Prof. Han Wang

Professor
University of Hong Kong

 


Han Wang joined the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2023 as a full professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He also directs the Institute of Mind at HKU. He received the B.A. degree in electrical and information science from Cambridge University in 2007 and his PhD degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2013. From 2013 to 2014, he worked at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. From 2014 to 2023, he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California, first as an Assistant Professor and later as a tenured Associate Professor. In 2021-2023, he also led the Low Dimensional Material Research department at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Corporate Research, in parallel to his faculty position at USC. His research interests include semiconductor materials and microelectronics technology for advanced computing, communication and sensing. His work has been recognized with numerous awards including the United States Army Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (Army-ECASE), IEEE Nanotechnology Council Early Career Award, the United States Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, US National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) Roger A. Haken Best Paper Award and the MIT Jin-Au Kong Best Doctoral Thesis Award. He was also the IEEE Nanotechnology Council Distinguished Lecturer 2020-2021.