Yuzhe Xiao

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Physics

((940)369-6198) -

Email: yuzhe.xiao@unt.edu

Education

PhD, University of Rochester, 2014

Major: Optics
Dissertation: Propagation of Optical Pulses in Dynamic Media: A Time Transformation Method.
MS, University of Rochester, 2012

Major: Optics

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas

PHYS 4910 - Special Problems, 1 course.
PHYS 4950 - Senior Thesis, 1 course.
PHYS 4955 - Senior Thesis Capstone, 1 course.
PHYS 5610 - Selected Topics in Modern Physics, 1 course.
PHYS 5720 - Electromagnetic Theory I, 1 course.
PHYS 5910 - Special Problems, 3 courses.
PHYS 5941 - Colloquium, 2 courses.

Directed Student Learning

Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Individual graduate research," Physics. (August 20, 2023 - December 20, 2023).

Awards and Honors

LEAPS-MPS Award, NSF. (August 2024).
DARPA Young Faculty Award, DARPA. (October 1, 2023).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Journal Article

WangT., Xiao, Y., King, J., Kats, M., Stebe, K., LeeD. Bioinspired Switchable Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling Coatings. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Xiao, Y., Phuttitarn, L., Graham, T., Wan, C., Saffman, M., Kats, M. Lateral beam shifts and depolarization upon oblique reflection from dielectric mirrors. Laser & Photonics Review.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Xiao, Y. (Author & Presenter), International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Smart Sensing and Spectroscopy using Thermal Emission, Paris, France, France. (2023 - 2023).

Oral Presentation

Xiao, Y. (Author), 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Metasurfaces That Enable Bottle-Beam Arrays for Neutral Atom Trapping, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
Xiao, Y. (Author), Infrared Sensors, Devices, and Applications XIV, Planck-enhanced filter spectroscopy: Using temperature-dependent thermal radiation to improve the spectral resolution of filter-based spectroscopy systems, https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/PC13145/PC1314506/Planck-enhanced-filter-spectroscopy--Using-temperature-dependent-thermal-radiation/10.1117/12.3028485.full, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Media Contributions

Internet

"Physics professor selected for DARPA Young Faculty Award," UNT Research. (December 1, 2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

Xiao, Y., "LEAPS-MPS: Light-matter-heat interactions with ultrafast thermal-radiation spectroscopy," sponsored by NSF, Federal, $249998 Funded. (2024 - 2026).
Xiao, Y. (Co-Principal), Joshi, S.S. (Principal), "Multiplexing of Laser-based Additive Manufacturing for Surface Engineering and Diagnostics," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
Xiao, Y. (Principal), "Exploring thermal properties of nanoscale wide bandgap semiconductors via ultrafast thermal-emission spectroscopy," sponsored by DARPA, Federal, $500000 Funded. (2023 - 2025).
Xiao, Y. (Principal), Lin, Y., Neu, J. (Co-Principal), Kelber, J.A. (Co-Principal), Ecker, M.J. (Co-Principal), "Understanding Infrared Materials with Optical Ellipsometry," sponsored by Department of Defense (DoD) Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions Equipment/Instrumentation Program, Federal, $258000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
Neu, J., Zhang, Z., Kelber, J.A., Choi, T., Philipose, U., Purvis, R.M., Lin, Y., Xiao, Y., Cui, J., "Conductive-Probe-AFM combined with Terahertz Scattering Near- Field Microscope (c-AFM+THz-SNOM)," sponsored by DOD, Federal, $764981 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
Xiao, Y. (Principal), Li, Y. (Co-Principal), Nardelli, M.B. (Co-Principal), ShemmerShemmer, O. (Co-Principal), Wang, Y. (Co-Principal), Valsson, O. (Co-Principal), Cundari, T. (Co-Principal), "Machine Learning in Physical and Chemical Sciences," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
Xiao, Y. (Principal), Habibi, N. (Co-Principal), "Highly nonlinear plasmonic nanoparticles via quantum engineering," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
Xiao, Y. (Co-Principal), Esmailie, F. (Principal), "Thermal and optical characterizations of cochlea and temporal bone for photobiomodulation therapy applications," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Space Committee. (September 2024 - January 2025).
Committee Member, Undergraduate committee. (August 2023 - January 2025).
Committee Member, Faculty search committee for ML&AI in physics. (January 2024 - April 2024).
Track Organizer, Physics Olympics. (March 2023 - March 2023).

Public Service

Other (Reviewer), Regeneron Science Talent Search 2024. Denton, TX. (November 2023 - November 2023).
Other (grand award judge), Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2023. Dallas, TX. (May 2023 - May 2023).

Professional Service

Committee Member, CLEO: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. (October 2024 - May 2025).
Reviewer, Journal Article, advanced optical materials. (2024 - 2024).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, European Research Council grant. (2024 - 2024).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Laser Photonics Review. (2024 - 2024).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Nanophotonics. (2024 - 2024).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature Communications. (2024 - 2024).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF. (2024 - 2024).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Optica. (2024 - 2024).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Optical Materials Express. (2024 - 2024).
Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Swiss NSF. (2024 - 2024).
Committee Member, CLEO: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Denton, TX. (November 2023 - May 2024).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Laser Photonics Review. Denton, TX. (2023 - 2023).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature Communications. Denton, (2023 - 2023).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Nature Photonics. Denton, (2023 - 2023).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Physical Reivew Applied. Denton, TX. (2023 - 2023).