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Professor Yu-Yang Zhang got his B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2005 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2011. He then pursued postdoctoral training at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with professor Shengbai Zhang (2011–2013) and Vanderbilt University with professor Sokrates T. Pantelides (2013–2016), and served as a visiting scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2013–2015). In December 2016 he joined the School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. He was promoted to tenured associate professor in 2020 and to tenured professor in 2024.

My current research interest is to use quantum-mechanical calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) to understand the fundamental physics in emerging quantum materials for future nano-electronics, quantum information, and energy-related applications. With such understandings, I design novel quantum materials, understand the structure-properties correlations, and propose methods to achieve property modulations for practical applications. My previous and current research projects include first-principle calculations of solid-state materials ranging from crystals, surfaces, interfaces, to various nanostructures. In particular, I study ：

1. Physics and chemistry at surfaces and interfaces: the self-assembly of molecules on metallic surfaces, electronic and dynamic properties of surface adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis.
2. Emergent quantum phenomena: low-dimensional topological insulators, ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal, topological superconductors.
3. Machine learning in condensed matter physics: fast processing of scanning probe microscopy images and machine learning for energy-related materials.

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1. YuyangZhang-CV-202005.pdf