Zhaojie Wang graduated from University of California, Riverside in 2012, where he received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. He also hold a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2007. His research focuses on thermal conductivity of semiconductors and ceramics, and his other research interests include renewable energy, thermoelectric and solid state laser materials, clean room microfabrication techniques, thermal conductivity characterization and modeling.