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Research Description

​My primary research goals are directed towards discovery and understanding of novel collective behaviors in quantum materials. Particular examples include unconventional superconductivity emerging near a quantum critical point, and exotic Weyl/Dirac excitations in semimetals with strong spin-orbit coupling. My research group focuses on crystal growth, thermodynamic and magnetic measurements, and novel experimental techniques that utilize strain to probe and manipulate the symmetry properties of materials.​​

Positions

Professor (Physics)
University of Washington 2025
Associate Professor (Physics)
University of Washington 2021 - 2025
Assistant Professor (Physics)
University of Washington 2016 - 2021
Postdoc (Applied Physics)
Stanford University 2014 - 2016
Postdoc (Physics)
University of California, Berkeley 2012 - 2014

Education

PhD (Applied Physics)
Stanford University 2012
Bachelor of Science (Electronics Engineering)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University 2004

Publications

Z. Ji, H. Park, M. E. Barber, C. Hu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Chu, X. Xu, and Z. Shen
Local probe of bulk and edge states in a fractional Chern insulator
Nature 635 578-583 (2024)
K. Hwangbo, E. Rosenberg, J. Cenker, Q. Jiang, H. Wen, D. Xiao, J. Chu, and X. Xu
Strain tuning of vestigial three-state Potts nematicity in a correlated antiferromagnet
Nature Physics 20 1888-1895 (2024)
Z. Liu, Y. Shi, Q. Jiang, E. W. Rosenberg, J. M. DeStefano, J. Liu, C. Hu, Y. Zhao, Z. Wang, Y. Yao, D. Graf, P. Dai, J. Yang, X. Xu, and J. Chu
Absence of E2g Nematic Instability and Dominant A1g Response in the Kagome Metal CsV3Sb5
Physical Review X 14 (2024)