Quantum Matter Theory Group
Prof. W. Vincent Liu
Group News
- Amit Bhoonah (PhD from Queens U; comes from high energy
physics background with interest in quantum) joined the IQ
Initiative as a IQ Postdoc Fellow and affiliated with our group
as a new postdoc. (12/02/2022)
- Sayan Choudhury just completed his postdoc and has
joined the faculty in Harish-Chandra Research Institute in
India. Congratulations to Sayan! (10/01/2022)
- Haiping HU (our postdoc) moved to Beijing to join the faculty
of Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Fall
2021. Congratulations to Haiping! (News added in 2022)
- Biao Huang (our former postdoc) started new job as Assistant
Professor in Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences in Beijing
in Fall 2021. Congratulations to Biao!
- Zehan Li (PhD student) is one of the 6 recipients of "PQI GSR
Award" for the academic year 2020-21. (6/23/2020)
- Our group members (Sayan Choudhury, Haiping Hu, Zehan Li) all
were invited as affiliates to attend KITP
Program "Revealing Emergent Many-Body Phenomena with
Spatiotemporal Control", UC Santa Barbara, from June
1-July 24, 2020 (2/20/2020) (postponed to next year
due to COVID19)
- Serve in the organizing team for KITP
Program "Many-Body Spatiotemporal Control", UC Santa
Barbara, June 1- Aug 7, 2020.
- Newly published in PRL: Floquet
Higher-Order Topological Insulators. (2/3/2020)
- Sayan Choudhury (PhD from Cornell; then 2 years of first
postdoc in Purdue) joined our group as a new postdoc. (9/1/2019)
- Zehan Li (PhD student) is the winner of the Dietrich School of
Arts and Sciences Fellowship. (Fall 2020)
- Biao Huang (our postdoc) moves to Max Planck Institute
for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPIPKS) as Research
Scientist. (Aug 2019)
- Haiping HU (PhD from Inst of Physics from Beijing, then a
postdoc in UT Dallas) becomes a joint postdoc member with Prof.
Erhai Zhao (GMU) and our group in Pitt. (Aug 2018)
- ... more in (2018) [did not get time to update]
- Two visiting Scholars, Dr. Yonggang TAN and Dr. Jiemin WANG,
from Luoyang Normal University arrived in Pitt in November 2016
- Biao Huang (new PhD from Ohio State University) started in
September 2016 as new postdoc in our group. Welcome, Biao!
- Former graduate student, Xiaopeng Li, became
tenure-track Associate Professor in Fudan University,
Shanghai, China in October 2016. Selected by China Young
1000-talent program in November 2016.
- Postdoc, Bo Liu, assumed the faculty position of Full
Professorship in Xi'an Jiao Tong University, China in August
2016
- Three recent papers published in PRL - Weyl
Superfluidity, Spin-Orbital
Exchange in the p-band, Spontaneous
QHE in Bose-Fermi Mixture. (4/1/2015)
- New Visiting Scholar from Wilczek Quantum Center at ZJUT,
Hangzhou, China, Dr. Xuguang Yue, arrived in Pitt on March 30,
2015. Welcome, Xuguang! (4/1/2015)
- Jan 2015, AFOSR selected Pitt-GMU renewal proposal for
funding next 5 years of joint research with Professor
Erhai Zhao's group, 2015-2020. (4/1/2015)
- Maksims (Max) Arzamasovs (a new PhD from U of Birmingham UK)
joined us in October as new postdoc and a first joint postdoc of
Pitt-PKU-ZJUT. Welcome, Max! (11/01/2014)
- Wilczek Quantum Center opened on Oct 17, 2014 in Zhejiang
University of Tech at Hangzhou, China. Liu asked to serve as
Director/Visiting Faculty. Press
release and collection
of media reports (sorry all in Chinese).
- Haiyuan ZOU (new PhD from U of Iowa, lattice gauge
theory/model) started in July 2014 as new postdoc in our
group. Welcome, Haiyuan! (news added 11/01/2014)
- Our "Spirals and Skyrmions in Oxide Heterostructures" work [PRL
112, 067202 (2014), with Leon Balents] selected as
Research Highlight by Nature
Nanotechnology 9, 245 (2014) [doi:10.1038/nnano.2014.83]
(see PDF)
- Ahmet Keles (student of Professor Boris Spivak in U of
Washington, Seattle) will join us in Fall, 2014 as a new postdoc
member jointly with GMU/Prof. Erhai Zhao group.
(3/12/2014)
- New publication: Nature
Communications paper on chiral Bose liquid and quantum quench.
( Feb 2014)
- New PRL
exploring "Spirals and Skyrmions in 2D LAO/STO Oxide
interface", with Xiaopeng Li and Leon Balents. (Feb
2014)
- ...
