1、電子-聲子輸運物理/Transport physics of electrons and phonons
2、新型高性能熱電材料設計/Advanced thermoelectric materials design, mainly in first-principles-based approach
3、低維和異質結構的新奇物性/Functionality of low-dimensional heterostructures
4、深度學習和數據挖掘/ machine learning, data mining, and high-throughput computation in materials research
5、電池材料和催化材料等方面研究/Battery materials and catalysis materials

國家杰出青年科學基金，國家自然科學二等獎，美國物理學會(APS) Fellow等。研究內容涉及高性能熱電材料設計與實現(Advanced thermoelectric materials design, mainly in first-principles-based approach)、電-熱輸運及電子-聲子輸運物理(Transport physics of electrons/phonons)、高性能熱電材料設計(Advanced thermoelectric materials design, mainly in first-principles-based approach)、低維異質結構物性研究(Functionality of low-dimensional materials and heterostructures)、深度學習等； 研究方法包括第一原理計算、分子動力學、高通量計算等。發表Nature Mater.、PNAS、Phys. Rev. Lett.、JACS等SCI論文270余篇，國際會議邀請報告80余次。