Ke Wang

Ke Wang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota. His research focuses on experimental condensed matter physics, particularly on quantum phenomena in gate-defined nanostructures using 2D Van der Waals materials.

• Principal Investigator for CAREER: Mesoscopic Quantum Opto-Electronics in Gate-Defined Transition Metal Dichacogenide Nanostructures (NSF, 2020–2026)
• Co-Investigator for Accelerated Search for Gate-tunable High T_c Superconductivity in Twisted Trilayer Graphene (DoD, 2020–2021) and DMREF: Collaborative Research: Search for Tunable Superconductivity in Twisted 2D Materials (NSF, 2019–2024)

His work leverages ultra-high-quality van der Waals heterostructures to explore novel quantum devices in optoelectronics, spintronics, valleytronics, and quantum computing, with a focus on Dirac fluid, Luttinger liquid, and non-Abelian fractional quantum Hall excitations. Recent publications highlight advancements in twisted graphene systems, moiré barriers, valley-chiral modes, and charge-carrier scattering in 2D materials.

Ke Wang leads the Wang Group, which specializes in state-of-the-art lithography techniques for creating atomically-thin electronic systems. Their research intersects with the Materials Research Science & Engineering Center, aiming to develop functional quantum devices for emerging technologies.