Nobel Prize in Physics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Shanghai University, China

Professor Jianxin Zhong is a Distinguished Professor and Director of Institute for Quantum Science and Technology at Shanghai University. He received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Physics from Xiangtan University in 1985 and 1989, respectively, and Ph.D. in Solid-State Physics from CY Cergy Paris University (formerly known as University of Cergy-Pontoise) in 1995. He joined Xiangtan University in 1985, where he was exceptionally promoted to a full professor in 1992. From 1993 to 2006, he conducted research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Chemnitz University of Technology, the Max Planck Institute, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. From 2006 to May 2023, he was appointed as a Distinguished Professor under the National Changjiang Scholars Program at Xiangtan University, where he also served as Dean of the School of Materials and Optoelectronic Physics (December 2007 – August 2014) and Dean of the School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering (August 2014 – April 2022). Since May 2023, he serves as a Distinguished Professor at Shanghai University. Currently, he is a council member of the Chinese Physical Society, a member of the Committee for Condensed Matter Theory and Statistical Physics of the Chinese Physical Society, a member of the Physics Teaching Advisory Committee under the Ministry of Education, a co-editor of EPL, and an editorial board member of University Physics. His research focuses on condensed matter physics, quantum materials, and computational physics, with over 300 published journal papers.

University of Naples Federico II, Italy

University of Brasília, Brazil

HKUST, Hong Kong

Jilin university, China

Wenhui Mi, Distinguished Tang Aoqing Professor at Jilin University. He received his Ph.D. degree in condensed matter physics from Jilin University in 2016. Then he moved to Duke University (2016−2017) and Rutgers University (2017−2021), as a postdoctoral researcher. He began to work as a full professor at Jilin University in 2021. He was awarded the National High-Level Overseas Talents Introduction Youth Project of China in 2022. His research interests mainly focus on the development of electronic structure methods for large-scale, mesoscopic systems, focusing on such methods as orbital-free DFT and density embedding for materials science applications.

KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Dr. Udo Schwingenschlögl is a Professor of Applied Physics at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Prior to joining KAUST in 2009, he worked at the International Center of Condensed Matter Physics in Brasilia, Brazil, and the University of Augsburg, Germany. His research interests in condensed matter physics and first-principles materials modeling focus on 2D materials, interface and defect physics, correlated materials, thermoelectric materials, metal-ion batteries, nanoparticles, and quantum transport.

Jilin University, China

Guangtao Liu is a professor at the College of Physics, Jilin University. He earned both his bachelor's degree in physics and PhD in condensed matter physics from Jilin University. From 2012 to 2014, he conducted high-temperature superconductivity research at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry. Between 2015 and 2019, he worked on high-pressure science in China Academy of Engineering Physics. Since 2019, he has been a faculty member at Jilin University. His current research focuses on the experimental synthesis, structural diagnostics, and property characterization of novel materials, such as hydrides, under high-pressure conditions. Over the past few years, related research published in scientific journals such as PRL, Nat. Commun., JACS, PNAS, and Angew. Chem.. Some of these studies have also been featured by scientific media outlets, including Nature, APS Physics, and Physics World.

Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Dr. Stanisław Krukowski is a physicist and materials scientist affiliated with the Institute of High Pressure Physics (Unipress) at the Polish Academy of Sciences. He serves as the Co-director for Education and Scientific Degrees, playing a key role in coordinating academic programs and overseeing doctoral research within the institute. Dr. Krukowski's research focuses on semiconductor physics, particularly the theoretical modeling of III-V semiconductors and nanomaterials. His work involves computational simulations to understand the electronic and structural properties of materials under high pressure, contributing to advancements in optoelectronic devices and nanotechnology.

Aalto University, Finland

Mikko Möttönen is a Professor of Quantum Technology at Aalto University and VTT, renowned for his pioneering work in superconducting quantum‐electric circuits and ultrasensitive bolometers. With a prolific output of 160 scientific articles garnering over 10,000 citations—including notable publications in Nature and Science—his research bridges both experimental innovation and deep theoretical insight. A recipient of five ERC grants, Mikko earned his doctorate in 2005 from the Helsinki University of Technology at the Department of Applied Physics. He currently acts as the Head of the Aalto BSc Programme in Science and Technology and of the Quantum Technology major, shaping the next generation of innovators. His groundbreaking work has not only advanced quantum physics but has also enabled the commercialization of quantum-computing devices, exemplified by the spinout of IQM Quantum Computers from his research group. As one of the four co-founders of both IQM Quantum Computers and QMill Oy, his entrepreneurial spirit is matched by a series of prestigious recognitions—including the Nokia Recognition Award, Väisälä Science Prize, Innovation Professor Award, and an Honorary Doctorate from Lappeenranta University of Technology—and membership in the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters as well as the Finnish Academy of Technology.

