Haoran Yang Email & Phone Number

Union City, Ca, Us

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 short-wavelength infrared (SWIR). Innovations were awarded for six trade secrets. • 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