CV

General Information
  • Full Name
    Peng Wu (吴朋)
  • Email
    pengw [at] mit.edu
Research Interests
    • Experimental study on nanoscale transistors based on two-dimensional (2D) materials for beyond-CMOS applications, such as hardware security and in-memory computing
    • Low-power steep-slope transistors, including TFET and cold-source/Dirac-source FET
    • Semiconductor physics and electron transport in nanoscale transistors
Education
  • Aug. 2015 - Oct. 2021
    PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Purdue University
    • GPA: 4.0/4.0
  • Aug. 2011 - Jul. 2015
    Bachelor in Microelectronics
    Tsinghua University
    • GPA: 92.9/100
Experience
  • Nov. 2021 - Now
    Postdoctoral Associate
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Laboratory of Electronics
    • Advisor: Prof. Jing Kong
  • Aug. 2015 - Oct. 2021
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Purdue University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    • Advisor: Prof. Joerg Appenzeller
  • Sep. 2014 - Jul. 2015
    Undergraduate Researcher
    Tsinghua University, Institute of Microelectronics
    • Advisors: Prof. Zhiping Yu & Prof. Jinyu Zhang
  • Apr. 2014 - Sep. 2014
    Undergraduate Exchange Student Researcher
    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of ECE
    • Advisor: Prof. Mansun Chan
Professional Services
  • Reviewer
    • Nature
    • Nature Electronics
    • Nature Communications
    • Advanced Materials
    • Nano Letters
    • ACS Applied Nano Materials
    • ACS Applied Electronic Materials
    • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (Golden Reviewer, 2022)
    • IEEE Electron Device Letters (Golden Reviewer, 2020-2022)
    • Journal of Computational Electronics
    • physica status solidi (a)
  • Membership
    • IEEE, Electron Devices Society
  • Volunteer
    • MIT.nano tour guide:
      Guided tours to 20+ people to the nanofabrication and characterization facilities at MIT.nano.
Honors and Awards
  • 2020
    Runner-up, Science Communication Shark Tank Competition at Birck Nanotechnology Center
  • 2018
    Third Place Poster Prize, 3rd Annual Microelectronics Integrity Meeting Poster Contest
  • 2017
    Best Poster Award, SRC LEAST Center Annual Review
  • 2015
    Outstanding Graduate, Tsinghua University
  • 2012-2014
    Scholarship for Academic/Comprehensive Excellence, Tsinghua University