Welcome to Hao’s website!

Thank you for visiting my website. I am a researcher in complex oxide thin films, focusing on defect-driven evolution of electronic structure and structure–property relationships. I have experience in thin-film growth techniques, including RF magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser deposition (PLD), combined with synchrotron-based spectroscopic methods such as XANES/EXAFS, RIXS, and operando XAS to probe the evolution of local structure and electronic states. I have a strong track record in designing synchrotron experiments, preparing beamtime proposals, and independently operating beamlines. My expertise also includes integrating multimodal characterization techniques with Python-based spectroscopic analysis workflows to gain mechanistic insights into complex material systems. I have worked in multidisciplinary, international research environments, with publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences.

Research Interests

  • Complex oxide thin films and heterostructures
  • Defect-mediated electronic structure evolution
  • Synchrotron-based spectroscopy
  • Structure–property relationships in functional materials

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