Bo Zhao

Bo Zhao received his Bachelors degree in Modern Mechanics from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2011 with a best thesis award. Afterward, he joined Professor Zhuomin Zhangs group in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research is concentrated on near- and far-field thermal radiation, plasmonics, electromagnetic metamaterials, and radiative properties of 2D materials. He has 15 journal publications with more than 200 citations according to Google Scholar. His work on graphene was entitled the top downloads of the Optical Society (OSA) in June 2015. He has given over ten conference presentations and several invited talks and received the best poster award in 2013 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. He is a reviewer for Nature Communications, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Journal of Applied Physics, and Materials Research Express. He is a student member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and the Optical Society. Over 5-year research experience in nanophotonics and plasmonics, nanoscale heat transfer, radiative properties of micro/nanostructures, and near-field thermal radiation 3-year experimental experience in microfabrication and characterization, including graphene and its nanostructures 2-year teaching experience in undergraduate thermal-fluids labs with over 100 undergraduate students Specialties: Instrumentation: FT-IR spectrometer, Raman spectrometer, AFM, SEM, Confocal Microscope Micro/nano Fabrication: CVD Graphene Fabrication, Photolithography, Thin film deposition (PECVD, Evaporator, Sputterer), Reactive-Ion Etching (RIE) Technical Skills: MATLAB, C, C++, Fortran, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, COMSOL, Tecplot