Research interest: the synthesis of novel polymers (single crystals, recyclable materials), organic-inorganic hybrid semiconductor materials, nano materials, and related optoelectronic properties and device applications.
Biography
Dr. Letian Dou is currently the Paul & Phyllis Fireman Professor of Chemistry at Emory University. Prior to that, he was Charles Davidson Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (by courtesy) at Purdue University from 2017 to 2025. He obtained his B.S. in Chemistry from Peking University in 2009 working with Prof. Xinhua Wan and Ph.D. from UCLA Materials Science in 2014 working with Prof. Yang Yang (co-advised by Prof. Fred Wudl @UCSB in 2013). From 2014 to 2017, he was a Postdoc Fellow working with Prof. Peidong Yang at the Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research interest includes the synthesis of novel polymers (single crystals, recyclable materials), organic-inorganic hybrid semiconductor materials, nano materials, and related optoelectronic properties and device applications. He has published over 120 papers with more than 28000 citations (H index = 60 as of June 2025).
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Chemist Postdoc Fellow
- University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering
- Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China, B.S. in Chemistry
