, 2022

[115]

Pendse S, Hu Y, Jia R, Chen Z, Zhang L, Williams S, Jiang J, Fohtung E, Shi J.

Growth of van der Waals Halide Perovskites within the Interlayer Spacings of Mica

J. Phys. Chem. C, 2022

[114]

Jiang J, Pendse S, Zhang L, Shi J.

Strain related new sciences and devices in low-dimensional binary oxides

Nano Energy 104, 107917, 2022

[113]

Zhang L, Jiang J, Hu Y, Lu Z, Wen X, Pendse S, Jia R, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Shi J.

Liquid-Phase van der Waals Epitaxy of a Few-Layer and Unit Cell Thick Ruddlesden–Popper Halide Perovskite

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 144, 38, 17588–17596, 2022

[112]

Shao B, Tan S, Huang Y, Zhang L, Shi J, Yang X-Q, Hu E, Han F.

Enabling Conversion-Type Iron Fluoride Cathode by Halide-Based Solid Electrolyte

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2206845, 2022

[111]

Kim J, Yi G-C, Ougazzaden A, Shi J.

Novel epitaxy of functional materials

J. Appl. Phys. 132, 060401, 2022

[110]

Jia R, Jiang J, Zhang L, Hu Y, Pendse S, Guo Y, Shi J.

Composition Gradient-Enabled Circular Photogalvanic Effect in Inorganic Halide Perovskites

Appl. Phys. Lett., 120, 211901, 2022 (EDITORS' PICK)

[109]

Jiang J, Zhang L, Ming C, Zhou H, Bose P, Guo Y, Hu Y, Wang B, Chen Z, Jia R, Pendse S, Xiang Y, Xia Y, Lu Z, Wen X, Cai Y, Sun C, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Gall D, Sun Y-Y, Koratkar N, Fohtung E, Shi Y, Shi J.

Giant Pyroelectricity in Nanomembranes

Nature, 607, 480–485, 2022

[108]

Cai Y, Hu Y, Chen Z, Jiang J, Zhang L, Guo Y, Pendse S, Jia R, Zhang J, Ma X, Sun C, Shi, J.

van der Waals ferroelectric halide perovskite artificial synapse

Phys. Rev. Applied, 18, 014014, 2022

[107]

Zhang L, Jiang J, Multunas C, Ming C, Chen Z, Hu Y, Lu Z, Pendse S, Jia R, Chandra M, Sun Y-Y, Lu T-M, Ping Y, Sundararaman R, Shi J.

Room-temperature electrically switchable spin–valley coupling in a van der Waals ferroelectric halide perovskite with persistent spin helix

Nat. Photonics, 16, 529–537, 2022

[106]

Cai Y, Zhang L, Jiang J, Hu Y, Chen Z, Jia R, Sun C, Shi J.

A van der Waals Photo-Ferroelectric Synapse

Adv. Electron. Mater., 8, 2200326, 2022

[105]

Kim H, Chang C, Lee S, Jiang J, Jeong J, Park M, Meng Y, Ji J, Kwon Y, Sun X, Kong W, Kum H, Bae S-H, Lee K, Hong Y, Shi J, Kim J.

Remote epitaxy

Nat. Rev. Methods Primers, 2, 40, 2022

[104]

Shi X, Shi J, Fohtung E.

Applicability of coherent x-ray diffractive imaging to ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and phase change materials

J. Appl. Phys. 131, 040901, 2022 (EDITORS' PICK)

[103]

Chen Z, Xu R, Ma S, Ma Y, Hu Y, Zhang L, Guo Y, Huang Z, Wang B, Sun Y-Y, Jiang J, Hawks R, Jia R, Xiang Y, Wang G-C, Wertz E, Tian J, Gall D, Chen X, Wang V, Gao L, Zhu H, Shi J.

Searching for Circular Photo Galvanic Effect in Oxyhalide Perovskite Bi4NbO8Cl

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2206343, 2022

[102]

Ming C, Chen Z, Zhang F, Gong S, Wu X, Jiang J, Ye T, Xu Q, Yang K, Wang L, Cao X, Yang S, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Shi J, Sun Y-Y.

Mixed Chalcogenide-Halides for Stable, Lead-Free and Defect-Tolerant Photovoltaics: Computational Screening and Experimental Validation of CuBiSCl2 with Ideal Band Gap

Adv. Funct. Mater. 2112682, 2022

[101]

Fang P, Mulligan CP, Jia R, Shi J, Khare SV, Gall D.

Epitaxial TiCx (001) layers: phase formation and physical properties vs C-to-Ti ratio

Acta Mater. 226, 117643, 2022

2021 Publications (8)

[100]

Chen Z, Hu Y, Zhang L, Jiang J, Hawks R, Shi J.

