Chen named Nanomaterials 2022 Young Investigator Award winner

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Aiping Chen

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Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Aiping Chen, with the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, has been named a recipient of the Nanomaterials 2022 Young Investigator Award. Chen joins two other researchers in receiving the honor from Nanomaterials, an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing on the synthesis and use of nanomaterials.

At the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Chen leads efforts on the synthesis and characterization of complex oxide heterostructures and nanocomposites. The author of more than 120 published papers cited more than 4,600 times, Chen’s recent research focuses on thin film synthesis, emergent phenomena in quantum materials and electronic devices. Nanomaterials noted, “His work has impacted the epitaxial growth of complex metal oxide thin films and nanostructured materials using pulsed laser deposition and laser molecular beam epitaxy.”

Chen received his doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University in 2013 before joining the Laboratory as a postdoctoral research associate. He received a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2014 and was converted to a scientist in the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies in 2016.