Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Biography
Peifen Zhu is an assistant professor in the David L. Payne Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Missouri. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University in 2015 and, prior to joining Mizzou in Fall 2022, was an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at the University of Tulsa.
She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the University of Tulsa’s Zelimir Schmidt Award for Outstanding Research, and the MU EECS Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award (2024). She has published 100+ peer-reviewed journal articles (Google Scholar: 4,400+ citations, h-index 39) in high-impact journals including Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, Small, Laser & Photonics Reviews, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Nano Research, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Materials Today Nano, Advanced Optical Materials, Photonics Research, Applied Materials Today, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, and Optics Express.
Education
PhD in electrical engineering from Lehigh University
MS in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University
MS in physics from Jilin University
BS in physics from Liaocheng University
Technical Focus
3D printing and laser processing of optoelectronic materials
Electronic/photonic materials and optoelectronic devices
Human-centric and energy-efficient lighting
Machine learning and first-principles materials discovery
Rare-earth phosphors and lead-free halide perovskites
Solid state lighting and displays (LEDS/micro-LEDs)
Website:
http://pzhu.mufaculty.umsystem.edu
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