Qiaoqiang Gan

Gan's research focuses on applying the power of nanomaterial and structure processing and engineering for sustainability and photonics energy.

M. Zhou , H. Song , X. Xu , A. Shahsafi , Z. Xia , Z. Ma , M. Kats , J. Zhu , B. Ooi , Q. Gan, Z. Yu, Vapor condensation with daytime radiative cooling, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 118, e2019292118 (2021).
L. Zhou, H. Song, N. Zhang, M. Singer, H. Zhang, B. Ooi, Z. Yu, Q. Gan, Hybrid concentrated radiative cooling and solar heating in a single system, Cell Reports Physical Science 2, 100338 (2021)
H. Hu, Q. Gan, Q. Zhan, Generation of non-diffracting superchiral optical needle for circular dichroism imaging of sparse sub-diffraction objects, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 223901 (2019).
L. Zhou, H. Song, J. Liang, M. Singer, M. Zhou, E. Stegenburgs, N. Zhang, C. Xu, T. Ng, Z. Yu, B. S. Ooi, Q. Gan, A polydimethylsiloxane coated metal structure for all-day radiative cooling, Nature Sustainability 2, 718 (2019)
H. Song, L. Guo, Z. Liu, K. Liu, X. Zeng, D. Ji, N. Zhang, S. Jiang, Q. Gan, Nanocavity enhancement for ultra-thin film optical absorption, Adv. Mater. 26, 2737 (2014)

Ph.D. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lehigh University, Sep. 2010
M.S. Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China, July 2006
B.S. Department of Material Science, Fudan University, Shanghai China, July 2003

2021-present: Full Professor, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2020-2021: Full Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
2017-2020: Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
2011-2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Sustainability Energy Nanophotonics Thermal management Biosensing