Yan (Eric) Wang

Yan (Eric) Wang is a Principal Engineer and Director of Materials Development at Samsung Semiconductor US, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has been in this role since March 2023, where he leads projects focused on the development of solid-state batteries and multi-layer ceramic semiconductor materials. His team includes PhD researchers and technicians, and he has a significant background in computational materials science, having worked on various high-performance materials for next-generation batteries and semiconductor applications.

Education and Early Career

Wang earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Physics from Tsinghua University and completed his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Physics. His postdoctoral work was conducted at the University of Florida, where he focused on computational models related to electron and spin transport theory.

Professional Experience

Before his current position, Wang held various roles at Samsung, including Senior Staff and Project Lead in Computational Modeling at Samsung Research America, where he managed programs in collaboration with prestigious academic institutions like MIT and Stanford. His work has been recognized with several awards, including the Great Contributor Award from Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and the Presidential Award from Samsung Research America for his contributions to solid-state battery research.

Research Focus

Wang's research interests include solid-state lithium and sodium batteries, high-throughput computation, and materials informatics, with an emphasis on new materials discovery and automated computational modeling.1