Yuan Cao

Chinese electrical engineer and physicist

This article is about the physicist. For the diver, see Cao Yuan.

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Cao.

The native form of this personal name is Cao Yuan. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Yuan Cao

Born| 1996 (age 28-29)[2]

Chengdu, Sichuan, China[2]

Nationality| Chinese
Alma mater|

* University of Science and Technology of China (BS)
* University of Michigan (Exchange)
* Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)

Scientific career
Fields| Twistronics[1]
Website| caoyuan.scripts.mit.edu

Yuan Cao (Chinese: 曹原; pinyin: Cáo Yuán) is a Chinese electrical engineer and physicist. His research is focused on the properties of two-dimensional materials.[2] He discovered that a stack of two sheets of graphene, cooled to 1.7 K, could act as a superconductor or as an insulator when exposed to an electric field.[3][4] In 2018, Nature chose him as one of 10 people who mattered that year in science, calling him a "graphene wrangler."[3][5][6][7][8]

## Early life and education

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Cao was born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, in 1996. He attended Shenzhen Yaohua Experimental School from 2007 to 2010.[2]

Cao was admitted to and started his undergraduate education at the Special Class for the Gifted Young of the University of Science and Technology of China in 2010. He traveled to the United States and studied at the University of Michigan as an undergraduate exchange student from 2012 to 2013.[9] In 2014, Cao graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China, receiving a Bachelor of Science with a major in physics. He went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014 and received a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering in 2020.[10]

## Career

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After graduation in 2020, he began his postdoctoral research in Pablo Jarillo-Herrero's group studying graphene.[11]

## See also

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* Bilayer graphene

## References

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1. ^ Cao, Yuan. "Yuan Cao". Retrieved 13 January 2021.
2. ^ a b c d 張子清. "「自然」雜誌公布年度十大科學人物 賀建奎上榜" (in Chinese). 中央廣播電臺. Archived from the original on 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
3. ^ a b ELIZABETH GIBNEY. "Nature's 10 - Ten people who mattered this year". Nature. Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
4. ^ "Chinese scientist ranked in top 10". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
5. ^ 刘世东. ""石墨烯驾驭者"：中国95后博士登上《自然》年度科学人物榜首". 中国科技网 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
6. ^ 虞涵棋 (19 December 2018). "《自然》年度十大人物:天才曹原居首 贺建奎来去匆匆". 新浪网 (in Chinese). The Paper. Archived from the original on 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
7. ^ 林庭瑤. "「自然」科學人物 中國天才曹原居首、賀建奎亦入列" (in Chinese). United Daily News. Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
8. ^ "《自然》年度科學人物 「石墨烯駕馭者」曹原名列榜首" (in Chinese). ETtoday新聞雲. Archived from the original on 2019-08-30. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
9. ^ "25岁"天才少年"曹原再上热搜，3年5登《自然》_科技 _ 文汇网". www.whb.cn. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
10. ^ "Yuan Cao's Homepage". caoyuan.scripts.mit.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
11. ^ "Nature's 10". www.nature.com. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

## External links

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* Official website
* Yuan Cao publications indexed by Google Scholar
* Citations at ResearchGate

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* Google Scholar

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