Prof. Qiliang Li

Qiliang Li received a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University in 2004. From 2004 to 2007, he was a Scientist of the Semiconductor Electronics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA, working on the fabrication, characterization, and simulation of CMOS and nanoelectronics materials and devices. He has been a guest researcher at NIST since 2007. He joined the faculty of George Mason University (GMU) in 2007 and is currently a professor of electrical and computer engineering. He has researched molecular electronics, chemical and optical sensors, solar cells, ferroelectric devices, topological insulators, two-dimensional materials and devices. He has published more than 120 technical articles and holds seven U.S. patents. He is the Distinguished Virginia Microelectronics Consortium (VMEC) Chair Professor at GMU. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2009, the Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award in 2011, and the VSE Rising Star Award in 2011.