Fangzhou Zhao

Biography

Fangzhou Zhao was born in Beijing, China. He obtained his B.S. degree in Physics from Zhiyuan College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2015. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physics at University of California, Berkeley under the supervision of Prof. Steven G. Louie in 2021. His graduate work consists of topological electronic and optical properties of graphene nanoribbons and carbon conjugated systems, as well as GW plus Bethe-Salpeter equation formalism to calculate excited state properties of materials. Fangzhou joined Prof. Chris G. Van de Walle's group in 2021 as an Elings Prize Fellow. His current research interests include simulating the excited states properties of defects from first-principles, as well as calculating defect-related nonradiative recombination rates in semiconductors from first-principles.