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Chinese semiconductor researcher dies by suicide in Michigan day after US federal interview
Wang Danhao, 31, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan, died by suicide in Ann Arbor. His ashes reached his mother in China nearly four months later. The death followed an interview by US federal law enforcement the previous day.
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Chinese semiconductor researcher Wang Danhao died by suicide in Ann Arbor, Michigan, @SCMPNews reported. The 31-year-old postdoctoral researcher had been interviewed by US federal law enforcement the day before his death. Wang had worked since 2022 in Zetian Mi’s lab at the University of Michigan developing advanced semiconductor materials for more efficient electronics and next-generation light-based technologies.
His research appeared on the university website in 2024 and 2025. He had secured a faculty position at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei and planned to return to China in May 2026. He also planned to marry his fiancée in China that summer.
Wang’s ashes were returned to his mother in China nearly four months after his death. His mother, his only immediate family member, had raised him as a single parent. Both his mother and fiancée suffered severe emotional distress after the death, according to a source familiar with the matter.
China’s foreign ministry and its embassy in Washington described the interview as hostile questioning. Wang’s family and friends continue to await a police report that could detail events leading to his death.
