Dr. Peng Gao 高鹏
Boya Distinguished Professor, School of Physics, Peking University
Director, Electron Microscopy Lab of Peking University
Office 1：West 546, Physics Building
Office 2：R124, Zonghe Building
Phone: +86-10-62745365
Email: pgao[at]pku.edu.cn
Website: http://faculty.pku.edu.cn/gaopeng
Education
Degree |
Year |
Major |
Institution |
Ph.D. |
2010 |
Physics |
Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
B.S. |
2005 |
Physics |
University of Science and Technology of China |
Professional Experience
Year |
Position |
Institution |
2015–now |
AssistantàAssociatedàFull Professor |
School of Physics, Peking University, China |
2014–2015 |
JSPS foreign researcher fellow |
The University of Tokyo, Japan |
2013–2014 |
Research Associate |
Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA |
2010 –2013 |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
University of Michigan, USA |
Research interests and background
· Probing lattice dynamics at interfaces
· Nanoscale characterization of elementary excitations in quantum materials
· Light-element materials
· Physics of electron scattering
Selected Recent Publications (Total 300+, including 14 in Science and Nature, “#”denotes first authors and “*”denotes corresponding authors)
1. F.C. Liu, R.L. Mao, Z.Q. Liu, J.L. Du, P. Gao*. Probing phonon transport dynamics across an interface by electron microscopy, Nature 2025, 642, 941.
2. L. Yang#*, S.Y. Yue#, Y. Tao, S. Qiao, H. Li, Z.H. Dai, B. Song, Y.F. Chen, J.L. Du*, D.Y. Li, P. Gao*. Suppressed thermal transport in silicon nanoribbons by inhomogeneous strain, Nature 2024, 629, 1021.
3. Y.-H. Li, R.S. Qi, R.C. Shi, J.-N. Hu, Z.-T. Liu, Y.-W. Sun, M.-Q. Li, N. Li, C.-L. Song, L. Wang, Z.-B. Hao, Y. Luo, Q.-K. Xue, X.-C. Ma, P. Gao*. Atomic-Scale Probing of Heterointerface Phonon Bridges in Nitride Semiconductor, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022, 119, e2117027119.
4. N. Li#, X. D. Guo#, X. X. Yang*, R. S. Qi, T. Y. Qiao, Y. F. Li, R. C. Shi, Y. H. Li, K. H. Liu, Z. Xu, L. Liu, F. J. G. de Abajo, Q. Dai*, E.-G. Wang & P. Gao*. Direct Observation of Highly Confined Phonon Polaritons in Suspended Monolayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride, Nature Materials 2021, 20, 43
5. R.S. Qi#, R.C. Shi#, Y. Li, Y. Sun, M. Wu, N. Li, J. Du, K. Liu, C. Chen, J. Chen, F. Wang, D. Yu, E.-G. Wang & P. Gao*. Measuring Phonon Dispersion at an Interface, Nature 2021, 599, 399.
Open Positions
We have openings for undergraduate students, Ph.D. students, and postdocs. Please send emails with your resume to P.G. (pgao[at]ku.edu.cn) for applications.