Kaifei Kang graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2016 and completed his PhD at Cornell University in 2022. He then spent two years as a postdoctoral scholar 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.

Representative Publications 

(# corresponding authors, * co-first authors):

1. Kang, K.# et al. Observation of the double quantum spin Hall phase in moiré WSe2. Nano Lett. 24, 14901–14907 (2024).
2. Kang, K.# et al. Evidence of the fractional quantum spin Hall effect in moiré MoTe2. Nature 628, 522-526 (2024).
3. Zhao, W.*, Kang, K.* et al, Realization of the Haldane Chern insulator in a moiré lattice. Nat. Phys. 20, 275-280 (2024).
4. Kang, K. et al. Switchable moiré potentials in ferroelectric WTe2/WSe2 superlattices. Nat. Nano. 18, 861-866 (2023).
5. Kang, K.# et al., Van der Waals π Josephson Junctions. Nano Lett. 13, 5510-5515 (2022).
6. Kang, K.*, Li, T. *, Sohn, E. * et al., Nonlinear anomalous Hall effect in few-layer WTe2, Nat. Mater. 18, 324–328 (2019).