Welcome to Rui Yang group! We keep seeking talented, enthusiastic and hard-working students who would like to work on emerging nanoscale sensing and computing devices and integrated systems in the Post Moore era.
Principle Investigator (PI)
Rui Yang, Ph.D.
| Professor, Ph.D. Advisor (2024-present), Electrical Engineering, UM-SJTU Joint Institute (JI), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |
| Associate Professor, Ph.D. Advisor (2022-2024), Electrical Engineering, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |
| Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Advisor (2018-2021), Electrical Engineering, UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |
| Postdoc, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, CA, USA (2016-2018) Advisor: Prof. H.-S. Philip Wong and Prof. Jonathan Fan |
| Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA (2016) Advisor: Prof. Philip X.-L. Feng |
| Awards: (1) National Excellent Young Scientist (2) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Excellent Class Tutor Award (3) 2DM Emerging Young Scientist Award from 2024 International Forum on Graphene (4) Excellent Young Scientist Award from the 3rd National Conference on Electronic Information Materials and Devices, 2024. (5) Scientific Innovation Award from the 2nd Symposium on Smart Materials and Optoelectronic Devices, 2024. (6) 2023 Shanghai “Rising Star” Program (7) UM-SJTU JI 2023 Research Excellence Award (8) 2019 Shanghai Sailing Program (9) 2019 “Cutting-Edge Technology Junior Faculty Award” Organized by China Association for Science and Technology (10) 2019 Forbes China “30 Under 30” Award in Science Category (11) Young Scientist Award in Microsystems & Nanoengineering Summit 2019 (MINE 2019) (12) Ruth Barber Moon Award (2015) |
| Funding Sources: (1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (2) National Excellent Young Scientist Funding (3) Shanghai Science and Technology Committee (STCSM) (4) Lingang Laboratory Open Research Funding (5) Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST) National Key Research and Development Project (6) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Major Frontier Exploration Program (7) Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Laboratory Research Funding (8) Shanghai Jiao Tong University State Key Laboratory Open Research Funding |
| Editorial Member: (1) Associate Editor of Microsystems & Nanoengineering (2) Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (3) Reviews Editor of Nanotechnology (4) Associate Editor of Micro & Nano Letters (5) Editorial Board Member of Chip |
| Contact: rui.yang@sjtu.edu.cn |
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Ph.D. Students
Yueyang Jia
| Ph.D. Student from Spring 2021 |
| M.S. Student from Fall 2019 to Spring 2021 |
| B.S. from UM-SJTU JI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2019 |
| Research Area: Nonvolatile memories and in-memory computing devices and integrated systems |
Maosong Xie
| Ph.D. Student from Fall 2020 |
| Field Application Engineer in Hangzhou Semitronix Corporation from 2019 to 2020 |
| Master Degree from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in 2019 |
| Bachelor Degree from Hefei University of Technology (HFUT) in 2017 |
| Research Area: Memory devices based on 2D materials, with coupling to mechanics and optoelectronics |
Jianyong Wei
| Ph.D. Student from Fall 2020 |
| Master Degree from Zhengzhou University in 2020 |
| Bachelor Degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2015 |
| Research Area: Optoelectronic and memory devices based on 2D materials |
Yijian Zhang
| Ph.D. Student from Fall 2021 |
| B.S. from Dalian University of Technology in 2021 |
| Research Area: In-memory computing device and circuit design |
Zuheng Liu
| Ph.D. Student from Spring 2022 |
| M.S. Student from Fall 2020 to Spring 2022 |
| B.S. from UM-SJTU JI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2020 |
| Research Area: Functional 2D NEMS devices |
Zhentao Lian
| Ph.D. Student from Fall 2020 (Joined our group in 2022) |
| Marketing in Keboda Technology Co. Ltd. from 2019 to 2020 |
| Master Degree from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) in 2019 |
| Bachelor Degree from China University of Petroleum (UPC) in 2016 |
| Research Area: Optoelectronic and memory devices based on 2D and 0D materials |
Xueqin Yang
| Ph.D. Student from Fall 2023 |
| Device engineer in Gigadevice Semiconductor Inc. from 2021 to 2023 |
| M.S. from Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2021 |
| B.S. from Hohai University in 2018 |
| Research Area: Ferroelectric memory and its application in neuromorphic computing |
Shuai Yuan
| Ph.D. Student from Fall 2023 |
| B.S. from ShanghaiTech University in 2023 |
| Research Area: 2D NEMS Physical Properties and Applications |
Yuzhuo Liu
| Ph.D. Student from Fall 2024 |
| B.S. from UM-SJTU JI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2024 |
| Research Area: Emerging resistive memory and computing devices and systems |
Lingyu Zhu
| Ph.D. Student from Fall 2024 |
| M.S. form South China Normal University in 2024 |
| B.S. from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2021 |
| Research Area: Novel NEMS Devices and Applications Based on 2D Materials |
M.S. Students
Minliang Shen
| M.S. Student from Fall 2022 |
| B.S. from UM-SJTU JI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2022 |
| Research Area: Nanoscale devices for memory, selector and neuromorphic computing |
Xiaoyu Guo
| M.S. Student from Fall 2023 |
| B.S. from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2023 |
| Research Area: Memory and neuromorphic computing devices based on new materials |
Undergraduate Students
Yichen Gao
| Pre-admissed Ph.D. Student from 2025 |
| Undergraduate Student from UM-SJTU JI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Research Area: Emerging Nonvolatile Memories and Applications |
Alumni
Dr. Pengcheng Zhang
| Position after SJTU: Postdoctoral Scholar at ETH Zurich | |
| Ph.D. Student in JI from Fall 2019 to Summer 2024 | |
| B.S. from Sichuan University in 2019 | |
| Research Area: Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) based on 2D materials | |
| Outstanding Graduate in Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |
| Best Research Work Award, American Vacuum Society 68th International Symposium & Exhibition (AVS 68), the MEMS/NEMS Technical Group | |
| Best Student Paper Finalist, Joint Conf. IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and the European Frequency and Time Forum (EFTF-IFCS 2023) | |
| Outstanding Student Paper Award Finalist, IEEE International Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (MEMS 2024) |
Sheng Shen
| Position after SJTU: Soaring at Nvidia |
| M.S. Student in JI from 2019 to 2022 |
| B.S. from UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2019 |
| Research Area: Selector devices for RRAMs |
Jiahao Sun
| Position after SJTU: Penghua Fund (AI related work) |
| M.S. Student in JI from Fall 2021 to Summer 2024 |
| B.S. from UM-SJTU JI, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2021 |
| Research Area: In-memory collision detection circuit design based on emerging memories |