Ph. D. Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (2007)
Dr. Cao's research experience has been in the optical and
magneto-optical investigation of low-dimensional electronic and magnetic
solids, strongly correlated systems, and novel molecular magnets. He is
currently working on strain engineering of phase transition in
transition metal oxide nanomaterials, and junction thermoelectrics.
Graduate Students:
Devesh R. Khanal
Fifth Year Graduate Student
dkhanal at berkeley dot edu
 
B.A. Physics, Lewis & Clark College (2005)
Mr. Khanal arrived at Berkeley in the Fall of 2005. He spent
his first year working on engineering metal impurities in
dirty silicon for low-cost solar cells with the Weber Group.
In the summer of 2006, he worked at SunPower Corporation in San
Jose, CA on improving solar cell wafer strength. He joined the
Wu group that summer and now works on advanced characterization
and modeling of semiconductor nanowires.
Joanne Yim
Fifth Year Graduate Student
jwyim at berkeley dot edu
 
B.S. Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology (2005)
Ms. Yim joined the Wu group in summer of 2006. Her research includes
growth and characterization of oxide nanowires and their phase transitions, and alloyed nanostructures for thermoelectric applications.
Greg Brown
Third Year Graduate Student
gregoryfbrown at berkeley dot edu
 
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Case Western Reserve University (2007)
Mr. Brown joined the Wu group in fall of 2007. He currently works on characterizing CIGS thin film solar cells.
Tyler Matthews
Second Year Graduate Student
tmatthews3 at earthlink dot net
 
B.S. Specialized Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008)
Mr. Matthews works on integrated nitride/oxide nanostructures and oxide photovoltaics.
Alejandro Levander
Second Year Graduate Student
alejandro dot levander at berkeley dot edu
 
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (2008)
Mr. Levander works on nanowire junction thermoelectrics and intermediate band thermoelectrics.
Jian Zhou
First Year Graduate Student
jackjones at berkeley dot edu
 
B.S. Physics, Fudan University (2009)
Mr. Zhou joined the Wu group in fall of 2009. He currently works on low dimensional complex oxides and their strain induced phase transition.
Wen Fan
Visiting Fourth Year Graduate Student
fanwen at berkeley dot edu
 
B.S. Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, University of Science and Technology, China (2006)
Ms. Fan joined the Wu group in September of 2008. She is working on metal oxide nanowires and mechanical analysis of nanowires.
Deyi Fu
Visiting Fourth Year Graduate Student
dyfu at berkeley dot edu
 
B.S. Physics, Xiamen University, China (2006)
Mr. Fu joined the Wu group in September of 2009 from Nanjing University, China. He is currently working on oxide nanostructures and their photovoltaic and thermoelectric applications.
Alex Luce
First Year Graduate Student
avluce at berkeley dot edu
 
B.S Engineering Physics, University of Arizona (2009)
Mr. Luce joined the Wu group in the Fall of 2009. He works on an intermediate-band solar cell project.
Undergraduate Students:
Alvin Tang
Third Year Undergraduate
tangalvin at berkeley dot edu
 
Engineering Physics Major, U.C. Berkeley
Mr. Tang works with Tyler on growing copper and nickel oxide nanowires.
Zelin Yang
Second Year Undergraduate
woshizelin at berkeley dot edu
 
Materials Science & Engineering Major, U.C. Berkeley
Mr. Yang works with Alejandro Levander on nanowire junction thermoelectrics.
Deirdre Chen
First Year Undergraduate
deirdre dot chen at gmail dot com
 
Ms. Chen works with Joanne on growing and characterizing ZnTe/ZnSe nanowires.
Group Alumni:
Bin Xiang
Postdoc 2007-2008
bxiang102@gmail.com
Simon Huang
Undergraduate student, 2007-2009
simon75312@gmail.com
Current: Graduate Student, University of Michigan
Kevin Wang
Undergraduate student, 2006-2008
kevinwang@berkeley.edu
Current: Graduate Student, U. C. Berkeley