Zhejiang University, China

Ming Shi is a Chair Professor in the School of Physics at Zhejiang University in China. He received his PhD from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Prior to joining Zhejiang University, he was a Senior Scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. His research focuses on the behavior of electrons in novel quantum materials and strongly correlated systems. The primary interest is to explore the electronic excitations and properties associated with various emergent and/or macroscopic quantum phenomena. Combining photoemission spectroscopy with other experimental means his research is centered on to unveil the micro mechanism of various instabilities and phenomena, arising from electron-electron correlation effects, the coupling between electrons and collective excitations, and the interplay of the charge, spin, orbital and lattice in solids.

Quantum Science Center of Guangdong

Jian-Jian Miao is currently an Associate Researcher at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Guangdong) Quantum Science Center in Shenzhen. He obtained his B.S. in Physics (2012) and Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics (2017) from Zhejiang University, where he specialized in condensed matter theory. His research centers on advancing the theoretical understanding of quantum materials, with a focus on unconventional superconductivity, quantum spin liquids, and topological phases.

Tsinghua University, China

Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Prof. Aviad Frydman is a physicist at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, where he serves as a professor and head of the Department of Physics. His research focuses on the electronic properties of low-dimensional and disordered systems, particularly disordered superconductors. He earned his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and completed postdoctoral work at UC San Diego. Frydman has held visiting professor positions at Yale University, the Institut Néel in Grenoble, and the University of Cambridge, UK. He is known for pioneering experiments on the interplay between disorder, dimensionality, and superconductivity. He has published papers in leading journals such as Nature Physics, Nature Communications and PRL and co-authored the book "The Electron Glass".

Tsinghua University, China

ShanghaiTech University, China

Dr. Youqi Ke is a tenured associate Professor and Principal Investigator (PI) at the School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics from McGill University (Canada) in 2011, conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton University’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and joined ShanghaiTech University in 2014 as an assistant Prof.. His research interests includes: mean field approach for disordered (open) systems, first-principles computational methods, quantum transport theory, linear-scaling algorithms, and full potential screened spherical wave based muffin-tin orbital methods. His group has been focusing on developing an in-house first-principles device-material simulation software package based on the third generation of muffin-tin orbital method.

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Xingjiang Zhou is currently a professor in the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tsinghua University and his Ph. D degree from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. He developed a series of high-resolution vacuum ultra-violet laser-based angle-resolved photoemission systems. His research focuses on studying high temperature superconductors and other quantum materials. He has published more than 270 papers. He got the Achievement in Asia Award in 2014 and the TWAS Prize in Physics in 2015. He is a Fellow of American Physical Society.

Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

Assist. Prof. Dr. BrigitaRožič obtained a Ph.D. degree in physics in 2012 at the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana. After two years of postdoctoral work at Institut des Nano-Sciences de Paris (INSP), Pierre and Marie Curie Université Paris, France, Dr. Rožič returned to Jožef Stefan Institute. As a research associate, she worksin the laboratory for calorimetry and dielectric spectroscopy, and she is an Assistant Professor at the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School. She continues the soft matter research, including multicalorics, multiferroics, magnetoelectrics, plasmonic systems, liquid crystal elastomers, and topological defects.

University of Science and Technology of China, China

Professor Xianhui Chen is the Yan Jici distinguished professor in Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph. D. degree from USTC in 1992,after which hewas a Humboldt Fellow at the Karlsruhe ResearchCenter and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics at Stuttgart in Germany.He had been a visiting professor at the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Studies (Hokuriku), and Texas Superconductivity Research Center at the University of Houstonand the National University of Singapore. His research is centered on the design, growth and characterization of novel quantum materials, and the emergent phenomena therein. He has made key contributions to the fields of superconductivity and two-dimensional (2D) materials, especially for iron-based superconductor and 2D black phosphorus materials. He was awarded the Bernd T. Matthias Prize in the field of Superconducting Materials in 2015, and the Future Science Prize--Physical Science Prize in 2023.

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Professor Lei Xu currently serves as a professor in the Department of Physics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He pursued his undergraduate degree in the Department of Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China from 1995 to 2000 and obtained his doctorate in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago from 2000 to 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. In 2009, he joined the Department of Physics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he has been teaching ever since. Professor Xu Lei's research group mainly focuses on the experimental physics of soft matter, paying particular attention to physical phenomena closely related to everyday life. These include the impact of droplets on solid surfaces, the development of metamaterials, flow fields in porous materials (such as soil and sand piles), and fundamental physical processes like phase transitions from liquids to solids (e.g., crystallization and glass transitions).

Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jun-Wei Luo is the director of the State Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics and Chip Technologies, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Zhejiang University in 2000 and 2003, respectively, and his Ph.D in condensed matter physics from the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007. He was associated with the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as a postdoc, scientist, and senior scientist from 2007 to 2014. He focuses mainly on semiconductor physics of Silicon-based devices for post-Moore’s law technologies and discovered hidden spin polarization in inversion-symmetric bulk crystals, which opened the door to broad hidden physics, discovered k-dependent spin-splitting in centrosymmetric antiferromagnets, which is now widely recognized as altermagnetisms (Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year), discovered strong linear Rashba effect of holes in one-dimensional semiconductor quantum wires and two-dimensional quantum wells, and proposed the theory for softening of the optical phonon by reduced interatomic bonding strength without depolarization. He has published more than 120 papers, including Nature (1), Nature Physics (1), Nature Nanotechnology (1), and PRL (7) as the first or corresponding author. He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2019 and served as co-chair of the ICTMC22 and ICDS32 international conferences on semiconductors.

Xiamen University, China

Prof. Chenxu Wu is currently a chair professor of physics working at Physics Department, Xiamen University. He got his Ph. D. degree in Applied Electronics at Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in October, 1998 within 2.5 years. After graduation, he stayed at TIT as an assistant professor of physical electronics and later on transferred to Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University. He was the winner of 1998 Tejima Best Doctorate Thesis Award, and 1998 Excellent Research Award, and Japan Science Promotion Society. He joined Xiamen University in March 2001, and won the National Distinguished Young Scholar title in 2002, launching the first soft matter research group, which has been later on expanded to the current Bio SMAT, apowerhouse on softmatter in China. He once served as the Dean of College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University during 2008-2017 and is now the core member of CPS Fall Meeting Organizing Committee, and the physics discipline appraisal board member of the State Council. Prof. Wu’s research interest is mainly focused on physical properties in softmatter systems, with a publication of 5authored and coauthored books and book chapters, and more than 170 peer review journal papers. He is currently leading a research group, carrying out researches covering a broad spectrum of softmatter topics such as liquid crystals, polymer physics, microfluidics,active matters, organic monolayers etc.

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Bosen Wang, male, a professor at Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). He received a doctor's degree from the Institute of Physical Sciences, CAS, in 2011.06; then conducted postdoctoral research at ISSP, University of Tokyo, Japan, from 2012.04 to 2015.03; worked as a JSPS researcher at ISSP, University of Tokyo, Japan, from 2015.04 to 2017.03; and then joined Institute of Physics, CAS in 2017.03. Research interests: unconventional superconductors under hydrostatic pressure; multiple microscopic methods reveal new mechanisms and physics under extreme conditions (hydrostatic pressure, high magnetic field).

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Dr. Zhihai Zhu is currently an associate professor at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2016 from the University of Connecticut in the USA. He subsequently moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for postdoctoral research until 2019. Dr. Zhu’s research focuses on correlated-electron physics in transition metal oxides (TMOs). His work is both materials- and problem-based, addressing the full spectrum of a problem, from material synthesis (PLD, OMBE) to advanced measurements (Neutron scattering, muon spin rotation, resonant elastic/inelastic x-ray scattering, etc.), often at large-scale facilities in national labs.

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Jianlin Luo received the BS degree from Peking University, and the PhD degree from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently a full professor in Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the investigation of physical properties of unconventional superconductors and other strongly correlated materials, particularly with specific heat and NMR techniques. He has published more than 250 papers. He was granted the “Highly Cited Researcher”by Clarivate Analytics from 2014 to 2018, the “Ye Qisun Physics Award”by Chinese Physical Society in 2019.

Shenzhen University, USA

Luyang Wang got his Ph.D degree from Florida State University in 2014, and then joined Institute for Advanced Study in Tsinghua University as a postdoctral researcher. He worked at Sun Yat-sen University as a Researcher from 2017 to 2020, and joined Shenzhen University as an assistant professor in 2021. His research focuses on topological matter and superconductivity.

Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Dr. Hai-Jun Liao obtained his B.S. from Renmin University of China in 2009 and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 2014. From 2014 to 2017, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since 2017, he has been an Associate Professor at the same institute. His research focuses on developing tensor network methods and applying them to fundamental problems in frustrated magnetic systems, statistical physics, and quantum computing

West Texas A&M University, USA

Dr. Keshav Shrestha is an Assistant Professor of Physics at West Texas A&M University, where he teaches physics and conducts research in experimental condensed matter physics, with a particular focus on topological and superconducting materials. Dr. Shrestha earned his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcUH). He has held postdoctoral research positions at both Idaho National Laboratory and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Over the course of his career, he has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and has presented his work at numerous national and international conferences. Currently, Dr. Shrestha’s research centers on exploring the electronic properties of kagome materials under extreme conditions, including high magnetic fields, high pressure, and low temperatures, to uncover their fundamental physics. He also utilizes first-principles calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) to complement his experimental investigations. Dr. Shrestha is deeply committed to teaching, mentoring, and collaborative research, and continues to make significant contributions to the field of condensed matter physics.