Curriculum Vitae

Yilei Li Department of Applied Physics Tel: (+1) 646-462-9695 Stanford University E-mail: [email protected] 348 Via Pueblo Mall Stanford, CA 94305, USA

EDUCATION • Ph.D. in Physics, Columbia University, 2014 (Advisor: Prof. Tony F. Heinz) • B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • Postdoc in Prof. Tony Heinz group Stanford University, 2015 April–now Columbia University, 2014 October–2015 April • Summer Research Internship in Dr. Phaedon Avouris group IBM Research, 2013 May–August

HONORS AND AWARDS • Springer Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis, 2015 • Best Student Paper Award, Rank Prize Symposium, Grasmere, UK, 2014 • Townes Fellowship for Outstanding Research in Physics, Columbia University, 2014 • Academic Medal (highest distinction), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2010 • University Scholarship, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2006–2010

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INVITED TALKS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS • “Magneto-optic study of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides,” Rank Prize Symposium on 2D Materials for Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Photonics, Grasmere, UK, 2014 • “Probing the response of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides by optical spectroscopy,” IGERT and Surface Interactions Symposium Series, Columbia University, New York, USA, 2014

• “Valley splitting and polarization by the Zeeman effect in monolayer MoSe2 ,” The 9th International Conference on Computational Physics, Singapore, 2015 • “2D materials beyond graphene: optical properties of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide crystals,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO Europe), Munich, Germany, 2015 (Presented in place of Prof. T. F. Heinz)

CONTRIBUTED TALKS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

• “Second-harmonic generation from few-layer MoS2 and h-BN,” APS March Meeting, Baltimore, USA, 2013 • “Coupling of graphene plasmons to vibrations in molecules and solids,” Offi ce of Naval Research Funding Review, San Diego, 2014 (Presented in place of Prof. T. F. Heinz)

• “Valley splitting and polarization by the Zeeman effect in monolayer MoSe2 ,” APS March Meeting, San Antonio, USA, 2015 • “Linear and second-order nonlinear optical response of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers,” The International Conference on Optics of Surfaces and Interfaces, Austin, USA, 2015 PUBLICATIONS COVERED IN THIS THESIS 1. Y. Li , I. Meric, K. F. Mak, L. M. Malard, L. Wang, C. Dean, P. Kim, J. Hone, K. L. Shepard, and T. F. Heinz, “Intrinsic doping dependence of Raman 2D mode in graphene: signatures of electron–electron interactions,” (to be published) 2. Y. Li, H. Yan, D. B. Farmer, X. Meng, W. Zhu, R. M. Osgood, T. F. Heinz, and P. Avouris, “Graphene plasmon enhanced vibrational sensing of surface-adsorbed layers,” Nano Lett. 14 , 1573–1577 (2014) 3. Y. Li, A. Chernikov, X. Zhang, A. Rigosi, H. Hill, A. M. van der Zande, D. A. Chenet, E. Shi, J. Hone, and T. F. Heinz, “Measurement of the optical dielectric

function of monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides: MoSe2 , MoS2 , WSe2 , and WS 2 ,” Phys. Rev. B 90 , 205422 (2014) 4. Y. Li, Y. Rao, K. F. Mak, Y. You, S. Wang, C. R. Dean, and T. F. Heinz, “Probing

symmetry properties of few-layer MoS2 and h-BN by optical second-harmonic generation,” Nano Lett. 13 , 3329–3333 (2013) 5. Y. Li , J. Ludwig, T. Low, A. Chernikov, X. Cui, G. Arefe, Y. D. Kim, A. M. van der Zande, A. Rigosi, H. Hill, J. Hone, Z. Li, D. Smirnov, and T. F. Heinz, “Valley

splitting and polarization by Zeeman effect in monolayer MoSe2 ,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 , 266804 (2014) Curriculum Vitae 69

PUBLICATIONS NOT COVERED IN THIS THESIS 6. J. Stähler, O. T. Hofmann, P. Rinke, S. Blumstengel, F. Henneberger, Y. Li, and T. F. Heinz, “Raman study of 2,7-bis(biphenyl-4-yl-)2′,7′-ditertbutyl-9,9′- spirobifl uorene adsorbed on oxide surfaces,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 584 , 74–78 (2013) 7. X. Yin, Y. Li , F. Ke, H. Zhao, L. Gan, R. Zhao, T. F. Heinz, and Z. Hu, “Evolution of the Raman spectrum of graphene grown on copper upon oxidation of the substrate,” Nano Res. doi: 10.1007/s12274-014-0521-0 (2014) 8. A. Chernikov, T. C. Berkelbach, H. M. Hill, A. Rigosi, Y. Li, M. S. Hybertsen, D. R. Reichman, and T. F. Heinz, “Exciton binding energy and Nonhydrogenic

Rydberg series in monolayer WS2 ,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 113 , 076802 (2014) 9. C. H. Lee, G. H. Lee, A. M. van der Zande, W. Chen, Y. Li, M. Han, X. Cui, G. Arefe, C. Nuckolls, T. F. Heinz, J. Guo, J. Hone, and P. Kim, “Atomically thin pn junctions with van der Waals heterointerfaces,” Nat. Nanotech. 9 , 676–681 (2014) 10. W. Wu, L. Wang, Y. Li, F. Zhang, L. Lin, S. Niu, D. Chenet, X. Zhang, Y. Hao, T. F. Heinz, J. Hone, and Z. L. Wang, “Piezoelectricity of single-atomic-layer

MoS2 for energy conversion and piezotronics,” Nature. 514 , 470–474 (2014)