Jin Hu

September 27th, 2017

Dec. 2016

JIN HU

Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University,

Email: jhu@tulane.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Physics, Tulane University, 2013

Advisor: Zhiqiang Mao

B.S. in Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 2008

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant Professor, Tulane University 2015 – present

  • Discovery, synthesis, and characterization of novel Dirac or Weyl semimetals
  • Development of electronic and optoelectronic devices based on novel ternary two dimensional (2D) materials.

Postdoctoral scholar, Tulane University 2013 – 2015

Mentor: Professor Zhiqiang Mao and Professor Jiang Wei

  • 2D material synthesis and nano-device fabrication

Research Assistant, Tulane University 2009 – 2013

Advisor: Professor Zhiqiang Mao

  • Study of the iron based superconductor Fe1+y(Te1-xSex)
  • Material synthesis

Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Science and Technology of China  (USTC) 2007 – 2008

  • Design and optimization of single photon detector

TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE

Tulane University New Orleans, LA

  • Fall 2009, Teaching assistant – Electronic properties of materials
  • 2008 – 2009, Lab instructor – General physics
  • 2012 and 2014, Mentoring REU summer students

HONORS

  • 2014 and 2015, First Place Award, Summer Research Colloquium, Tulane University
  • 2013, Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, China Scholarship Council
  • 2012, Inaugural George Flach Memorial Scholarship, IAEI

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (2009-Dec. 2016)

Until Dec. 2016:

48 papers published/accepted since 2009, with 5 more under review/in revision.
First author/Equal contribution as first author: 13.
Total citation: >1400, H-index: 17 (based on google scholar statistics: http://www.goo.gl/R2SZ4S)

Selected Publications (Full publication list: Google Scholar)

  • Jin Hu, Zhijie Tang, Jinyu Liu, Yanglin Zhu, Jiang Wei and Zhiqiang Mao, “Exotic properties of Dirac fermions probed by dHvA oscillations in topological semimetal ZrSiS”, submitted to Nature Communications
  • Jin Hu, Zhijie Tang, Jinyu Liu, Xue Liu, Yanglin Zhu, David Graf, Kevin Myhro, Son Tran, Chun Ning Lau, Jiang Wei and Zhiqiang Mao, “Evidence of Topological nodal-line fermions in ZrSiSe and ZrSiTe”. Physical Review Letters (Editors’ suggestions), 117, 016602 (2016)
  • J.Y. Liu*, J. Hu* (*Equal contribution), D. Graf, S.M.A. Radmanesh, D.J. Adams, Y.L. Zhu, G.F. Cheng, X. Liu, J. Wei, I. Chiorescu, L. Spinu and Z.Q. Mao, “Discovery of a magnetic topological semimetal Sr1-yMn1-zSb2 (y, z < 0.10)“, Submitted to Nature Materials
  • J. Hu, J.Y. Liu, D. Graf, S.M.A. Radmanesh, D.J. Adams, A. Chuang, Y. Wang, I. Chiorescu, J. Wei, L. Spinu, Z.Q. Mao, “π Berry phase and Zeeman splitting of TaP probed by high field magnetotransport measurements”. Scientific Reports 6, 18674 (2016)
  • Chunlei Yue*, Jin Hu*(*Equal contribution), Xue Liu, Ana M. Sanchez, Zhiqiang Mao, and Jiang Wei. “Nano-scale inhomogeneous Superconductivity in Fe(Te1-xSex) probed by nano structure-transport” ACS nano, 10, 429 (2016)

 

  • M. Yi, Z.-K. Liu, Y. Zhang, R. Yu, J.-X. Zhu, J. J. Lee, R. G. Moore, F. T. Schmitt, W. Li, S. C. Riggs, J.-H. Chu, B. Lv, J. Hu, T. J. Liu, M. Hashimot, S.-K. Mo, Z. Hussain, Z. Q. Mao, C. W. Chu, I. R. Fisher, Q. Si, Z.-X. Shen, and D. H. Lu. “Observation of universal strong orbital-dependent correlation effects in iron chalcogenides”. Nature Communications 6, 7777 (2015)

 

