Tulane Quantum Materials Lab

ZHIQIANG MAO

Department of Physics, Tulane University,

Tel: 504-865-5084, Fax: (504) 862-8702, Email: zmao@tulane.edu

EDUCATION HISTORY

June 1987     B. S. in Physics, Nanjing Normal University, P.R. China

May 1992     Ph. D., in Condensed matter physics, University of Science and Technology of

China (USTC). Title of dissertation: Studies of crystal microstructure and physical

properties of high-T_c superconductors. Advisor: Professor Yuheng Zhang.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Jul.2009—Present       Professor, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University

Feb.2011—Present       Nicholas J. Altiero Professor in Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University

Jul. 2011—July 2014   Chair, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Tulane University.

Jul. 2007—Jun. 2009    Associate professor, Department of Physics, Tulane University

Jul. 2002 —Jun. 2007    Assistant professor, Department of Physics, Tulane University

Sep. 2005—Dec.2005    Visiting assistant professor, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jan. 2000—Jun. 2002   Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University. Advisor: Prof. Ying Liu

Sep. 1997—Jan. 2000   Postdoctoral scholar, Kyoto University, Japan. Advisor: Yoshiteru Maeno

June 1995—Sep. 1997   Research fellow, Structure Research Laboratory, USTC.

Feb. 1994—Aug. 1994  Visiting scholar, Department of Physics, Purdue University.

June 1992—Sep. 1993   Research assistant, Structure Research Laboratory, USTC.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Elected fellow of the American Physical Society
• Endowed Professorship: Nicholas J. Altiero Professor in Physics
• Changjiang Lectureship Chair Professor at Nanjing University, 2009-2012.
• NSF CAREER award, 2007
• Cottrell Scholar Award, Research Corporation, 2005 (given to 10% of the applicants).
• The Tulane University Presidential Early Career Development Award, 2005 (given to only one untenured professor each year).
• “Qiu Shi” Award, 1997 (given to twenty outstanding young scientists in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and biology each year in China).
• Awarded the second Prize of Young Scientists sponsored by Chinese Academy of  Sciences in 1995. Obtained fund supports from the Chinese National Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scientists in 1996

MEMBERSHIP

Fellow of American Physical Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Emergent phenomena in quantum materials

• Emergent quantum phenomena in strongly correlated oxides;
• Interplay between magnetism and superconductivity in iron-based superconductors;
• Novel functional two-dimensional (2D) materials of ternary transition metal chalcogenides;
• Topological Dirac and Weyl semimetals.

PUBLICATIONS

Total publications in peer-reviewed journals: 268.  The total citation count > 8800 with   H-index = 44 (Google Scholar); 29 in PRLs, 4 in Nature, 2 in Nature Materials, 1 in Nature Physics, 2 in Nature Communications, 1 in Science, 5 in Scientific Report, 74 in PRB)

See this page for the full publication list