Xu Zhang

Xu Zhang is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He joined CMU in 2019 as a tenure-track assistant professor. Before joining CMU, he worked as an Argonne Scholar at Argonne National Laboratory (2018–2019) and as a postdoctoral associate at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories (2017–2018). He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and his B.S. in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China. His research interests include advanced electronic and photonic devices based on emerging nanomaterials, with current directions spanning extreme transistor scaling, high frequency electronics, neuromorphic computing for AI hardware, and tunable photonic devices, with applications across computing, energy, communications, and sensing.

Xu Zhang is a researcher at Carnegie Mellon University specializing in 2D materials, nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, and kirigami actuators. His work explores the synthesis and application of 2D materials such as graphene, MoS2, and WSe2 for advanced electronic and optoelectronic devices. Zhang's research includes flexible rectennas for wireless energy harvesting, high-performance 2D complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technologies, and the development of 3D graphene-nanowire thermal interfaces. His studies also focus on the role of interfacial oxides and functionalization in enhancing material properties for solar cells and neuronal devices. Zhang's contributions highlight the potential of 2D materials in next-generation nanoscale electronics and energy systems.