Houk Jang

Houk Jang is a Staff Scientist in the AI Accelerated Nanoscience division at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Center for Functional Nanomaterials. His expertise spans 2D materials, silicon nanomembranes, micro/nanofabrication, and analog neural networks. He leads the QPress initiative, developing autonomous tools for 2D material-stack production and characterization, aiming to automate and accelerate material research for CFN users.

Education: B.S. (2010) in Materials Science and Ph.D. (2014) in Nano Engineering, both from Sungkyunkwan University, Korea. Postdoctoral research at Yonsei University and Harvard University. His work focuses on integrating AI with nanomaterials to advance optoelectronics, flexible electronics, and quantum systems.

Research highlights include creating graphene-based flexible electronics, developing optical machine vision processors, and pioneering methods for 2D material layer detection. His 2022 Nature Electronics publication demonstrated in-sensor optoelectronic computing using silicon, while 2020 Advanced Materials work introduced atomically thin optoelectronic processors.

Publications span over 40 peer-reviewed articles, emphasizing photonics, quantum effects in 2D materials, and neuromorphic devices. His lab collaborates on projects involving terahertz spectroscopy, nanoscale imaging, and bioinspired optical systems.

Currently directs nanofabrication efforts and advises on scalable material synthesis techniques. Active in developing high-performance infrared photodetectors and tunable electronic devices leveraging graphene and topological materials.