Credentials
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2004
- B.S. in Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1997
Professional Appointments
- 2022-present, Scientist III, Ames National Laboratory
- 2024-present, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University
- 2020-2022, Scientist II, Ames National Laboratory
- 2010-2020, Associate Scientist, Ames National Laboratory
- 2004-2010, Postdoc Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Expertise
- Condensed matter physics, Density functional theory, Topological quantum materials, Electronic structure, Electron-phonon coupling, Superconductivity, Charge density wave, Magnetism
- Computational materials science, High throughput, Machine learning, Artificial intelligence
- Configurational thermodynamics, Cluster expansion, Nanoscale alloys, Alloyed Nanoparticles, Monte Carlo
- Surface science, Heterogeneous catalysis, Hydrogen storage, Molecular dynamics
Publications
HTESP (High-throughput electronic structure package): A package for high-throughput ab initio calculations
Computational Materials Science 244, 113247,
2024
Origin of charge density wave in topological semimetals SrAl4 and EuAl4
Communications Physics 7, 111,
2024
Unconventional surface state pairs in a high-symmetry lattice with anti-ferromagnetic band-folding
Communications Physics 6, 78,
2023
High-temperature ferromagnetism in Cr1+𝑥Pt5−𝑥P
Physical Review Materials 7, 024410,
2023
Emergence of Fermi arcs due to magnetic splitting in an antiferromagnet
Nature 603, 610–615,
2022
Multiband superconductivity in V3Si determined from studying the response to controlled disorder
Physical Review B 105, 024506,
2022
Topological descendants of a multicritical Dirac semimetal with magnetism and strain
Physical Review B 104, 165107,
2021
Pressure effect on band inversion in 𝐴𝐸Cd2As2 (𝐴𝐸=Ca, Sr, Ba)
Physical Review B 103, 115207,
2021
Discovery of a weak topological insulating state and van Hove singularity in triclinic RhBi2
Nature Communications 12, 1855,
2021
A light-induced phononic symmetry switch and giant dissipationless topological photocurrent in ZrTe5
Nature Materials 20, 329–334,
2021
Magnetic crystalline-symmetry-protected axion electrodynamics and field-tunable unpinned Dirac cones in EuIn2As2
Nature Communications 12, 999,
2021