Li Wan

Synthetic Materials and Functional Devices
+49 345 5582 783
C.1.07

Li obtained his PhD in Physics at Imperial College London in 2020, under the supervision of Profs. Alasdair J. Campbell and Matthew J. Fuchter. After postdoctoral studies at Linköping University with Prof. Feng Gao and at our institute with Prof. Xinliang Feng, Li is now a European Research Council (ERC) funded Principal Investigator, and leads Chiral Optoelectronics group.

Academic employment

  • 11/2020– 11/2022: Postdoctoral researcher, Linköping University, Sweden.
  • 02/2023 – 02/2025: Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany
  • 03/2025 – present: ERC PI and Independent Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany.

Funding

ERC Starting Grant FastE-Chiral, Grant agreement ID: 101162601

Scientific achievements and recognition

General expertise concerning chiral materials, organic optoelectronics (organic light-emitting diodes, photodiodes) , chiral optical spectroscopies, electronic structure, organic thin film morphology. Research publications have attracted over 740 citations in journals such as Nature Photonics, Nature Communications, ACS Nano, Advanced Functional Materials. International recognition with numerous prestigious awards. Peer Reviewers of scientific journals (e.g., Nature Communications, Angewandte Chemie, etc.) and international research funding (e.g., SNSF grants)

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