Photo-active electrically switchable van der Waals semiconductor NbOI2

Appl. Phys. Lett., 119, 033103, 2021

[99]

Xiang Y, Xie S, Lu Z, Wen X, Shi J, Washington M, Wang G-C, Lu T-M.

Domain boundaries in incommensurate epitaxial layers on weakly interacting substrates

J. Appl. Phys., 130, 065301, 2021

[98]

Barringer Z, Jiang J, Shi X, Schold E, Pateras A, Cipiccia S, Rau C, Shi J, Fohtung E.

Imaging Defects in Vanadium (III) Oxide Nanocrystals using Bragg Coherent Diffractive Imaging

CrystEngComm, 23, 6239-6244, 2021

[97]

Jia R, Kum H-S, Sun X, Guo Y, Wang B, Fang P, Jiang J, Gall D, Lu T-M, Washington M, Kim J, Shi J.

van the Waals Epitaxy and Remote Epitaxy of LiNbO3 Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition

J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A, 39, 040405, 2021 (EDITORS' PICK)

[96]

Jiang J, Chen Z, Hu Y, Xiang Y, Zhang L, Wang Y, Wang GC, Shi J.

Flexo-Photovoltaic Effect in MoS2

Nat. Nanotechnol., 16, 894–901, 2021

[95]

Zhang L, Jiang J, Cai Y, Yao S, Azhar B, Chen Z, Hu Y, Pendse S, Guo Y, Jia R, Tian Z, Sun C, Liao P, and Shi J.

Doping-Enabled Reconfigurable Strongly Correlated Phase in a Quasi-2D Perovskite

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12, 21, 5091–5098, 2021

[94]

Guo Y, Goodge B, Zhang L, Jiang J, Chen Y, Kourkoutis L, Shi J.

Unit-cell-thick domain in freestanding quasi-2D ferroelectric material

Phys. Rev. Mater., 5, 044403, 2021 (EDITORS' SUGGESTION)

[93]

Valdman L, Wen X, Chen Z, Washington M, Lu TM, Shi J, Wang GC.

Water-assisted exfoliation of epitaxial CdTe film from mica analyzed with azimuthal RHEED

Appl. Surf. Sci. 536, 147886, 2021

2020 Publications (10)

[92]

McGahay ME, Wang B, Shi J, Gall D.

Band gap and electron transport in epitaxial cubic CrxAl1−xN (001)

Phys. Rev. B 101, 205206, 2020

[91]

Zhu W, Shen J, Li M, Yang K, Bu W, Sun YY, Shi J, Lian J.

Kinetically Controlled Growth of Sub-Millimeter 2D Cs2SnI6 Nanosheets at the Liquid–Liquid Interface

Small, 2020, ASAP

[90]

Wen X, Lu Z, Sun X, Xiang Y, Chen Z, Shi J, Bhat I, Wang GC, Washington M, Lu TM.

Epitaxial CdTe thin films on mica by vapor transport deposition for flexible solar cells

ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 3, 4589, 2020

[89]

Pendse S, Jiang J, Guo Y, Zhang L, Chen Z, Lu Z, Wang Y, Hu Y, Li S, Feng J, Lu TM, Sun YY, Shi J.

Unit-Cell-Thick Oxide Synthesis by Film-Based Scavenging

J. Phys. Chem. C 124, 8394, 2020

[88]

Pendse S, Jiang J, Zhang L, Guo Y, Chen Z, Hu Y, Lu Z, Li S, Feng J, Lu TM, Shi J.

Tuning phase transition kinetics via van der Waals epitaxy of single crystalline VO2 on hexagonal-BN

J. Cryst. Growth 543, 125699, 2020

[87]

Wang H, Liu X, Niu P, Wang S, Shi J, Li L.

Porous Two-Dimensional Materials for Photocatalytic and Electrocatalytic Applications

Matter 2, 1377, 2020

[86]

Cai Y, Liu Y, Xie Y, Zou Y, Gao C, Zhao Y, Liu S, Xu H, Shi J, Guo S, Sun C.

Band structure, effective mass, and carrier mobility of few-layer h-AlN under layer and strain engineering

APL Mater. 8, 021107, 2020

[85]

Hu Y*, Florio F*, Chen Z, Phelan W. A., Siegler M. A., Zhou Z, Guo Y, Hawks R, Jiang J, Feng J, Zhang L, Wang B, Wang Y, Gall D, Palermo E. F., Lu Z, Sun X, Lu T-M, Zhou H, Ren Y, Wertz E, Sundararaman R, Shi J.

