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Evelyn Hu
Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering
Areas: Electronic and Magnetic Systems and Devices; Optics, Electromagnetics, and Light-Matter Interactions; Photonics and Optical Devices; Biophysics; Materials Science; Soft Condensed Matter; Surface and Interface Science
Evelyn Hu's research focuses on high-resolution fabrication of compound semiconductor electronic and optoelectronic devices, candidate structures for the realization of quantum computation schemes, and on novel device structures formed through the heterogeneous integration of materials.
Recently her work has involved the interaction of quantum dots in high Q microdisk and photonic crystal cavities.
Hu received Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Physics from Columbia University and a B.A. in Physics from Barnard College.
Prior to her appointment at Harvard, she was Scientific Co-Director, California Nanosystems Institute and a Professor in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
She also worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, developing microfabrication and nanofabrication techniques for high performance superconducting and semiconducting devices and circuits.
Hu is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Academica Sinica of Taiwan, a recipient of an NSF Distinguished Teaching Fellow award, an AAAS Lifetime Mentor Award, a Fellow of the IEEE, APS, and the AAAS, and holds an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the University of Glasgow. She was selected UCSB Faculty Research Lecturer in 2005.
