Dali Sun

Dr. Dali Sun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at North Carolina State University (NC State), part of the College of Sciences. His research focuses on spintronic and optoelectronic materials, particularly organic semiconductors, magnetic thin films, and hybrid perovskites. He leads the Sun Research Group, exploring novel spin injection techniques, spin Hall effects, and magneto-optical phenomena in advanced materials.

Dr. Sun holds a PhD from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2009), followed by postdoctoral work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2009–2011) and the University of Utah (2012–2014). He served as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Utah (2015–2016) before joining NC State in 2016.

His research interests span device physics for hybrid perovskite spintronics, organic light-emitting diodes, and magneto-electric coupling. Recent work emphasizes chiral materials, phonon dynamics in heterojunctions, and terahertz emission from spintronic systems. Over 150 publications highlight his contributions to spintronic interfaces, magnon-photon coupling, and energy-efficient spintronic devices.

Labs/Teams: Sun Research Group focuses on quantum materials and spin-based technologies.