A chiral switchable photovoltaic ferroelectric 1D perovskite

Sci. Adv. 6, eaay4213, 2020

[84]

Shi J.

A structurally unstable semiconductor stabilized and enhanced by strain

Nature 577, 171, 2020

[83]

Guo Y, Sun X, Jiang J, Wang B, Chen X, Yin Y, Qi W, Gao L, Zhang L, Lu Z, Jia R, Pendse S, Hu Y, Chen Z, Wertz E, Gall D, Feng J, Lu TM, Shi J.

A reconfigurable remotely epitaxial VO2 electrical heterostructure

Nano Lett. 20, 33, 2020

2019 Publications (11)

[82]

Wen Z, Wang Y, Chen Z, Shi J.

Chemical Vapor Growth of Silicon Phosphide Nanostructures

MRS Adv., doi:10.1557/adv.2019.437, 2019

[81]

Shi J, Chen L-Q.

Strain Engineering in Functional Materials

J. Appl. Phys. 125, 082201, 2019

[80]

Chen J, Mao W, Gao L, Yan F, Yajima T, Chen N, Chen Z, Dong H, Ge B, Zhang P, Cao X, Wilde M, Jiang Y, Terai T, Shi J.

Electron-doping Mottronics in strongly correlated perovskite

Adv. Mater. 1905060, 2019

[79]

Littlejohn, Li Z, Lu Z, Sun X, Nawarat P, Wang Y, Li Y, Wang T, Chen Y, Zhang L, Li H, Kisslinger K, Shi S, Shi J, Raeliarijaona A, Shi W, Terrones H, Lewis KM, Washington M, Lu TM, Wang GC.

Large Metallic Vanadium Disulfide Ultrathin Flakes for Spintronic Circuits and Quantum Computing Devices

ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2, 3684, 2019

[78]

Jiang J, Sun X, Chen X, Wang B, Chen Z, Hu Y, Guo G, Zhang L, Ma Y, Gao L, Zheng F, Jin L, Chen M, Ma Z, Zhou Y, Padture NP, Beach K, Terrones H, Shi Y, Gall D, Lu TM, Wertz E, Feng J, Shi J.

Carrier lifetime enhancement in halide perovskite via remote epitaxy

Nat. Commun. 10, 4145, 2019

[77]

Chen J, Mao W, Ge B, Wang J, Ke X, Wang V, Wang Y, Döbeli X, Geng W, Matsuzaki H, Shi J, Jiang Y.

Revealing the role of lattice distortions in the hydrogen-induced metal-insulator transition of SmNiO3

Nat. Commun. 10, 694, 2019

[76]

Yang S, Zhang Y, Wang S, Shi J, Liu X, Li L.

Rational Construction of MoS2/Mo2N/C Hierarchical Porous Tubular Nanostructures for Enhanced Lithium Storage

J. Mater. Chem. A, doi:10.1039/C9TA04516C, 2019

[75]

Wang X, Ling Y, Lian X, Xin Y, Dhungana K, Perez-Orive F, Knox J, Chen Z, Zhou Y, Beery D, Hanson K, Shi J, Lin S, Gao H.

Suppressed Phase Separation of Mixed-Halide Perovskites Confined in Endotaxial Matrices

Nat. Commun. 10, 695, 2019

[74]

Li L, Li Z, Yoshimura A, Sun C, Wang T, Chen Y, Chen Z, Littlejohn A, Xiang Y, Hundekar P, Bartolucci S, Shi J, Shi S-F, Meunier V, Wang G-C, Koratkar N.

Vanadium disulfide flakes with nanolayered titanium disulfide coating as cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries

Nat. Commun. 10, 1764, 2019

[73]

Ullal C, Shi J, Sundararaman S.

Electron mobility in graphene without invoking the Dirac equation

Am. J. Phys. 87, 291, 2019

[72]

Mohanty D, Lu Z, Sun X, Xiang Y, Gao L, Shi J, Zhange L, Kisslinger K, Washington M, Wangb GC, Lu TM, Bhat I.

Growth of epitaxial CdTe thin films on amorphous substrates using single crystal graphene buffer

Carbon 144, 519–524, 2019

2018 Publications (13)

[71]

Chen Z, Wang Y, Sun X, Xiang Y, Hu Y, Jiang J, Feng J, Sun Y-Y, Wang X, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, Gao H, Wertz E, Shi J.

Remote Phononic Effects in Epitaxial Ruddlesden–Popper Halide Perovskites

J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 9, 6676, 2018

[70]

Mohanty D, Lu Z, Sun X, Xiang Y, Wang Y, Ghosha D, Shi J, Gao L, Shi S, Washington M, Wang G-C, Lu T-M and Bhat I.

Metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy of large size CdTe grains on mica through chemical and van der Waals interactions

Phys. Rev. Mater. 2, 113402, 2018

[69]

Wang Y, Gao L, Yang Y, Xiang Y, Chen Z, Dong Y, Zhou H, Cai Z, Wang G-C, Shi J.

The Nontrivial Strength of van der Waals Epitaxial Interaction in Soft Perovskites

Phys. Rev. Mater. 2, 076002, 2018

[68]

Wang Y, Sun X, Chen Z, Cai Z, Zhou H, Lu TM, Shi J.

Defect-engineered epitaxial VO2 ± d in strain engineering of heterogeneous soft crystals

Sci. Adv. 4, eaar3679, 2018

[67]

Chen Z, Guo Y, Wertz E, Shi J.

Merits and challenges of Ruddlesden–Popper soft halide perovskites in electro-optics and optoelectronics

Adv. Mater. 1803514, 2018

[66]

Sun X, Lu Z, Xiang Y, Wang Y, Shi J, Wang GC, Washington M, Lu TM.

Van der Waals Epitaxy of Antimony Islands, Sheets, and Thin Films on Single-Crystalline Graphene

ACS Nano 12, 6100, 2018

[65]

Wang Y*, Hu Y*, Chen Z, Guo Y, Wang D, Wertz E, Shi J.

Effect of Strain on the Curie Temperature and Band Structure of Low-Dimensional SbSI

Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 183104, 2018

[64]

Li L, Basu S, Wang Y, Chen Z, Hundekar P, Wang B, Shi J, Shi Y, Narayanan S, Koratkar N.

Self-heating–induced healing of lithium dendrites

Science 359, 1513, 2018

[63]

Ge C, Hu M, Wu P, Tan Q, Chen Z, Wang Y, Shi J, Feng J.

Ultralow Thermal Conductivity and Ultrahigh Thermal Expansion of Single Crystal Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite CH3NH3PbX3 (X=Cl, Br, I)

J. Phys. Chem. C 122, 15973, 2018

[62]

Duan Y, Li P, Chen Z, Shi J, Ma L.

Surface evolution and growth kinetics of Ti6Al4V alloy in pack boriding

J. Alloys Compd. 742, 690, 2018

[61]

Sun X, Lu Z, Chen Z, Wang Y, Shi J, Washington M, Lu T-M.

A Single Crystal Graphene-Directed van der Waals Epitaxial Resistive Switching

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 10, 6730, 2018

[60]

Sun X, Chen Z, Wang Y, Lu Z, Shi J, Washington M, Lu T-M.

van der Waals epitaxial ZnTe thin film on single-crystalline graphene

J. Appl. Phys. 123, 025303, 2018

[59]

Zhu W, Xin G, Wang Y, Xin M, Yao T, Xu W, Fang M, Shi S, Shi J, Lian J.

Tunable optical property and stability of lead free all inorganic perovskite Cs2SnI6−xClx

J. Mater. Chem. A 6, 2577, 2018

2017 Publications (9)

[58]

Sun X, Shi J, Washington M A, Lu T-M.

Probing the interface strain in a 3D-2D van der Waals heterostructure

Appl. Phys. Lett. 111, 151603, 2017

[57]

Hu Y*, Guo Y*, Wang Y, Chen Z, Sun X, Feng J, Lu T M, Wertz E and Shi J.

A review on low dimensional metal halides: Vapor phase epitaxy and physical properties

J. Mater. Res. 32, 3992, 2017

[56]

Chen Z, Wang Y, Sun X, Guo Y, Hu Y, Wertz E, Wang X, Gao H, Lu T M and Shi J.

van der Waals Hybrid Perovskite of High Optical Quality by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Adv. Opt. Mater. 5, 1700373, 2017

[55]

Wang Y, Sun X, Chen Z, Sun Y Y, Zhang S, Lu T-M, Wertz E, and Shi J.

High-Temperature Ionic Epitaxy of Halide Perovskite Thin Film and the Hidden Carrier Dynamics

Adv. Mater. 29, 1702643, 2017

[54]

Sun X, Lu Z, Xie W, Wang Y, Shi J, Zhang S, Washington M, and Lu T M.

van der Waals epitaxy of CdS thin films on single-crystalline graphene

Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 153104, 2017

[53]

Yang Y B, Seewald L, Mohanty D, Wang Y, Zhang L H, Kisslinger K, Xie W, Shi J, Bhat I, Zhang S, Lu T M, Wang G C.

