Prior to this appointment, Dr. Shi was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University from 2013 to 2014. He received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2012, his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Missouri at Columbia in 2008 and his B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2006. Dr. Shi is a recipient of the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award. His current research focuses on growth and study of the physical properties of low dimensional materials.