1、电子-声子输运物理/Transport physics of electrons and phonons
2、新型高性能热电材料设计/Advanced thermoelectric materials design, mainly in first-principles-based approach
3、低维和异质结构的新奇物性/Functionality of low-dimensional heterostructures
4、深度学习和数据挖掘/ machine learning, data mining, and high-throughput computation in materials research
5、电池材料和催化材料等方面研究/Battery materials and catalysis materials

国家杰出青年科学基金，国家自然科学二等奖，美国物理学会(APS) Fellow等。研究内容涉及高性能热电材料设计与实现(Advanced thermoelectric materials design, mainly in first-principles-based approach)、电-热输运及电子-声子输运物理(Transport physics of electrons/phonons)、高性能热电材料设计(Advanced thermoelectric materials design, mainly in first-principles-based approach)、低维异质结构物性研究(Functionality of low-dimensional materials and heterostructures)、深度学习等； 研究方法包括第一原理计算、分子动力学、高通量计算等。发表Nature Mater.、PNAS、Phys. Rev. Lett.、JACS等SCI论文270余篇，国际会议邀请报告80余次。