I am a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. I obtained my Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and B.Sc. in Applied Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (Gifted Young program). 

My research aims to understand fundamental light-matter interactions at multiscale and develop advanced optical materials processing and characterization technologies for biomedical diagnosis, electronic and optoelectronic devices, and energy and sustainable systems. 


Research Highlights

Light-driven C-H activation by 2D materials, Nature Communications 2024

Ultrafast near-field optical nanoscopy, Advanced Materials 2024; Nano Letters 2023

Tunable strong coupling in TMDC nanowires, Advanced Materials 2022; Advanced Functional Materials 2024

Optical nanomotors on solid substrates, ACS Nano 2022

New optical tweezers based on laser cooling, Science Advances 2021

Light-directed assembly on solid substrates, Nature Communications 2019; Nano Letters 2021

Recent Activities

Set 2024 Jingang was selected as one of the 2024 Materials Science and Engineering Rising Stars (by Stanford, CMU, MIT, UIUC) and 2023 Mechanical Engineering Rising Stars (by UC Berkeley, MIT, Stanford)


Jul 2024 Light-driven C-H activation by 2D materials (Nature Communications 2024) was featured by UT CSE News; MSN; Earth.com; Optics & Photonics News; EurekAlert!; Phys.org; etc.

Feb 2023 Ultrafast optical nanoscopy (Nano Letters 2023) was featured by Berkeley Engineering; Phys.org; American Ceramic Society; etc. 

Dec 2022 Jingang contributed to the ACS Diversity & Inclusion Cover Art Series and shared his journey as a first-generation student in Nano Letters.

Jul 2022 Optical nanomotors on solid substrates (ACS Nano 2022) was featured by UT CSE News; The Daily Texan; Optics & Photonics News; etc. 


Jul 2021 Opto-refrigerative tweezers (Science Advances 2021) was featured by UT News; Eurekalert!; Physics World; etc.