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University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Quan Research Group

Opening: We have an open position for one postdoc fellow who’s expertise in the area of optics and spectroscopy (ultrafast pump-probe and non-linear spectroscopy).

Novel Materials

We discover new semiconductor, optical materials for next-generation optoelectronic applications.

Ultrafast Spectroscopy

We employ optical spectroscopy to investigate interactions between light and matter across various length and time scales.

Optoelectronic Devices

Our developed devices and in-situ characterization approaches provides a unique platform for developing efficient electronic devices.

News

Group relocation: Our group joined the new chemistry family at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill! See UNC news.
2025/7/1

Student Award: Qian Wang received Fall 2025 Graduate School Doctoral Assistantship award at Virginia Tech, congratulations!
2025/5/5

Dr. Quan has been recognized as one of the finalists of the ACS Photonics Young Investigator Award!
2025/4/17

New Funding: Our group received new support from National Science Foundation Early Career Development Program, congratulations!
2025/3/7

New Publication: Jiyoon’s first paper on synthetic control of stable perosvkitoids published in Advanced Materials, congratulations!
2024/10/23

New Funding: Our group received new support from Department of Energy Early Career Research Program, congratulations! See VT news.
2024/9/10

Dr. Quan delivered an invited talk at the Organic and Hybrid Light Emitting Materials and Devices symposium, SPIE Optics+Photonics 24 meeting in San Diego.
2024/8/19-21

Dr. Quan delivered an invited talk at the Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor symposium, SPIE Optics+Photonics 24 meeting in San Diego.
2024/8/19-21

Dr. Quan delivered an invited talk at the Colloidal Semiconductor symposium, ACS Fall 24 meeting in Denver.
2024/8/18

Dr. Quan gave a talk at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, invited by Prof. Alvin Zhou.
2024/07/23

Dr. Quan gave a talk at the Department of Chemistry at Ewha Women’s University, South Korea.
2024/07/02

Dr. Quan gave a talk at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Yonsei University, South Korea.
2024/07/01

Our graduate student Sunhao Liu was selected to give a short talk at Gordon Research Conference 2024 Unconventional Semiconductors and Applications.

2024/06/18

Dr. Quan gave an invited talk at Gordon Research Conference 2024 Unconventional Semiconductors and Applications.

2024/06/18

Student Award: Undergraduate student Nicholas Nici received 2024 Summer Research Scholarship, congratulations!
2024/05/01

Student Award: Sunhao Liu received 2024 Graduate Research Award from the Department of Chemistry, big congratulations!
2024/04/26

Student Award: Qian Wang received 2024 COS Roundtable Scholarship, big congratulations!
2024/04/19

New Publication: Sunhao’s first paper on chiral hybrid lead halides has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, congratulations!
2024/04/05

New Publication: A collaborative work with Prof. Peijun Guo at Yale U has been published in Nature Communications. Sunhao has been contributed in this work.
2024/03/01

New Publication: Qian’s first paper on non-linear optical switching materials has been published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (featured in journal cover), congratulations!
2024/02/05

Yixuan received VT presidential postdoctoral fellowship, congratulations!
2023/12/19

Dr. Quan have organized a symposium at 2023 MRS Fall meeting in Boston. This symposium covered over 250 oral and poster presentations.
2023/12/01

Dr. Quan has been recognized as highly cited researcher for five consecutive years, as highlighted in Virginia Tech News.
2023/11/27

Dr. Quan participated in the Negative Emission Science Meeting as a Scialog Fellow.
2023/11/15

Dr. Quan give an invited Department Colloquium at NC State University.
2023/11/06

Welcoming our new graduate student Monotosh Mondal!
2023/11/1

New Publication: Yixuan’s first work in the group has published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, unveiling the optical retardation properties of 2D copper halide perovskites.
2023/8/4

The group received a continuation support from 4-VA collaborative research program, congratulations!
2023/6/23

Our graduate student Sunhao has passed the preliminary exam and has officially become a Ph.D. candidate!
2023/5/2

Nicholas and Michael have both received the Undergraduate Research Symposium Award from the Chemistry Department (out of 4 in total)! Congratulations on such fantastic achievement!

2023/4/28

Our graduate student Jiyoon has passed the preliminary exam, congratulations !
2023/4/23

Dr. Quan participated in organizing a symposium on halide perovskites at the 2023 Spring MRS in San Francisco!
2023/4/10

Dr. Quan received a seed grant from 4-VA collaborative research program, congratulations!
2023/3/5

Dr. Quan has been highlighted in Virginia Tech News as another year of cross-field highly cited researcher, recognized by Web of Science.
2022/11/15

Dr. Quan has contributed her expertise as an expert opinion for a research briefing titled ‘Bright, efficient, and stable LEDs made using nanocrystals of perovskite material‘ in the journal Nature.
2022/11/09

Welcome our new graduate student Era Shehu!
2022/11/01

Our user proposal has been accepted for cutting edge experiments at the Advanced Photon Source!
2022/08/12

The group received Dean’s Discovery Fund, a seed funding for studying low-dimensional ferroelectric perovskites!
2022/05/05

Our undergraduate student Conner has been successfully presented his research poster at 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium at VT!
2022/04/30

Dr. Quan has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher 2021 in Cross Field by Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), and highlighted by Virginia Tech News.
2022/02/10