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Overview


Dr. Haozhe "Harry" Wang completed his Ph.D. training at MIT EECS in 2020 and postdoctoral study at MIT AeroAstro until 2021. Before joining Duke in 2023, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech. The Wang Lab is committed to advancing engineering strategies for atomic layers, integral to futuristic computing paradigms.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering · 2023 - Present Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering

In the News


Published May 20, 2025
Haozhe “Harry” Wang Receives NSF CAREER Award to Test the Limits of MXenes
Published August 7, 2023
Haozhe “Harry” Wang: Perfecting Nanoscale Materials Fabrication for Quantum Systems

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Recent Publications


Synthesis of broadband multilayer metamaterial absorbers based on spatially variable 3D-printed structures and MXenes

Journal Article Physical Review Applied · December 1, 2025 We introduce a systematic approach for enhancing the absorbance of multilayer metamaterial absorbers (MMA) by combining deep-subwavelength spatially variable dielectric substrates with the increased Ohmic losses of MXene resonators. We choose MXenes to for ... Full text Cite

Surface termination engineering of 2D titanium carbides for light-activated soft robotics applications

Journal Article Matter · November 5, 2025 The transition metal carbide (TMC) Ti3C2Tx features high conductivity, photothermal conversion, and flexibility, making it promising for light-driven soft actuators. However, conventional synthesis often results in fluorine ... Full text Cite

Zero-Shot Autonomous Microscopy for Scalable and Intelligent Characterization of 2D Materials.

Journal Article ACS nano · October 2025 Characterization of atomic-scale materials traditionally requires human experts with months to years of specialized training. Even for trained human operators, accurate and reliable characterization remains challenging when examining newly discovered mater ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


CAREER: Atomic Precise Engineering of MXenes Toward the Intrinsic Properties

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2025 - 2030

Machine learning approach for intelligent electronic manufacturing

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute · 2025 - 2029

MXene-cellulose soft robotics

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Forest Service · 2024 - 2026

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Education, Training & Certifications


Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 2021 Ph.D.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) · 2015 M.Sc.Eng.
Northwestern University · 2014 M.S.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China) · 2012 B.S.

External Links


The Wang Lab