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| Yulin Chen | |
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| Name | Yulin Chen |
| Native name | 陈玉琳 |
| Birth date | 1970s |
| Birth place | Shanghai, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Fields | Physics; Materials Science; Nanotechnology |
| Institutions | Peking University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Tsinghua University; Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley |
| Alma mater | Fudan University; California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Zare |
| Known for | Two-dimensional materials; graphene; transition metal dichalcogenides |
| Awards | Humboldt Research Award; National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars |
Yulin Chen is a physicist and materials scientist known for experimental studies of two-dimensional materials, surface science, and nanoscale electronic phenomena. Her work spans synthesis, characterization, and device integration of graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides, and she has held positions at leading research universities and national laboratories. Chen's research bridges condensed matter physics, materials chemistry, and nanotechnology, contributing to understanding of electronic structure, interface physics, and quantum transport.
Born in Shanghai, Chen completed undergraduate studies at Fudan University where she majored in physics and conducted research in surface spectroscopy under faculty affiliated with the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics. She moved to the United States for graduate study at the California Institute of Technology, earning a Ph.D. in applied physics with a thesis supervised by Richard Zare that combined molecular beam techniques and scanning probe microscopy. Postdoctoral work followed at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she collaborated with groups in condensed matter physics and nanofabrication, engaging with researchers from the IBM Research labs and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Chen began her independent career as an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics before accepting a joint appointment at Peking University and an affiliated role at the Tsinghua University School of Materials Science. She has held visiting researcher positions at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and served on advisory panels for the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Chen has organized sessions at conferences such as the Materials Research Society meetings and the American Physical Society March Meeting, and she has supervised doctoral students now positioned at institutions including Columbia University, Harvard University, and Nanyang Technological University.
Chen's research program focuses on the synthesis and electronic characterization of low-dimensional materials. Her early work on epitaxial growth addressed heterostructures involving graphene and hexagonal boron nitride, using techniques developed in collaboration with groups at the Paul Scherrer Institute and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She applied scanning tunneling microscopy and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy in studies connected to the Advanced Light Source and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility to reveal quasiparticle interference, moiré superlattices, and van der Waals interface states.
In studies of transition metal dichalcogenides such as MoS2 and WS2, Chen demonstrated control over layer-dependent band gaps and valley polarization, linking to optical probes used in work at the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics and the Cavendish Laboratory. Her group developed methods to fabricate vertical and lateral heterostructures integrating graphene with NbSe2 and WSe2 to explore proximity-induced superconductivity and interfacial charge transfer, building on theory from researchers at the Princeton University and University of Cambridge.
Chen contributed to nanoscale device platforms for quantum transport and single-photon emission, collaborating with teams at the National Institute for Materials Science and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Her interdisciplinary projects involved partnerships with the Seoul National University and the University of Tokyo on scalable synthesis, and with the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics on modeling correlated electron behavior in moiré systems.
Chen's recognitions include the Humboldt Research Award for experienced researchers, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and election to fellowship of the American Physical Society. She received early-career awards from the Materials Research Society and a named chair at Peking University. Chen was invited as a plenary speaker at the International Conference on Two-Dimensional Materials and awarded a visiting professorship at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
- Chen, Y., et al. "Electronic Structure of Epitaxial Graphene on Hexagonal Boron Nitride," Nature Materials, co-authors from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research. - Chen, Y., et al. "Valley Polarization in Monolayer MoS2 Heterostructures," Physical Review Letters, collaboration with Harvard University and Seoul National University. - Chen, Y., et al. "Moiré Superlattices and Correlated States in Twisted Bilayer Graphene," Science, joint work with researchers at MIT and the University of Cambridge. - Chen, Y., et al. "Proximity-Induced Superconductivity at Van der Waals Interfaces," Nature Physics, co-authored with teams at Princeton University and ETH Zurich. - Chen, Y., et al. "Nanoscale Photonic Emitters in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides," ACS Nano, collaborations including Nanyang Technological University and University of Tokyo.
Chen maintains collaborative ties across China, Europe, and North America and participates in mentorship programs with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the IEEE Photonics Society. She is an advocate for international scientific exchange and serves on editorial boards of journals published by the American Chemical Society and IOP Publishing.
Category:Chinese physicists Category:Materials scientists Category:Women in science