NCIFT Lunch and Learn with Prof. Cheng Gong on Quantum Materials Nanosensors for Food Freshness Monitoring
Event description
Join NCIFT as we learn about Quantum Materials Nanosensors for Food Freshness Monitoring with Prof. Cheng Gong of the University of Maryland, College Park.
Prof. Cheng Gong is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at University of Maryland, College Park. His research group focuses on 2D quantum materials and devices. He is a recipient of IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Semiconductor Physics 2020. In 2022, Prof. Gong won UMD’s “Invention of the Year” for his innovative development of quantum material nanosensors for rapid monitoring of meat freshness. Also in 2022, Prof. Gong was recognized by the American Chemical Society as Maryland “Chemist of the Year”. From 2014 to 2019, he was a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, where he pioneered the experimental discovery of the first 2D quantum magnet. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas in 2013.