Dong Kaichen

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09/2012-10/2017, Ph.D., Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University

12/2014-12/2016, visiting Ph.D. student, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

08/2008-07/2012, B.E., Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University

11/2022-Present, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University

03/2019-09/2022, Postdoctoral affiliate, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

02/2019-09/2022, Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

10/2017-02/2019, Research Associate, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University

Nature Photonics, Joule, Advanced Materials, Nature Communications等国际学术期刊的独立审稿人

09/2023-Present, Deputy Director, Center of Double Helix (CDH), Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University

SIGS Writing Scientific Papers and Making Presentations in English (60250101)

Temperature-adaptive Radiative Cooling

Moiré Photonics, Metamaterials/Metasurfaces, AI-assisted design

Zero-power MEMS Devices

Phase-change Materials

Publications in journals including Science、Joule、Physical Review Letters、Nature Communications、Science Advances、Advanced Materials. Our research is funded by MOST, NSFC, etc.

[1] J. Li*, K. Dong*, T. Zhang, D. Tseng, C. Fang, R. Guo, J. Li, Y. Xu, C. Dun, J. J. Urban, T. Hong, C. P. Grigoropoulos, A. Javey, J. Yao, and J. Wu. Printable, emissivity-adaptive and albedo-optimized covering for year-round energy saving. Joule, 7, 1-16 (2023).

[2] T. Zhang*, K. Dong^*,#, J. Li, F. Meng, J. Li, S. Munagavalasa, C. P. Grigoropoulos, J. Wu, and J. Yao#. Twisted Moiré Photonic Crystal Enabled Optical Vortex Generation through Bound States in the Continuum. Nature Communications, 14, 6014 (2023).

[3] J. Li, K. Dong^#. Scalable and Durable Temperature-Stabilizing Janus Thermal Cloak. Joule, 7, 1399-1414 (2023).

[4] K. Dong, J. Wu. Radiative cooling, what’s next? Next Energy, 1, 100003 (2023).

[5] K. Dong^*,#, J. Li*, T. Zhang, F. Gu, Y. Cai, N. Gupta, K. Tang, A. Javey, J. Yao, J. Wu#. Single-Pixel Reconstructive Mid-Infrared Micro-Spectrometer. Optics Express, 9, 14367-14376 (2023).

[6] K. Dong, D. Tseng, J. Li, S. Warkander, J. Yao, and J. Wu. Reducing Temperature Swing of Space Objects with Temperature-Adaptive Solar or Radiative Coating. Cell Reports Physical Science, 3, 101066 (2022).

[7] K. Tang*, K. Dong*, J. Li*, M. P. Gordon, F. G. Reichertz, H. Kim, Y. Rho, Q. Wang, C.-Y. Lin, C. P. Grigoropoulos, A. Javey, J. J. Urban, J. Yao, R. Levinson, and J. Wu. Temperature Adaptive Radiative Coating for All-Season Household Thermal Regulation, Science, 374, 1504-1509 (2021).

[8] K. Dong*, T. Zhang*, J. Li, Q. Wang, F. Yang, Y. Rho, D. Wang, C. P. Grigoropoulos, J. Wu, and J. Yao. Flat Bands in Magic-Angle Bilayer Photonic Crystals at Small Twists, Physical Review Letters, 126, 223601 (2021).

[9] K. Tang*, K. Dong*, C. J. Nicolai, Y. Li, J. Li, S. Lou, C.-W. Qiu, D. H. Raulet, J. Yao, and J. Wu. Millikelvin-resolved Ambient Thermography, Science Advances, 6, eabd8688 (2020).

[10] K. Dong*, S. Hong*, Y. Deng*, H. Ma, J. Li, X. Wang, J. Yeo, L. Wang, S. Lou, K. B. Tom, K. Liu, Z. You, Y. Wei, C. P. Grigoropoulos, J. Yao, and J. Wu. A Lithography-Free and Field-Programmable Photonic Metacanvas, Advanced Materials, 30, 1703878 (2018).

[11] K. Dong, H. S. Choe, X. Wang, H. Liu, B. Saha, C. Ko, Y. Deng, K. B. Tom, S. Lou, L. Wang, C. P. Grigoropoulos, Z. You, J. Yao, and J. Wu. A 0.2 V Micro-Electromechanical Switch Enabled by a Phase Transition, Small, 14, 1703621 (2018).

[12] K. Dong*, Y. Deng*, X. Wang, Kyle B. Tom, Z. You, and J. Yao. Subwavelength Light Confinement and Enhancement Enabled by Dissipative Dielectric Nanostructures, Optics Letters, 43, 1826-1829 (2018).

[13] X. Wang*, K. Dong*, H. S. Choe, H. Liu, S. Lou, K. B. Tom, H. A. Bechtel, Z. You, J. Wu, and J. Yao. Multifunctional Microelectro-Opto-Mechanical Platform Based on Phase-Transition Materials, Nano Letters, 18, 1637-1643 (2018).

[14] 董恺琛, 娄帅, 姚杰, 吴军桥, 尤政. 脉冲激光沉积薄膜的残余应力测量, 光学精密工程, 26, 70-76 (2018).

[15] K. Dong^#, S. Lou, H. S. Choe, K. Liu, Z. You, J. Yao, and J. Wu^#. Stress Compensation for Arbitrary Curvature Control in Vanadium Dioxide Phase Transition Actuators, Applied Physics Letters, 109, 023504 (2016). 

2024, PIERS Young Scientist Award

2023, Cheif Scientist of National Key R&D (Young Scientist) Program of China

2022, MIT Technology Review Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35, Global List)

2022, NSFC Early-Career Award

2022, Shenzhen Pengcheng Peacock Plan (Class-B)

2018, National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award in the field of Measurement, Control and Instrument from the China Instrument and Control Society

2018, Excellent Ph.D. Thesis, Tsinghua University