Surface and interface of epitaxial CdTe film on CdS buffered van der Waals mica substrate

Appl. Surf. Sci. 413, 219, 2017

[52]

Wang Y, Chen Z, Deschler F, Sun X, Lu T-M, Wertz A E, Hu J-M, Shi J.

Epitaxial Halide Perovskite Lateral Double Heterostructure

ACS Nano 11, 3355, 2017

[51]

Hoye R L Z, Schulz P, Schelhas L T, Holder A M, Stone K H, Perkins J D, Vigil-Fowler D, Siol S, Scanlon D O, Zakutayev A, Walsh A, Smith I C, Melot B C, Kurchin R C, Wang Y, Shi J, Marques F C, Berry J J, Tumas W, Lany S, Stevanovic V, Toney M F, Buonassisi T.

Perovskite-inspired photovoltaic materials: Toward best practices in materials characterization and calculations

Chem. Mater. 29, 1964, 2017

[50]

Sun X, Wang Y, Seewald L, Chen Z, Shi J, Washington M, Lu T-M.

Decoupling Interface Effect on the Phase Stability of CdS Thin Films by van der Waals Heteroepitaxy

Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 041602, 2017

2016 Publications (10)

[49]

Wang Y, Sun X, Shivanna R, Yang Y, Chen Z, Guo Y, Wang G-C, Wertz E, Deschler F, Cai Z, Zhou H, Lu T-M, Shi J.

Photon Transport in One-Dimensional Incommensurately Epitaxial CsPbX3 Arrays

Nano Lett. 16, 7974–7981, 2016

[48]

Mohanty D, Xie W, Wang Y, Lu Z, Shi J, Zhang S, Wang G-C, Lu T-M, and Bhat I.

van der Waals epitaxy of CdTe thin film on graphene

Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 143109, 2016

[47]

Chen Z, Wang Y, Shi Y, Hsu B, Yang Z, Shi J.

Regulating Carrier Dynamics in Single Crystal Halide Perovskite via Interface Engineering and Optical Doping

Adv. Electron. Mater. 2, 1600248, 2016

[46]

Wang Y, Seewald L, Sun Y-Y, Keblinski P, Sun X, Zhang S, Lu T-M, Johnson J, Hwang J, Shi J.

Nonlinear electron-lattice interactions in a wurtzite semiconductor enabled via strongly correlated oxide

Adv. Mater. 28, 8975–8982, 2016

[45]

Yang Y B, Dash J K, Xiang Y, Wang Y, Shi J, Dinolfo P H, Lu T-M, Wang G-C.

Tuning the phase and optical properties of ultrathin SnSx films

J. Phys. Chem. C 120(24), 13199–13214, 2016

[44]

Yang Y B, Dash J, LittleJohn A, Xiang Y, Wang Y, Shi J, Zhang L, Kisslinger K, Lu T-M, Wang G-C.

Large Single Crystal SnS2 Flakes Synthesized from Co-evaporation of Sn and S

Cryst. Growth Des. 16(2), 961–973, 2016

[43]

Zhou Y, Guan X, Zhou H, Ramadoss K, Adam S, Liu H, Lee S, Shi J, Tsuchiya M, Fong D D, Ramanathan S.

Strongly correlated perovskite fuel cells

Nature 534, 231–234, 2016

[42]

Sun Y, Shi J, Lian J, Gao W, Agiorgousis ML, Zhang S.

Discovering Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Materials with Split-Anion Approach

Nanoscale 8, 6284–6289, 2016

[41]

Wang Y, Sun Y, Zhang S, Lu T-M, Shi J.

Band Gap Engineering of a Soft Inorganic Compound PbI2 by Incommensurate Van der Waals Epitaxy

Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 013105, 2016

[40]

Mi H, Seo J-H, Ku C-J, Shi J, Wang X D, Lu Y, Ma Z.

Microwave TFTs Made of MOCVD ZnO With ALD Al2O3 Gate Dielectric

IEEE Trans. Electron Devices. 4, 55–59, 2016

2015 Publications (7)

[39]

Wang Y, Shi Y, Xin G, Lian J, Shi J.

Two-Dimensional Van der Waals Epitaxy Kinetics in a Three-Dimensional Perovskite Halide

Cryst. Growth Des. 15(10), 4741–4749, 2015

[38]

Yin X, Shi J, Niu X, Huang H, Wang X.

Wedding Cake Growth Mechanism in One-Dimensional and Two-Dimensional Nanostructure Evolution

Nano Lett. 15, 7766–777, 2015

[37]

Shao D, Gao J, Xin G, Wang Y, Li L, Shi J, Lian J, Koratkar N, Sawyer S.

