 | Research Interests: Interface between quantum condensed matters, ultracold AMO quantum systems, and quantum information. Current Research Topics: (1) Electronic properties of materials with strong correlation and novel band topology. (2) Emulation of condensed matter physics in ultracold AMO quantum systems. Research style(Theory and Computation): (1) Interested in new issues with immediate realization in experiments or with a goal to bridge the gap for realizing new ideas in experiments.(2) Develop new theoretical formulation or modeling for the problems of interests. (3) Implement feasible numerical scheme for the computation of relevant information. |
Joseph Wang was born in Taiwan and came to the United States for his advanced studies. He received his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree in Physics at National Central University in Taiwan. After his mandatory military service at Marine Corp., he enrolled as a PHD student at University of Texas at Austin at 2002 and graduated on December 2008. He specialized in quantum condensed matter, including strongly correlated electronic systems in materials and (neutral or charged) cold atoms. Particularly, he is interested in the fruitful interaction between condensed matter and cold atom systems through the ideas of quantum information science such as quantum emulation of condensed matter physics by cold atoms.
His thesis topics included effective quantum vortex dynamics, and he predicted the difficulty to realize the vortex quantum Hall states in trapped finite systems due to the "soft" phase fluctuations in dilute Bose condensate. In addition, he was also engaged in interface physics in correlated transition-metal oxides. He later developed his interests in topological insulators while working with Prof. Greg Fiete's group at 2009. At Georgetown University in DC as a postdoctoral fellow, he continued his interests in cold atom physics. His research involved quantum simulation on ultracold ions in Paul(1D) and Penning(2D) traps by lasers. He has published several high-profile papers on spin simulation with cold ions. He enjoys working independently and helping with experimental groups to achieve breakthroughs in his field.
Currently, he is a postdoctoral fellow at the Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Physics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory. He continues to strengthen his background on first principle calculation in strongly correlated materials including actinide compounds in which interplay of spin-orbit couplings, electron correlation, and phonon renormalization is crucial. Strongly correlated methods beyond static mean field and perturbation are employed to study the challenging problems. In addition, he continues his interests in topological insulators.
