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The Department of Physics is proud to welcome two new faculty members (l-r):
Assistant Professor Kaifei Kang graduated with a B.S. in physics from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2016 and completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 2022. He then spent two years as a postdoctoral scholar at Cornell before joining the faculty at HKUST. His research focuses on electronic properties of two-dimensional quantum materials and quantum devices, with a broad interest in topological physics, strongly correlated physics, superconductivity, spintronics, and related areas. His work aims to uncover new quantum states of matter and advance experimental techniques in the field. https://physics.hkust.edu.hk/people/kaifei-kang-kangkaifei
Assistant Professor Jue Wang received his B.S. from Peking University in 2014, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2020, advised by Professor Xiaoyang Zhu. Prior to joining HKUST, he was a Harvard Quantum Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, co-advised by Professor Philip Kim and Professor Hongkun Park. As an experimental condensed matter physicist working on low-dimensional materials and strongly correlated phenomena, he aims to realize novel quantum matters, deepen our understanding of them, and unlock their potential in the ongoing quantum revolution. To achieve these goals, his group develops and applies a variety of optical spectroscopies and techniques, especially those using ultrafast lasers, together with nanofabrication of electronic devices, electrical measurements, and low-temperature techniques capable of cooling electrons down to the 10 mK range. https://physics.hkust.edu.hk/people/jue-wang-wangjue