Evelyn Hu

Evelyn L. Hu (Chinese: 胡玲) is the Tarr-Coyne Professor of Applied Physics and of Electrical Engineering at Harvard University. Hu has made major contributions to nanotechnology by designing and creating complex nanostructures. Her work has focused on nanoscale devices made from compound semiconductors and on novel devices made by integrating various materials, both organic and inorganic. She has also created nanophotonic structures that might someday facilitate quantum computing.

Hu's parents emigrated to the United States from China in 1944–1945. She was born in New York City. An alumna… More on Wikipedia →