Education
1995-2000 University of Tennessee PhD
1987-1991 Tamkang University Bachelor
Work Experience
2016-present School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Zhiyuan Professor
2017-2024 Tsung Dao-Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University T.D. Lee Professor
2003-2016 Stony Brook University Adjunct Professor
2008-2016 Brookhaven National Laboratory Physicist
2005-2008 Brookhaven National Laboratory Associate Physicist
2003-2005 Brookhaven National Laboratory Assistant Physicist
2001-2003 University of California Post-graduate Researcher
1995-2000 University of Tennessee Graduate Research Assistant
1993-1994 Tamkang University Coordinator of General Physics Lab
Research Interests
Strongly correlated materials and their excitations
Physical effects of disordered impurities in materials
Unconventional theory of high-temperature superconductivity
Computation and method development of quantum many-body problems
1. "Pressure Driven Fractionalization of Ionic Spins Results in Cupratelike High-Tc Superconductivity in La3Ni2O7”, Ruoshi Jiang, Jinning Hou, Zhiyu Fan, Zi-Jian Lang, and Wei Ku. Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 126503 (2024)
2. “Geometric Inhibition of Superflow in Single-Layer Graphene Suggests a Staggered-Flux Superconductivity in Bilayer and Trilayer Graphene” Xinyao Zhang, Ruoshi Jiang, Xingchen Shen, Xiaomo Huang, Qing-Dong Jiang,* and Wei Ku*, Nano Lett. 24, 10451−10457 (2024)
3. "Quantum fluctuation of ferroelectric order in polar metals", Fangyuan Gu, Jie Wang, Zi-jian Lang, and Wei Ku, npj Quantum Mater. 8, 49 (2023)
4. "Geometric frustration produces long-sought Bose metal phase of quantum matter", Anthony Hegg, Jinning Hou and Wei Ku, PNAS 118 (46) e2100545118 (2021)
5. "Itinerancy enhanced quantum fluctuation of magnetic moments in iron-based superconductors" Yu-Ting Tam, Dao-Xin Yao and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 117001 (2015)
6. “First-Principles Method of Propagation of Tightly Bound Excitons: Verifying the Exciton Band Structure of LiF with Inelastic x-Ray Scattering”, Chi-Cheng Lee, Xiaoqian M. Chen, Yu Gan, Chen-Lin Yeh, H. C. Hsueh, Peter Abbamonte, and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 157401 (2013)
7. “Effects of Disordered Ru Substitution in BaFe2As2: Possible Realization of Superdiffusion in Real Materials”, Limin Wang, Tom Berlijn, Yan Wang, Chia-Hui Lin, P. J. Hirschfeld, and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 037001 (2013)
8. “Effective Doping and Suppression of Fermi Surface Reconstruction via Fe Vacancy Disorder in KxFe2−ySe2”, Tom Berlijn, P. J. Hirschfeld, and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 147003 (2012)
9. “Do Transition-Metal Substitutions Dope Carriers in Iron-Based Superconductors?”, Tom Berlijn, Chia-Hui Lin, William Garber, and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 207003 (2012)
10. "Kinetics-Driven Superconducting Gap in Underdoped Cuprate Superconductors Within the Strong-Coupling Limit" Y. Yildirim and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. X 1, 011011(2011)
11. "Can disorder alone destroy the e’g hole pockets of NaxCoO2?" A Wannier Function Based First-Principles Method for Disordered Systems" Tom Berlijn, Dmitri Volja, and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 077005 (2011)
12. “Unified Picture for Magnetic Correlations in Iron-Based Superconductors”, Wei-Guo Yin, Chi-Cheng Lee, and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 107004 (2010)
13. “Unfolding First-Principles Band Structures”, Wei Ku, Tom Berlijn, and Chi-Cheng Lee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 216401 (2010)
14. "Ferro-Orbital Order and Strong Magnetic Anisotropy in the Parent Compounds of Iron-Pnictide Superconductors" Chi-Cheng Lee, Wei-Guo Yin, and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 267001 (2009)
15. “Coexistence of Gapless Excitations and Commensurate Charge-Density Wave in the 2H Transition Metal Dichalcogenides”, Ryan L. Barnett, Anatoli Polkovnikov, Eugene Demler, Wei-Guo Yin, and Wei Ku, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 026406 (2006)
16. "Insulating Ferromagnetism in La4Ba2Cu2O10: an Ab Initio Wannier Function Analysis" Wei Ku, H. Rosner, W. E. Pickett, and R. T. Scalettar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 167204 (2002)
17. “Band-Gap Problem in Semiconductors Revisited: Effects of Core States and Many-Body Self-Consistency”, Wei Ku and Adolfo G. Eguiluz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 126401 (2002)
2015 National talent program
2003 Lawrence Fellowship in Lawrence Livermore National Lab
1998 Joe Fowler & Jerry Marion Award, Department of Physics, University of Tennessee
1988 Department Head's Award in Department of Physics, Tamkang University
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