Jie Gao, PhD

Bio: 

Jie Gao joined the Mechanical Engineering Faculty at Stony Brook University in the Fall of 2021. Her research interests include optical and thermal energy harvesting, optical sensing and imaging, nanomanufacturing, opto-mechanics, and quantum optics. The current research projects in her lab range from 2D materials, optical nanostructures, infrared absorbers and emitters to light emission devices. 

 

Education:

• Columbia University, Ph.D. 2012 
• Columbia University, M.S. 2007 
• University of Science and Technology of China, B.S. 2005

 

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2021 – present

 

Awards & Publications: 

• TBD

 

Professional Memberships & Service:

• TBD

Overview:

Professor Gao’s research interests include optical and thermal energy harvesting, optical sensing and imaging, nanomanufacturing, opto-mechanics, and quantum optics. The current research projects in her lab range from 2D materials, optical nanostructures, infrared absorbers and emitters to light emission devices.

Highlights & Accomplishments:

• Developed 2D Material Holograms for Information Processing
• Demonstrated Temperature and Strain-Tuning of Phonon-Assisted Upconversion Emission 
• Designed Infrared Chiral Metasurfaces for Thermal Radiation and Molecular Sensing 
  
  

Research Interests

• Nanophotonic and Metasurface Devices
• Quantum and Nonlinear Optics in 2D Material Devices
• Machine Learning Design for Nanodevices
• Optical Spectroscopy, Molecular Sensing and Imaging

• Professor Receives NSF Award