Cl-doped ZnO Nanowire Arrays on 3D Graphene Foam with Highly Efficient Field Emission, and Photocatalytic Properties

Small 11, 4785–92, 2015

[36]

Bo C, Zheng X, Yang M, Zhou Y, Kundu S, Shi J, Zhu K, Priya S.

Interface band structure engineering by ferroelectric polarization in perovskite solar cells

Nano Energy 13, 582, 2015

[35]

Bo C, Shi J, Zheng X, Zhou Y, Zhu K, Priya S.

Ferroelectric solar cells based on inorganic–organic hybrid perovskites

J. Mater. Chem. A 3, 7699, 2015

[34]

Chen J, Zhou Y, Middey J, Jiang J, Chen N, Shi X, Döbeli M, Shi J, Chakhalian J, Ramanathan S.

Self-limited kinetics of electron doping in correlated oxides

Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 031905, 2015

[33]

Zhou Y, Park J, Shi J, Chhowalla M, Park H, Weitz DA, Ramanathan S.

Control of Emergent Properties at a Correlated Oxide Interface with Graphene

Nano Lett. 15, 1627, 2015

2014 Publications (5)

[32]

Ha SD, Shi J, Meroz Y, Mahadevan, L, Ramanathan S.

Neuromimetic Circuits with Synaptic Devices Based on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

Phys. Rev. Applied 2, 064003, 2014

[31]

Sim J, Shi J, Ramanathan S.

Ultra-thin freestanding ceria membranes: layer transfer techniques and high temperature conductivity studies

J. Mater. Chem. A 2, 19019, 2014

[30]

Shi J*, Zhou Y*, Ramanathan S.

Colossal resistance switching and band gap modulation in a perovskite nickelate by electron doping

Nat. Commun. 5, 4860, 2014

[29]

Wang X, Li Z, Shi J, Yu Y.

One-dimensional titanium dioxide nanomaterials: nanowires, nanorods and nanobelts

Chem. Rev. 114, 9346, 2014

[28]

Yan F*, Schoofs F*, Shi J*, Ha SD, Jaramillo R, Ramanathan S.

Local charge writing in epitaxial SmNiO3 thin films

J. Mater. Chem. C 2(19), 3805–11, 2014

2013 Publications (6)

[27]

Shi J, Ha SD, Zhou Y, Schoofs F, Ramanathan S.

A correlated nickelate synaptic transistor

Nat. Commun. 4, 2676, 2013

[26]

Ha SD, Vetter U, Shi J, Ramanathan S.

Electrostatic gating of metallic and insulating phases in SmNiO3 ultrathin films

Appl. Phys. Lett. 102(18), 183102, 2013

[25]

Wang X, Shi J.

Evolution of titanium dioxide one-dimensional nanostructures from surface-reaction-limited pulsed chemical vapor deposition

J. Mater. Res. 28(03), 270–9, 2013

[24]

Shi J, Zhao P, Wang X.

Piezoelectric-polarization-enhanced photovoltaic performance in depleted-heterojunction quantum-dot solar cells

Adv. Mater. 25, 916–21, 2013

[23]

Shi J, Li ZD, Kvit A, Krylyuk S, Davydov A, Wang XD.

Electron microscopy observation of TiO2 nanocrystal evolution in high-temperature atomic layer deposition

Nano Lett. 13(11), 5727–34, 2013

[22]

Nikoobakht B, Wang X, Herzing A, Shi J.

Scalable synthesis and device integration of self-registered one-dimensional zinc oxide nanostructures and related materials

Chem. Soc. Rev. 42(1), 342–65, 2013

2012 Publications (4)

[21]

Starr MB, Shi J, Wang X.

Piezopotential-driven redox reactions at the surface of piezoelectric materials

Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51(24), 5962–6, 2012

[20]

Shi J, Wang X.

Hierarchical TiO2–Si nanowire architecture with photoelectrochemical activity under visible light illumination

Energy Environ. Sci. 5(7), 7918–22, 2012

[19]

Shi J*, Starr MB*, Wang X.

Band structure engineering at heterojunction interfaces via the piezotronic effect

Adv. Mater. 24(34), 4683–91, 2012

[18]

Leong M, Bayerl DJ, Shi J, Wang X.

Evolution of lead titanate nanostructures from nanoparticle self-assembly

Sci. Adv. Mater. 4(8), 832–6, 2012

2011 Publications (10)

[17]

Wang F, Seo J-H, Bayerl D, Shi J, Mi H, Ma Z, Zhao D, Shuai Y, Zhou W, Wang XD.

An aqueous solution-based doping strategy for large-scale synthesis of Sb-doped ZnO nanowires

Nanotechnology 22(22), 225602, 2011

[16]

Sun C, Shi J, Bayerl DJ, Wang X.

