About

Purdue University/Rebecca McElhoeDr. Letian Dou is currently the Charles Davidson Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. He obtained his B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University in 2009 and Ph.D. from UCLA Materials Science in 2014 working with Prof. Yang Yang (co-advised by Prof. Fred Wudl @UCSB in 2013). From 2014 to 2017, he was a Postdoc Fellow working with Prof. Peidong Yang at the Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research interest includes the synthesis of hybrid materials, organic semiconductors, halide perovskites, and related optoelectronic properties and their device applications. He is also a pioneer in polymer single crystal chemistry and materials. He has published over 60 papers with more than 18000 citations (H index = 43 as of July 2021).

3053B Forney Hall
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering
Purdue University

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Chemist Postdoc Fellow                                                                         2014-2017
University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering                                      2009-2014
Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
B.S. in Chemistry                                                                                  2005-2009

Research Experience

Postdoc Fellow
University of California, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
California Research Alliance by BASF                                              2014-2017
Advisor: Prof. Peidong Yang
Projects:
1) Inorganic and hybrid perovskites nanomaterials and devices;
2) Ultra thin core-shell nanowires for transparent electrodes.
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Graduate Student Researcher

University of California, Los Angeles                                               2009-2014
Advisor: Prof. Yang Yang
Projects:
1) Design of small band gap conjugated polymers for high efficiency tandem and semi-transparent solar cells;
2) Thin film morphology and charge transport characterizations;
3) Polymer and perovskite near IR photodetetors.
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Undergraduate Student Researcher

Peking University                                                                                  2006-2009
Advisor: Prof. Xinhua Wan
Projects:
1) Synthesis of electrochromic materials;
2) Chiral near-infrared electrochromic and chiral optical switching materials.
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Visiting Student

University of California, Santa Barbara                                            2013
Advisor: Prof. Fred Wudl
Projects:
1) Design and synthesis of novel polymer single crystals by photochemistry;
2) Design and synthesis of new electron acceptors for organic electronic devices.

Awards and Honors

  • American Made Solar Prize (2021)
  • Charles Davidson Rising Star Assistant Professorship by Purdue University (2020)
  • College of Engineering Outstanding Teacher (2020)
  • International Association of Advanced Materials Young Scientist Award (2020)
  • Highly Cited Researcher in Cross-Fields (top 0.1%) by Clarivate Analytics (2019, 2020)
  • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2019)
  • MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 China (2018)
  • Materials Research Society Graduate Student Awards (2014)
  • UCLA Materials Science Department Award (2014)
  • The Link Foundation Energy Fellowship (2013-2015)
  • Chinese Government Award For Outstanding Students Abroad (2013)
  • Materials Research Society Travel Awards (2013)
  • Student Award by Society of Information Display (SID) – LA Chapter (2011)