Gong Research Group - Xiwen Gong

Xiwen Gong

Xiwen Gong is an assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, and by courtesy an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Macromolecular Science & Engineering, and Applied Physics.

Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Xiwen worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Zhenan Bao at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University. At Stanford, Xiwen focused on developing the soft and stretchable semiconductors and devices for wearable electronics (inSPIREd Talk). In 2018, Xiwen gained her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Ted Sargent at the University of Toronto. During her PhD, Xiwen focused on the design of novel materials for solar energy harvesting, light emitting, and sensing. Xiwen was the recipient of the Extraordinary Potential Prize and the “Rising Stars in EECS 2017” (Stanford University). She is currently a senior Schmidt Science Fellow (inaugural) and Amazon Physical Science Fellow.