Zhihong Chen

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Zhihong Chen is a Chinese-American nanoelectronics engineer known for her research on the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene. She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Purdue University. [1]

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Education and career

Chen graduated from Fudan University in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in physics. She went to the University of Florida for graduate study in physics, earning a master's degree in 2002 and completing her Ph.D. in 2003. [1]

After postdoctoral research for IBM Research at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center, she became a permanent research staff member at the center in 2006. She moved to Purdue University as an associate professor in 2010, and was promoted to full professor in 2017. [2]

Recognition

In 2022, Chen was named an IEEE Fellow "for contributions to the understanding and applications of low-dimensional nanomaterials". [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Zhihong Chen", Our people, Purdue University Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, retrieved 2022-02-20
  2. Curriculum vitae (PDF), April 2017, retrieved 2022-02-20
  3. 2022 newly elevated fellows (PDF), IEEE, retrieved 2022-02-20