Assistant Professor Biography Wenhao was born and raised in Shanghai, China. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Fudan University in 2017, where he conducted research on rare-earth upconversion luminescent nanoparticles under the guidance of Prof. Fuyou Li and Prof. Wei Feng. Wenhao completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2022, working with Prof. Jinsang Kim on the computation-assisted molecular design, synthesis, and photophysics of organic triplet emitters. He then joined Purdue University as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Letian Dou’s group, focusing on metal-halide perovskites. In 2025, Wenhao began his independent career as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia. His research group explores molecular design, self-assembly, and photophysics of purely organic semiconductors and organic-inorganic hybrid materials, with an emphasis on their photonic and electronic applications. Education Education: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Michigan, 2022 B.S. in Chemistry, Fudan University, 2017 Research Research Areas: Materials Chemistry and Nanoscience Physical Chemistry Research Interests: Organic semiconductors, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, self-assembly, photophysics, photonics, electronics, energy, quantum science Selected Publications Selected Publications: Structural Design & Morphological Tunability of layered materials Geometric Frustration in Morphologically Chiral Nanoribbons of Layered Perovskites. Shao*, Nian, Lu, Yang, Yu, Savoie, Dou* Nat. Synth. 2026. Rethinking Organic-Inorganic Interfacial Steric Hindrance in Two-Dimensional Metal Halide Perovskites. Chooi, Ichchha, Wang, Klepov, Shao* MRS Commun. 2026. (Early Career Materials Researchers Special Issue). Hydrogen-bonded Organic Framework Enables Phase-pure Layered Tin Perovskite Nanowires for Room Temperature Nanolasing. Kim+, Simon+, Shao*, ..., Shalaev*, Dou* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2026, 148(1), 483-493. Molecular templating of layered halide perovskite nanowires. Shao+, Kim+, ..., Dou* Science 2024, 384, 1000-1006.- News highlight: Purdue, Bioengineer.org, ScienceDaily, Phys.org. Optoelectronics and Solid state lighting Air-stable Room-temperature Quasi-2D Tin Iodide Perovskite Microlasers. Cho+, Shao+, Kim, Dou*, Yun* ACS Photonics 2026, 13(9), 2367-2374. Selected as front cover. Ionic liquids improve perovskite solar cells long-term stability. Xu+, Shao+, ... Dou* Nat. Energy. 2025, 11, 209-218. Grain engineering for efficient near-infrared perovskite light-emitting diodes. Baek+, Shao+, .... Dou* Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 10760. Organic Semiconductor and Photophysics Metal-Free Organic Phosphors toward Fast and Efficient Room-Temperature Phosphorescence.Shao, Kim* Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 1573–1585. Heavy Atom Oriented Orbital Angular Momentum Manipulation in Metal-Free Organic Phosphors.Shao, Jiang, Ansari, Zimmerman, Kim* Chem. Sci. 2022, 13(3), 789-797. Courses Regularly Taught: CHEM 2211 CHEM 8990
