Dr. Zhen Wang, who received her PhD from South China University of Technology in 2021, joined Southern University of Science and Technology as a postdoctoral researcher in September 2021 and is currently a research assistant professor. Dr. Zhen Wang focuses on novel integrated sense-memory devices and their applications in neuromorphic computing, especially on the design of optically controlled multi-resistance memory devices and their multi-functional applications in the field of edge computing. In recent years, he has published more than 10 academic papers, including 9 papers as the first author or corresponding author, and has been invited to attend academic conferences at home and abroad to make presentations. Participated in 5 projects, including Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Youth/Surface of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Science and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen.

Educational Background

2016-2021, Ph.D., South China University of Technology, China

2012-2016, B.S., Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China

Professional Experience

2024-Now, Research Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

2021-2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Honors & Awards

2024-IEEE 3M-NANO Conference Contribution Award

2016-Postgraduate Scholarship at South China University of Technology

Research Interests

Optically controlled resistive memory devices, low-dimensional semiconductor materials, and electronic devices

Selected Publications

1. Jingyi Zhou, Biyi Jiang, Huansong Tang, Zhen Wang*, Oxide-based Optical Synapses with Low Consumption for In-Sensor Reservoir Computing, 9th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM) Conference, Hong Kong, China, accepted (2025).

2. Wei Han#, Zhen Wang#, Shuang Guan#, Jiayun Wei, Yunrui Jiang, Longhui Zeng, Liangping Shen, Daohong Yang and Hao Wang*, “Recent advances of phase transition and ferroelectric device in two-dimensional In2Se3”, Applied Physics Reviews, 11, 021314 (2024).

3. Jiayi Xu#, Zhifeng Guo#, Khalil Harrabi, Zhen Wang*, Yida Li, Feichi Zhou*, “A Novel Low-Energy Memristor with Coexisting Synaptic and Neuronal Behaviours”, 21st International Conference on IC Design and Technology (ICICDT), Sep, Singapore (2024).

4. Zhifeng Guo#, Jiayi Xu#, Songhua Cai, Zhen Wang*, Yida Li, Feichi Zhou*, “A Two-Terminal, Broadband, Low-Energy Optical Synaptic Device for Optical Encoding”, IEEE International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on the Nanoscale (3M-NANO), July-August, Zhongshan, China (2024).

5. Zhen Wang, Wei Han, Jiang Zhang, Qinghua Fan and Yanming Zhao*,”Superconducting YB6 Nanowires”, Ceramics International, 47, 23788–23793 (2021).

6. Zhen Wang, Wei Han, Qinghua Fan and Yanming Zhao*, “High Pressure Growth, Magnetic, and Electrical Properties of EuB6 Nanowires”, 2021, Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters, 15, 2100249 (2021).

7. Zhen Wang and Wei Han*, “Recent Developments on Rare-earth Hexaboride”, Sustainability, 13, 13970 (2021).

8. Zhen Wang, Wei Han, Quan Kuang, Qinghua Fan and Yanming Zhao*, “Low-temperature synthesis of CeB6 nanowires and nanoparticles as feasible lithium-ion anode materials”, Advanced Powder Technology, 31, 595–603 (2020).

9. Zhen Wang, Lei Chen, Jingjie Feng, Shenghong Liu, Yang Wang, Qinghua Fan, Yanming Zhao*, In-situ Grown SnO2 Nanospheres on Reduced GO Nanosheets as Advanced Anodes for Lithium-ion Batteries, ChemistryOpen, 8, 712–718 (2019).

10. Wei Han, Zhen Wang, Qidong Li, Xin Lian, Xudong Liu, Qinghua Fan, Yanming Zhao*, Semiconductor-insulator transition in a YbB6 nanowire with boron vacancy, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 262, 244–250 (2018).

11. Wei Han, Zhen Wang, Qidong Li, Huatao Liu, Qinghua Fan, Youzhong Dong, Quan Kuang, Yanming Zhao*, Autoclave growth, magnetic, and optical properties of GdB6 nanowires, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 256, 53–59 (2017).