  • J. Hu, X. Liu, C.L. Yue, J.Y. Liu, H.W. Zhu, J. B. He, J. Wei, Z.Q. Mao, L.Yu. Antipina, Z.I. Popov, P.B. Sorokin, T.J. Liu, P.W. Adams, S.M.A Radmanesh, L. Spinu, H. Ji and D. Natelson. “Enhanced Electron Coherence in Atomically Thin Nb3SiTe6”. Nature Physics 11, 471 (2015)
  • Xue Liu*Jin Hu*(*Equal contribution) Chunlei Yue, Nicholas Della Fera, Yun Ling, Zhiqiang Mao, Jiang Wei. “High Performance Field-Effect Transistor Based on Multilayer Tungsten Disulfide”. ACS nano 8 , 10396 (2014)
  • J. Hu, J.Y. Liu & Z. Q. Mao. “Spin–orbit coupling and weak antilocalization in the thermoelectric material β-K2Bi8Se13”.Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 26, 095801(2014)

 

  • J. Hu, T.J. Liu, B. Qian, and Z.Q. Mao. “Coupling of electronic and magnetic properties in Fe1+y(Te1−xSex)”. Physical Review B 88, 094505 (2013)
  • J. Hu, G.C. Wang, B. Qian, and Z.Q. Mao. “Inhomogeneous superconductivity induced by interstitial Fe deintercalation in oxidizing-agent-annealed and HNO3-treated Fe1+y(Te1-xSex)”. Invited paper, Superconductor Scientific and Technology 25, 084011 (2012)
  • J. Hu, T. J. Liu, B. Qian, A. Rotaru, L. Spinu, and Z. Q. Mao. “Calorimetric evidence of strong-coupling multiband superconductivity in Fe(Te0.57Se0.43) single crystal”. Physical Review B 83, 134521 (2011)
  • T.J. Liu*, J. Hu*, (* Equal contribution) B. Qian, D. Fobes, Z.Q. Mao, W. Bao, M. Reehuis, S.A.J. Kimber, K. Prokes, S. Matas, D.N. Argyriou, A. Hiess, A. Rotaru, H. Pham, L. Spinu, Y. Qiu, V. Thampy, A.T. Savici, J. A. Rodriguez, and C. Broholm. “From (π,0) magnetic order to superconductivity with (π,π) magnetic resonance in Fe1.02Te1-xSex”. Nature Materials 9, 716 (2010)

TALKS

  • Dirac Fermions Generated by Square Lattices in Layered Compounds (Invited talk at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2016)
  • Dirac Fermions Generated by Square Lattices in Layered Compounds (Invited talk at High Magnetic Field Lab, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China, 2016)
  • Dirac Fermions Generated by Square Lattices in Layered Compounds, (Invited talk at Sichuan University, Sichuan, China, 2016)
  • Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking Weyl Semimetal phase in Ferromagnetic Relativistic Fermion System SrMnBi2 (Invited talk at University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 2015)
  • Enhanced Electron Coherence in Low Dimensions, (Invited talk at Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, China, 2015)
  • TaP – Topological Weyl semimetal (Department colloquium, Tulane University, 2015)
  • Enhancing Electron Coherence via Quantum Phonon Confinement in Atomically Thin Nb3SiTe6 (APS March Meeting 2015)
  • Effect of Quantum Confinement on Electron-phonon Interaction in Atomically Thin Nb3SiTe6 (Department colloquium, Tulane University, 2014)
  • Discovery of New Monolayer Material Nb3SiTe6 (APS March Meeting 2014)
  • Ferromagnetism in CuFeSb: Evidence of Competing Magnetic Interactions in Fe-based Superconductors (APS March Meeting 2013)
  • Correlation Between Normal-State Properties and Superconductivity in Fe1+y(Te1-xSex) System (APS March Meeting 2012)
  • Calorimetric Evidence of Strong-Coupling Multiband Superconductivity in Fe(Te0.57Se0.43) Single Crystal (APS March Meeting 2011)
  • Charge Carrier Localization Induced by Excess Fe in the Fe1+y(Te1-xSex) Superconductor System (APS March Meeting 2010)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & OUTREACH

  • Journal reviewer for: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, Superconductor Science and Technology, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Applied Physics A, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, AIP Advances.
  • Superuser for multiple cleanroom facilities                                                                2014 – present
  • Website maintenance for Tulane Quantum Material Lab                                      2013 – present
  • Principle and demonstration: “Solar Cells” for LA-SIGMA open house             2011 and 2013
  • Tulane graduate student seminar: “Superconductivity”                                                            2011
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