PVDF microbelts for harvesting energy from respiration

Energy Environ. Sci. 4(11), 4508–12, 2011

[15]

Hong H, Shi J, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Wang X, Cai W.

Zinc oxide nanowire as a novel platform for optical imaging

J. Nucl. Med. 52, 1558, 2011

[14]

Shi J, Wang X.

Functional semiconductor nanowires via vapor deposition

J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 29(6), 060801, 2011

[13]

Shi J, Wang X.

Growth of rutile titanium dioxide nanowires by pulsed chemical vapor deposition

Cryst. Growth Des. 11(4), 949–54, 2011

[12]

Shi J, Sun C, Starr MB, Wang X.

Growth of titanium dioxide nanorods in 3D-confined spaces

Nano Lett. 11(2), 624–31, 2011

[11]

Shi J, Starr MB, Xiang H, Hara Y, Anderson MA, Seo J-H, Ma ZQ, Wang XD.

Interface engineering by piezoelectric potential in ZnO-based photoelectrochemical anode

Nano Lett. 11(12), 5587–93, 2011

[10]

Shi J, Hong H, Ding Y, Yang Y, Wang F, Cai W, Wang XD.

Evolution of zinc oxide nanostructures through kinetics control

J. Mater. Chem. 21(25), 9000–8, 2011

[9]

Shi J, Hara Y, Sun C, Anderson MA, Wang X.

Three-dimensional high-density hierarchical nanowire architecture for high-performance photoelectrochemical electrodes

Nano Lett. 11(8), 3413–9, 2011

[8]

Hong H, Shi J, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Engle JW, Nickles RJ, Wang XD, Cai W.

Cancer-targeted optical imaging with fluorescent zinc oxide nanowires

Nano Lett. 11(9), 3744–50, 2011

[7]

He L, Shi J, Sun X, Lin M, Yu P, Li H.

Gold coated zinc oxide nanonecklaces as a SERS substrate

J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 11(4), 3509–15, 2011

2010 Publications (3)

[6]

Sun C, Shi J, Wang X.

Fundamental study of mechanical energy harvesting using piezoelectric nanostructures

J. Appl. Phys. 108(3), 034309, 2010

[5]

Shi J, Wang X.

Strain versus dislocation model for understanding the heteroepitaxial growth of nanowires

J. Phys. Chem. C 114(5), 2082–8, 2010

[4]

Shi J, Li C, Zhang Y, Li H.

Coupled heat and mass transfer in the entrance region of a circular tube with fully-developed parabolic flow and external convective heating

Heat Mass Transfer 46(5), 563–70, 2010

2009 Publications (2)

[3]

Shi J, Sun X, Zhang J, Lian J, Yu Q, Lin M, Li H.

Epitaxial growth of horizontally aligned zinc oxide nanonecklace arrays on r-plane sapphire

J. Phys. Chem. C 113(49), 20845–54, 2009

[2]

Shi J, Grutzik S, Wang X.

Zn cluster drifting effect for the formation of ZnO 3D nanoarchitecture

ACS Nano 3(6), 1594–602, 2009

2008 Publications (1)

[1]

Zhang J, Fan Q, Shi J, Xiao G, Gu M.

Microstructural evolution during self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of Ti-Al system

J Wuhan Univ Technol. 23(3), 381–5, 2008

News

2025

New Publication in Nature: Our work on "Long-Distance Remote Epitaxy" has been published in Nature (646, 584–591).

2025

Nature Reviews Physics: Perspective article on "Photogalvanic effects in non-centrosymmetric halide perovskites" published (Nat. Rev. Phys. 7, 270–279).

2025

Research Excellence Award: Received the RPI School of Engineering Research Excellence Award.

2024

Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow: Selected as Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow for work on superconducting quantum computing at the University of Chicago.

2024

Team Award: RPI School of Engineering Outstanding Research Team Award.

2023

IEEE Recognition: Received IEEE Ferroelectrics Young Investigator Award.

