Faculty

Ding ZHANG,Professor

Department of Physics, Tsinghua University

Beijing 100084

Tel:86-10-62792385

Email:dingzhang@tsinghua.edu.cn

www.researcherid.com/rid/AAE-7473-2022

www.orcid.org/0000-0002-8334-8349

Education and Research Experience

Education:

2004/09-2008/07  Peking University  B.Sc.in Physics

2008/09-2014/03  Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research & University of Stuttgart  Ph.D(summa cum laude), Supervisors:Klaus von Klitzing,Jurgen H.Smet

Research Experience:

2014/05-2016/08  Department of Physics,Tsinghua University  Postdoc

2016/09-2018/11  Department of Physics,Tsinghua University  Assistant Professor(tenure track)

2018/12-2022/12 Department of Physics,Tsinghua University  Associate Professor(tenure track)

2019/12-present Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences(BAQIS)  Adjunct Researcher

2021/04-2025/03 CEMS,RIKEN  Unit Leader (Part time) 

2023/01-2026/06 Department of Physics,Tsinghua University  Associate Professor(tenured) 

2026/06-present  Department of Physics,Tsinghua University  Professor(tenured)


Awards

2025 Mao Yisheng Beijing Youth Science and Technology Award

2020 MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators under 35 China

2020 Excellence in Advising Award, Tsinghua University

2019 Young Scholar Award, Tsinghua University


Teaching

College Physics B1, B2; Physics Lab Experiments


Research

Superconductivity is a fascinating macroscopic quantum phenomenon. Currently, my lab aims at addressing some of the basic properties in low-dimensional/high-temperature superconductors such as the pairing mechanism and the pairing symmetry. Furthermore, we look for novel quantum phenomena, such as Ising pairing, Little-Parks oscillations, etc., in reduced dimensions under specially designed conditions. The experimental knobs include stacking van der Waals heterostructures, injecting lithium/hydrogen/oxygen/fluorine ions, varying the magnetic field orientations (single axis or biaxial) at ultralow temperatures (base temperature 8 mK), and ramping up the magnetic field to an extremely high value (40 T). By collaborating closely with experimental and theoretical experts worldwide, we hope to gain a comprehensive understanding of those exotic and intriguing phenomena.

Selected Publications


High temperature superconductivity

1. H. Wang#, Y. Zhu#*, Z. Bai, Z. Lyu, J. Yang, L. Zhao, X. J. Zhou, Q.-K. Xue*, and D. Zhang*,

Quantum superconducting diode effect with perfect efficiency above liquid-nitrogen temperature,

Nature Physics (2025),#equal contribution, *corresponding author

https://rdcu.be/eSejm

2. Y. Hu#, K. Liang#, J. Li#, Z. Li, F. Meng, H. Lei, J. Wang, H. Wen, R. Zhang, J. Cai, J. Zhang, Y. Lu*, Y. Wang*, Q.-K. Xue*, and D. Zhang*,

Lithium intercalated FeSe as a high-temperature superconducting ferromagnet,

Nature Communications 16, 7305 (2025), #equal contribution, *corresponding author

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-62624-x

3. S. Hu, J. Qiao*, G. Gu, Q.-K. Xue*, and D. Zhang*,

Vortex entropy and superconducting fluctuations in ultrathin underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x superconductor,

Nature Communications 15, 4818 (2024) *corresponding author

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-48899-6

4. H. Wang, Y. Zhu*, Z. Bai, Z. Wang, S. Hu, H.-Y. Xie, X. Hu, J. Cui, M. Huang, J. Chen, Y. Ding, L. Zhao, X. Li, Q. Zhang, L. Gu, X. J. Zhou, J. Zhu, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Prominent Josephson tunneling between twisted single copper oxide planes of Bi2Sr2-xLaxCuO6+y,

Nature Communications 14, 5201 (2023) *corresponding author

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40525-1

5. M. Liao, Y. Zhu, S. Hu, R. Shang, J. Schneeloch, G. Gu, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Little-Parks like oscillations in lightly doped cuprate superconductors,

Nature Communications 13, 1316 (2022) *corresponding author

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28954-w

6. Y. Zhu#, M. Liao#, Q. Zhang#, H.-Y. Xie, F. Meng, Y. Liu, Z. Bai, S. Ji, J. Zhang, K. Jiang, R. Zhong, J. Schneeloch, G. Gu, L. Gu, X. Ma, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Presence of s-wave pairing in Josephson junctions made of twisted ultrathin Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x flakes,

Physical Review X 11, 031011 (2021), #equal contribution, *corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031011


Novel low-dimensional superconductors

7. Z. Cao#, M. Liao#*, H. Yan#, Y. Zhu, L. Zhang, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, A. F. Morpurgo, H. Liu*, Q.-K. Xue, D. Zhang*,

Spectroscopic evidence for a first-order transition to a possible orbital Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov state,

Nature Communications (2026) #equal contribution, *corresponding author

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72134-z

8. M. Liao, H. Wang, Y. Zhu, R. Shang, M. Rafique, L. Yang, H. Zhang, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Coexistence of resistance oscillations and the anomalous metal phase in a lithium intercalated TiSe2 superconductor,

Nature Communications 12, 5342 (2021) *corresponding author

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25671-8

9. J. Falson, Y. Xu, M. Liao, Y. Zang, K. Zhu, C. Wang, Z. Zhang, Ho. Liu, W. Duan, K. He, Ha. Liu*, J. H. Smet*, D. Zhang*, and Q.-K. Xue,

Type-II Ising pairing in few-layer stanene,

Science 367, 1454 (2020) *corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax3873

10. M. Liao#, Y. Zang#, Z. Guan, H. Li, Y. Gong, K. Zhu, X.-P. Hu, D. Zhang*, Y. Xu*, Y.-Y. Wang, K. He, X.-C. Ma, S.-C. Zhang, and Q.-K. Xue*,

Superconductivity in few-layer stanene,

Nature Physics 14, 344 (2018) #equal contribution, *corresponding author.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-017-0031-6


PhD thesis of Ding Zhang in 2014

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279825743_Probing_the_liquid_and_solid_phases_in_closely_spaced_two-dimensional_systems