Haoran Yang Email & Phone Number

Union City, CA, US

San Francisco Bay Area

• Led development of III-V and II-VI colloidal quantum dot (QD) materials for next-generation infrared (IR) sensors.
• Drove chemistry and process development for new materials and devices from lab-scale R&D to fab-scale validation. Qualified a new techno platform that extends sensing wavelength range from near infrared (NIR) to.
• Managed collaborative efforts among external vendors and internal R&D and production teams, overseeing process transfer and scale-up at vendor sites, ensuring timely supply of quality materials to the production team.
• Led quality control methodology development, validating measurement systems, defining specifications using a data-driven approach, implementing statistical process control techniques to enhance consistency.
• Drove failure analysis and root cause diagnosis for technical issues.

San Francisco Bay Area

Cupertino, California

Berkeley, CA

• Develop core-shell quantum dots (QDs) for solid-state lighting utilizing high-throughput, automated robots (Symyx CM2 & Freeslate CM3);
• Study the QD growth kinetics and mechanism through a combination of high-throughput experiments and computational simulations;
• Develop and optimize robotic processes for nanomaterial chemistry
• Work collaboratively with academic and industrial researchers to meet grant milestones and write progress reports for funding agencies
• In charge of training of the junior lab members, support the external users of the robots

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Studied charge transport dynamics in quantum dot thin films, doping of quantum dot solids, and quantum dot based electronic devices
• Wrote research proposal and awarded fellowship funding (16k for two years)
• Led and research projects and established collaboration with external researcher
• Wrote research article manuscripts; presented in both academic and non-academic conferences
• Tutored masters and undergraduate students

• Dissertation: Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials Based on Solution Phase Synthesis: Towards Efficiency and Sustainability
• Synthesized various chalcogenide nanocrystals, nanowires and heterostructures, and studied their thermoelectric properties
• Experienced in reaction scale-up and reaction optimization with green-chemistry principles

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Materials Engineering