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’s 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

“Incorporation of Si and Sn donors in β-Ga₂O₃ through surface reconstructions,” M. Wang, S. Mu, and C. G. Van de Walle, J. Appl. Phys., 130, 185703 (2021). (Editor’s pick)

“Adsorption and Diffusion of Aluminum on β-Ga₂O₃ (010) Surfaces,” M. Wang, S. Mu, and C. G. Van de Walle, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 13, 10650 (2021).

“Mechanism of the accelerated water formation reaction under interfacial confinement,” M Wang, C Zhou, N Akter, WT Tysoe, JA Boscoboinik, D Lu, ACS Catal., 10, 6119, (2020).

“Immobilization of single Ar atoms in two-dimensional zeolite nano-cages,” 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

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