Renjie Li
Scholar

Renjie Li

Google Scholar ID: No9bxgMAAAAJ
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
NanophotonicsDeep LearningMaterials ScienceLLMsPhotonic Integrated Circuits
Citations & Impact
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Citations
269
 
H-index
7
 
i10-index
6
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
12
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Publications
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Academic Achievements
  • [{'Title': 'Photonics for Neuromorphic Computing: Fundamentals, Devices, and Opportunities', 'Authors': 'Renjie Li, Yuanhao Gong, Hai Huang, Yuze Zhou, Sixuan Mao, Zhijian Wei, and Zhaoyu Zhang', 'Journal': 'Advanced Materials', 'Year': '2024', 'ImpactFactor': '30'}, {'Title': 'Deep reinforcement learning empowers automated inverse design and optimization of photonic crystals for nanoscale laser cavities', 'Authors': 'Renjie Li, Ceyao Zhang, Wentao Xie, …, Zihan Chen, Feng Yin and Zhang, Zhaoyu', 'Journal': 'Nanophotonics', 'Year': '2023', 'ImpactFactor': '8.4'}, {'Title': 'Smart and Rapid Design of Nanophotonic Structures by an Adaptive and Regularized Deep Neural Network', 'Authors': 'Renjie Li, Xiaozhe Gu, Yuanwen Shen, Ke Li, Zhen Li, and Zhaoyu Zhang', 'Journal': 'Nanomaterials', 'Year': '2022', 'ImpactFactor': '4.4'}, {'Title': 'Filling the simulation-to-reality gap: high-degree-of-freedom AI-optimized photonic crystal nanobeam resonators with fabrication tolerance', 'Authors': 'Qi Xin, Renjie Li, David Wei, Zhaoyu Zhang', 'Journal': 'Optics Letters', 'Year': '2024', 'ImpactFactor': '3.1'}, {'Title': 'POViT: Vision Transformer for Multi-Objective Design and Characterization of Photonic Crystal Nanocavities', 'Authors': 'Xinyu Chen, Renjie Li, Yueyao Yu, …, Wenye Li, Zhaoyu Zhang, and Yin Zhang', 'Journal': 'Nanomaterials', 'Year': '2022', 'ImpactFactor': '4.4'}, {'Title': 'Deep learning-based modeling of photonic crystal nanocavities', 'Authors': 'Renjie Li, Xiaozhe Gu, Ke Li, Yaoran Huang, Zhen Li, and Zhaoyu Zhang', 'Journal': 'Optical Materials Express', 'Year': '2021', 'ImpactFactor': '3.0'}, {'Title': 'All van der Waals integrated nanophotonics with bulk transition metal dichalcogenides', 'Authors': 'Ling, Haonan, Renjie Li, and Artur R. Davoyan', 'Journal': 'ACS Photonics', 'Year': '2021', 'ImpactFactor': '7.1'}]
Research Experience
  • [{'Position': 'Postdoctoral Research Associate', 'Institution': 'Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Lab (HMNTL), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)', 'Advisor': 'Prof. L. Goddard', 'Time': 'Current'}, {'Position': 'Research Assistant', 'Institution': 'Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)', 'Advisor': 'Prof. Artur Davoyan', 'Time': '2017.09-2020.03'}, {'Position': 'R&D Engineering Intern', 'Institution': 'Walt Disney Company, Ride & Show Engineering, Orlando, Florida, USA', 'Time': '2018.06-2018.12'}, {'Position': 'Simulation & Modelling Intern', 'Institution': 'Taiyuan Heavy Industry Group, Wind Turbine Department, Shanxi, China', 'Time': '2017.06-2017.09'}, {'Position': 'Research Intern', 'Institution': 'Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems (TANMS), UCLA', 'Advisor': 'Prof. Christopher Lynch', 'Time': '2017.09-2019.02'}]
Background
  • Research Interests: AI for Photonics/Materials Autonomous Discovery, Self-driving Labs, Deep Learning, LLMs, Nanophotonics, Semiconductor Materials, Nanofabrication.