Dr. Haoning Tang
Incoming Assistant Professor of MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (as of Spring 2026);
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley
Bio
Harvard Quantum Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2021 - 2024
Ph.D., Harvard University, Applied Physics, 2021
MS., Harvard University, Applied Physics, 2018
B.Eng. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, ECE, 2016
Awards
SONY Research Award, 2025
Rising Star of Light Award, 2024
Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI) Fellowship, 2021
Harvard Hong Kong Jockey Club Fellowship, 2017
BOE Varitronix Research Award, 2014
Publications
An adaptive moiré sensor for spectro-polarimetric hyperimaging
Nature Photonics (2025) | ArXiv (2023)
Tang, H., Lou, B., Du, F., Gao, G., Zhang, M., Ni, X., Yacoby, A., Cao, Y., Fan, S., and Mazur, E.,
A Van der Waals Moiré Bilayer Photonic Crystal Cavity
ArXiv (2025)
Spencer, L., Coste, N., Ni, X., Park, S., Schaeper, OC., Kim, YD., Taniguchi, T., Watanabe, K., Toth, M., Zalogina, A., Tang, H., and Aharonovich, I.,
Control of chirality and directionality of nonlinear metasurface light source via twisting
Physical Review Letters (2025) | ArXiv (2024)
Zhou, H., Ni, X., Lou, B., Fan, S., Cao, Y., and Tang, H.
On-chip multi-degree-of-freedom control of two-dimensional materials
Tang, H., Wang, Y., Ni, X., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Fan, S. Mazur, E., Yacoby, A., Cao, Y.
Free-space beam steering with twisted bi-layer photonic crystal slabs
ACS photonics (2024)
Lou, B., Tang, H., Du, F., Gao, G., Mazur, E., and Fan, S.
Experimental probe of twist angle–dependent band structure of on-chip optical bilayer photonic crystal
Science Advances (2023) | ArXiv (2023)
Tang, H., Lou, B., Du, F., Zhang, M., Ni, X., Xu, W., Jin, R., Fan, S. and Mazur, E.
Three-Dimensional Reconfigurable Optical Singularities in Bilayer Photonic Crystals
Physical Review Letters (2024) | ArXiv (2023)
Ni, X., Liu, Y., Lou, B., Zhang, M., Hu, E. L. Fan, S., Mazur, E., and Tang, H.
GaN Magic Angle Laser in a Merged Moire Photonic Crystal
ACS Photonics (2023)
Raun, A., Tang, H., Ni, X., Mazur, E. and Hu, E. L.
Photonic flatband resonances for free-electron radiation
Yang, Y., Roques-Carmes, C., Kooi, S. E., Tang, H., Beroz, J., Mazur, E., Kaminer, I., Joannopoulos, J. D., and Soljačić, M
On-chip light trapping in bilayer moiré photonic crystal slabs
Applied Physics Letters (2022)
Tang, H., Ni, X., Du, F., Srikrishna, V., and Mazur, E.
Extended Many-Body Superradiance in Diamond Epsilon Near-Zero Metamaterials
Applied Physics Letters (2022)
Mello, O., Yang, L., Camayd-Muñoz, S.A., Devault, C., Tang, H., Loncar, M., and Mazur, E.
Modeling the optical properties of twisted bilayer photonic crystals
Light: Science & Applications (2021)
Tang, H., Du, F., Carr, S., DeVault, C. Mello, O., and Mazur, E.
Low-Loss Zero-Index Materials
Nano Letters (2021)
Tang, H., DeVault, C., Camayd-Muñoz, S.A., Liu, Y., Jia, D., Du, F., Mello, O., Vulis, D.I., Li, Y., and Mazur, E.
Ultra-low-loss on-chip zero-index materials
Light: Science & Applications (2021)
Dong, T., Liang, J., Camayd-Muñoz, S., Liu, Y., Tang, H., Kita, S., Chen, P., Wu, X., Chu, W., Mazur, E. and Li, Y.
Design of a Horizontally Aligned Perovskite Nanowire LED with Improved Light Extraction
Journal of the Electron Devices Society (2021)
Zhang, Q., Lin, Y., Sun, X., Cao, B., Tang, H., and Fan, Z.
Room-Temperature Phosphorescence and Low-Energy Induced Direct Triplet Excitation of Alq3 Engineered Crystals
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2020)
Bi, H., Huo, C., Song, X., Li, Z., Tang, H., Griesse-Nascimento, S., Huang, K.C., Cheng, J.X., Nienhaus, L., Bawendi, M.G. and Lin, H.Y.G.
Grid optimization of large-area OLED lighting panel electrodes
Journal of Display Technology (2016)
Tang, H., Jiang, Y., Tang, C.W. and Kwok, H.S.
Inverted nanocone-based thin film photovoltaics with omnidirectionally enhanced performance
ACS Nano (2014)
Lin, Q., Leung, S.F., Lu, L., Chen, X., Chen, Z., Tang, H., Su, W., Li, D., and Fan, Z.
Nondestructive estimation of strength deterioration in photovoltaic backsheets using a portable near-infrared spectrometer
Solar energy materials and solar cells (2012)
Li, H., Kikuchi, R., Kumagai, M., Amano, T., Tang, H., Lin, J.M., Fujiwara, K. and Ogawa, N.
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