Jian Shi Research Group

Principal Investigator

Jian Shi, Professor

Current PhD Students and Postdocs

Postdoc (2025-present)

Jingxian Li | Ph.D. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor | Email: lij59@rpi.edu

PhD (2025-present)

Ahmed M Raiyan | B.S. in Materials Science at BUET | Email: raiyaa@rpi.edu

PhD (2025-present)

Adam Leicester | B.S. in Materials, and Physics at RPI | Email: leicea@rpi.edu

PhD (2021-present)

Skye Williams | B.S. in Physics at Stony Brook University | Email: willis11@rpi.edu

PhD (2023-present)

Hanxue Ma | B.S. Resource Recycling Science and Engineering at Dalian Univ of Tech.; M.S. Chemical Engineering at National Univ. of Singapore | Email: mah13@rpi.edu

PhD (2023-present)

Jiaqi Wang | B.S. Chemistry at East China University of Science and Technology; M.S. Materials at Washington University in St. Louis | Email: wangj64@rpi.edu

PhD (2022-present)

Zhizhuo Liang | B.S. Electrical Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology | Email: liangz7@rpi.edu

PhD (2021-present)

Mark Potter | B.S. Materials Science and Engineering at RPI | Email: pottem3@rpi.edu

PhD (2022-present)

Zixu Wang | B.S. Materials Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology | Email: wangz58@rpi.edu

PhD (2023-present)

Zhihao Zhang | B.S. Materials Science and Engineering at RPI | Email: zhangz32@rpi.edu

Current Undergraduate(s)

Paul Lea (Physics, RPI)

Alumni Group Members

Graduate Students and Postdoc Alumni

Denis Aglagul | B.S. Physics at Stony Brook University; M.S. RPI Physics

2023-2025

Ru Jia | B.S. Xiamen Univ. → Present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA

PhD 2018-2023

Saloni Pendse | B.S. College of Eng Pune, M.S. Univ of Florida → Present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA

PhD 2018-2023

Jie Jiang | Ph.D. Zhejiang Univ. → Present: Professor, Zhejiang University

Postdoc 2017-2023

Lifu Zhang | B.S./M.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. → Present: Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

PhD 2018-2022

Yang Hu | B.S. Nanjing Univ. → Present: Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA

PhD 2017-2021

Yuwei Guo | B.S. Nanyang Technological Univ → Present: Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA

PhD 2016-2020

Zhizhong Chen | B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. → Present: ASM, Inc., Phoenix, AZ

PhD 2015-2020

Yiping Wang | B.S. Shanghai Jiaotong Univ. → Present: Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID

PhD 2014-2018

Exchange Students

  • Adriana Messalli (MSE, Technical University of Denmark)
  • Jeppe Ormstrup (MSE, Technical University of Denmark)

Undergraduate Alumni

  • Anna Capuano (MSE, RPI) → Ph.D. student at NCSU
  • Zhihao Zhang (MSE, RPI) → Ph.D. student at RPI
  • Adam Morrow (MSE, RPI)
  • Ryan Hawks (MSE, RPI) → Ph.D. student at Penn State Univ.
  • Ziwei Liang (MSE, RPI)
  • Zhuoqun Wen (MSE, RPI) → Ph.D student at Univ. Michigan
  • Xiaochuang Yuan (MSE, RPI) → Amazon
  • Yuhan Shi (ECE, RPI) → Ph.D. student at UCSD
  • Jiawei Tan (MSE, RPI) → Ph.D. student at UCLA
  • Yuwei Guo (MSE, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) → Apple, Inc.
  • Aaron Markel (MSE, RPI)
  • Patrick Strohbeen (MSE, RPI) → Ph.D. student at Univ. Wisconsin at Madison

High School Students Alumni

  • Deena Mousa (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY) → Yale University
  • Caroline Yin (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY) → Barnard College, Columbia University
  • Irene Jeong (Emma Willard School, Troy, NY) → University of Pennsylvania

Funding Support

Jian Shi is grateful for the generous funding support from the following agencies:

Federal Agencies

  • National Science Foundation
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Army Research Office
  • Department of Energy
  • Office of Naval Research

Foundations & State

  • Simons Foundation
  • New York State of Opportunity

Industry Partners

  • IBM
  • AMAT (Applied Materials)

Openings for Postdocs and PhD Students

🎓 Join Our Research Group

My research group currently has several openings for postdoctoral researchers and PhD students interested in working on topological materials and quantum computing.

Research Areas:

  • Noncentrosymmetric semiconductors
  • Tunable quantum and topological materials
  • Coherent spintronic and quantum devices
  • Superconducting qubits and circuit quantum electrodynamics
  • Van der Waals epitaxy and strain engineering

What We Offer:

  • Access to state-of-the-art facilities and equipment at RPI
  • Collaboration with IBM quantum computing platforms (Eagle 127-qubit and Heron 156-qubit processors)
  • Interdisciplinary research environment

Qualifications:

  • Candidates are not required to have a specific background
  • Strong motivation and passion for cutting-edge research in materials science and quantum technologies
  • For PhD applicants: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Materials Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
  • For Postdoc applicants: PhD in relevant field

How to Apply:

Please send your application materials to shij4@rpi.edu