Welcome to the Cao Research Group, where we are shaping the future of electronics. Our research focuses on discovering and engineering novel electronic materials, devices, and systems that enable transformative advances in computing, artificial intelligence, sensing, and healthcare. As a multidisciplinary research group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with affiliations spanning Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemistry, the Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, and the Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, we combine fundamental scientific inquiry with technological innovation to expand the frontiers of electronic technologies and create new possibilities for the technologies of tomorrow.