Bo Wang

Bo Wang received his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the Penn State under the supervision of Professor Long-Qing Chen, where he investigated the electromechanical behavior of ferroelectric materials using phase-field modeling. He continued as a postdoctoral associate in Chen’s group, collaborating with Professor Venkatraman Gopalan on modeling the nonlinear optical second-harmonic generation of layered materials. From 2022 to 2025, Wang worked as a postdoctoral research staff in the Computational Materials Science Group of Materials Science Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, focusing on multiscale, microstructure-aware modeling of solid-state batteries. He was also awarded a grant from the Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy (HIDA) and conducted research as a visiting scientist in Professor Arnulf Latz’s group at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) in summer 2024, where he studied 3D microstructure-resolved electrochemical modeling of solid-state batteries. 

Wang’s research focuses on understanding how materials microstructures govern macroscopic behavior and how to engineer these microstructures for desired performance through integrated multiscale and multiphysics computational modeling. His work has resulted in more than 73 peer-reviewed publications, including several in high-impact journals such as Nature, Progress in Materials Science, and Advanced Materials, as well as one patent. He was a recipient of the Graduate Student Gold Award of Materials Research Society.

At Penn State, he is developing a multiscale computational framework for the design of high-performance electro-optic materials and devices operating at cryogenic temperatures, with potential applications in quantum technologies.