- Dr. Zhifang XU (currently in the group of Prof. Ueda at U of
Tokyo) will join us in November, 2013 as a new postdoc member.
(9/17/13)
- Lijun Lang, exchange student from Inst of Physics from Beijing
(Prof. Shu CHEN group), visits us from March 2013 through March
2014. (9/17/13)
- See us in Army
Science Planning and Strategy Meeting on Quantum Information
and Sensing in Potpmac, MD (Washington DC area) on Sep
24-25, 2013.
- Kaufman Foundation announced on 7/25/2013 the award of the
first series of New Initiative Research Grant to us (Liu), in
collaboration with Prof. Sergey Frolov (an outstanding young
experimentalist). See the News links: Post-Gazette,
Arts & Science
School, Pitt
News, etc. Also mentioned in CMU
Press Release. (07/29/13)
- Jinlong YU, an exchange student after completing a successful
one-term research in Pitt, returns to Tsinghua Univ in Beijing
in late July, 2013.
- ...
- Tyler Dodds (U of Toronto) and Zhenyu Zhou (Washington Univ St
Louis) will join us in Summer/Fall, 2013 as new Postdoc members.
(02/23/13)
- See us in Dallas, TX in Symposium
on Novel Topological Quantum Matter, Feb 25-26, 2013.
- Xiaopeng Li (grad student) is offered a JQI Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Univ of Maryland. Congratulations!
(02/12/13)
- New member, Jin-long Yu (exchange PhD student from Department
of Physics, Tsinghua University), joined the group on Feb 4,
2013. Welcome, Jin-Long!
- New postdoc, Dr. Bo Liu (2013, PhD, Peking Univ), started at
Pitt on Feb 1, 2013. Welcome, Bo!
- See us in NORDITA workshop (Pushing
the Boundaries with Cold Atoms), Stockholm, Sweden
Jan-Feb, 2013. (01/12/13)
- Xiaopeng Li (grad student) starts 5--6 month visit at KITP
Santa Barbara on Sunday Jan 13, 2013.
- Pitt Physics Departmental
news about Xiaopeng Li. (01/11/13)
- Xiaopeng Li (grad student) is selected by KITP UC Santa Barbara as a
Graduate Fellow for Spring 2013. (11/28/12)
- Our group participates in DARPA OLE review meeting in Miami
Nov 26-28, 2012
- New postdoc, Bo LIU, will start in Pitt on Feb 1. Bo comes
from Peking University in China. (11/10/12)
- New exchange student from Tsinghua University in China, Mr.
Jin-Long Yu, will arrive in Pitt on Jan 1, 2013.
- Liu invited to participate in DARPA Workshop on correlated
materials Nov 7-8, 2012 in Arlington, VA, to explore future
collaborative program on optical lattices and materials
sciences.
- Xiaopeng Li (grad student) received invitation to speak in the
2013 APS March Meeting, in an invited session on "cold atoms on
higher orbital bands" (Oct 31, 2012)
- Our group (WV Liu and Xiaopeng Li) participated in KITP
"Quantum Dynamics in Far from Equilibrium Thermally Isolated
Systems" Program in UC Santa Barbara, from Oct 7 to Nov 2,
2012.
- Zixu ZHANG graduated with PhD in Summer 2012. Zixu now works
in Financial Industry as a physicist.
- In March 2012, the group was awarded a new grant by AFOSR,
jointly with Professor Erhai Zhao in George Mason University.
- ...
- Our "topological semimetal" work published online on 20 Nov
2011 at Nature
Physics. Shown as one of "Top Content Downloaded" as of
Dec 3. More background physics may be found on our early News
and Views article at Nature Physics. Press releases at Pitt
News, and Maryland/NIST
JQI. More news stories may be found at Physics
News.
- Dr. Bin Wang joined as new postdoc in September, 2011.
- Xiaopeng Li was awarded in March 2011 the Mellon Predoctoral
Fellowship by the University of Pittsburgh for academic year
2011-12. Congratulations to Xiaopeng!!!
- Our group (all students) had an extended stay (Sep 2010 - May
2011) at KITP, UC Santa Barbara
- Liu on sabbatical at KITP,
Santa Barbara, Aug 22, 2010 - June 10, 2011
- ...
- Our group will participant in the DARPA OLE Review
meeting at the Lansdowne Resort VA, May 17--19, 2009.
(5/1/09)
- Erhai Zhao (postdoc) accepted the faculty job offer from
George Mason University, to start in Sep 2009. (5/1/09)
- Erhai Zhao (postdoc) was offered by George Mason University an
Assistant Professor job on Friday Feb 13, 2009.
Congratulations to Erhai!!! (02/16/09)
- Chungwei Lin officially starts his postdoc at Pitt on Feb 1,
having finally received his working permit OPT card. (02/16/09)