Yao Wang

College of Science Dean’s Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D. in Applied Physics, Stanford University, 2017
      Minor in Computational and Mathematical Engineering

B.S. in Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 2011

Biography
Prof. Wang’s research interests lie in the theoretical elucidation of quantum many-body problems and their consequences in experimental measurements. These problems have rich applications in novel materials, quantum simulation, ultracold matter, and quantum computing. Before joining Clemson as an assistant professor, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Physics Department of Harvard University.

Curriculum Vita

Selected Awards & Prizes

•     2023     Dean’s Professorship Award,                 College of Science, Clemson
•     2023     AFOSR Young Investigator Award,        Air Force Office of Scientific Research
•     2022     DOE Early Career Award,                        Department of Energy
•     2019     IUCr Young Scientist Award,                   Inelastic X-ray Scattering Conference
• 2017 – 2020     MPHQ Postdoctoral Fellowship,    Harvard University
• 2012 – 2015     Stanford Graduate Fellowship,      Stanford University
•     2011     Guo Moruo Scholarship,                         University of Science and Technology of China

Grants

• NSF (PI): EAGER-QAC-QSA: Quantum Algorithms for Correlated Electron-Phonon System (Jan 2021 – Dec 2023)
• DOE (PI): Analog Quantum Simulation for Solid-State Spectroscopies (Aug 2022 – Jul 2027)
• NSF (co-PI): EAGER:SUPER: Optically-Enhanced Superconductivity in Hydrogen-Based Materials (Aug 2021 – Jul 2023)
• AFOSR (PI): Theoretical Study for Infinite-Layer Nickelate Superconductors (Mar 2023 – Feb 2026)
• DOT (co-PI) National Center for Transportation Cybersecurity and Resiliency (Apr 2023 – Mar 2028)

Computational Allocations

• NERSC DOE Mission Award (PI):  Nonlinear Pump-Probe Theory and Simulation (Sep 2020 – Jan 2023)
• TACC Leadership Resource Allocation (PI):  Electron-Phonon Coupling in Correlated Quantum Materials (Apr 2021 – Mar 2023)
• OLCF Quantinuum Quantum Allocation (PI): Quantum Computing for Fermion-Boson Systems (Oct 2022 – Mar 2023)

Chendi Xie

Graduate Student

B.S. Jilin University

Haoran Yan

Graduate Student

B.S. Zhejiang University

Neil Graham

Intern High-School Student

SC GSSM

Alumni:

Utkarsh Bajpai              Postdoctoral Fellow 2021                                     (Currently: research staff @ IBM Research)

Vivek Dixit                      Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-2022                           (Currently: associate professor @ International School of Engineering, Bengaluru)

Wei-Chih Chen              Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-2022                           (Currently: OPC engineer @ TSMC, Taiwan)

Rajat Mettal                   Master Student 2022-2023                                   (Currently: software engineer @ Amazon)

Matthew Myers             Undergraduate Student 2020-2022                    (Currently: graduate student @ University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Shuhan Ding                  Intern Undergraduate Student 2021-2022        (Currently: graduate student @ MIT)

Jiarui Liu                         Intern Undergraduate Student 2022                   (Currently: graduate student @ UC Berkeley)

Raymond Purdy            Undergraduate Student 2022                              (Currently: undergraduate student @ Clesmon University)

Kathryn N. Evancho     Undergraduate Student 2022-2023                     (Currently: graduate student @ Clesmon University)

Yuanjie Sun                    Intern Undergraduate Student 2022                   (Currently: graduate student @ Penn State Univeristy)

Nathaniel Bruss            Intern High-School Student 2021-2022               (Currently: undergraduate student @ Princeton University)