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You Zhou received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University and was a postdoctoral scholar at Harvard before joining the University of Maryland.

He is leading an experimental group studying the fundamental materials and device physics of quantum materials, to develop next-generation information and energy technologies. Particular materials systems include complex oxides with strong electron correlation effects, 2D materials, and their interfaces.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Harvard University, 2015

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science, 2018

• Materials synthesis
• 2D materials and heterostructures
• Transition metal oxides
• Electronic and optical materials and devices

Spring: ENMA 436/ENMA 636 Introduction to Quantum Materials and Devices

Selected Recent Publications

• Y. Zhou, J. Sung, E. Brutschea, I. Esterlis, Y. Wang, G. Scuri, R. J. Gelly, H. Heo, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, G. Zaránd, M. D. Lukin, P. Kim, E. Demler & H. Park. Bilayer Wigner crystals in a transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructure. Nature, in press, ArXiv:2010.03037 (2021).

• J. Sung, Y. Zhou, G. Scuri, V. Zolyomi, T. I. Andersen, H. Yoo, D. S. Wild, A. Y. Joe, R. J. Gelly, H. Heo, S. J. Magorrian, D. Berube, A. M. Valdivia, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. D. Lukin, P. Kim, V. I. Falko & H. Park. Broken mirror symmetry in excitonic response of reconstructed domains in twisted MoSe₂/MoSe₂ bilayers. Nature Nanotechnology, published online (2020). (News by Nature Nanotechnology)

• G. Scuri*, T. I. Andersen*, Y. Zhou*, D. S. Wild, J. Sung, R. J. Gelly, D. Berube, H. Heo, L. Shao, A. Y. Joe, A. M. Valdivia, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, M. Loncar, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin & H. Park. Electrically tunable valley dynamics in twisted WSe₂/WSe₂ bilayers. Physical Review Letter, 124, 217403 (2020). (News by Nature Reviews Materials)

• Y. Zhou, G. Scuri, J. Sung, R. Gelly, D.S. Wild, K. De Greve, A.Y. Joe, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M.D. Lukin & H. Park. Controlling excitons in an atomically thin membrane with a mirror. Physical Review Letter 124, 027401 (2020). (Chosen as Editor’s suggestion)

• P. Roney, A. Shahsafi, Y. Zhou, Z. Zhang, Y. Xiao, C. Wan, R. Wambold, J. Salman, Z. Yu, J. Li, J. T. Sadowski, R. Comin, S. Ramanathan & M.A. Kats. Temperature-independent thermal radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, 26402-26406 (2019).

• G. Scuri*, Y. Zhou*, A.A. High*, D.S. Wild*, C. Shu, K. De Greve, L.A. Jauregui, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M. D. Lukin & H. Park. Large excitonic reflectivity of monolayer MoSe₂ encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride. Physical Review Letter 120, 037401 (2018). (News and Views by Nature)

• Y. Zhou*, G. Scuri*, D. S. Wild*, A.A. High*, A. Dibos, L.A. Jauregui, C. Shu, K. De Greve, K. Pistunova, A. Y. Joe, T. Taniguchi, K. Watanabe, P. Kim, M.D. Lukin & H. Park. Probing dark excitons in atomically thin semiconductors via near-field coupling to surface plasmon polaritons. Nature Nanotechnology 12, 856–860 (2017). (News and Views by Nature Nanotechnology)

• Y. Zhou, X. Guan, H. Zhou, K. Ramadoss, S. Adam, H. Liu, S. Lee, J. Shi, M. Tsuchiya, D.D. Fong & S. Ramanathan. Strongly correlated perovskite fuel cells. Nature 534, 231–234 (2016). (News and Views by Nature Energy)

• Y. Zhou & S. Ramanathan. Mott memory and neuromorphic devices. Proceedings of the IEEE 103, 1289–1310 (2015)

• Y. Zhou*, J. Park*, J. Shi, M. Chhowalla, H. Park, D.A. Weitz & S. Ramanathan. Control of emergent properties at a correlated oxide interface with graphene. Nano Letters 15, 1627–1634 (2015).

• J. Shi*, Y. Zhou* & S. Ramanathan. Colossal resistance switching and band gap modulation in a perovskite nickelate by electron doping. Nature Communications 5, 5860 (2014)

• Y. Zhou, X. Chen, C. Ko, Z. Yang, C. Mouli & S. Ramanathan. Voltage-triggered ultrafast phase transition in vanadium dioxide switches. Electron Device Letters, IEEE 34, 220–222 (2013)