Brief Introduction

Shuoying Yang received her Bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College in 2014 and her Master’s degree from Columbia University in 2016. In 2020, she obtained her Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Germany. Subsequently, she moved to Spain and conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) and the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2). Since November 2023, she has joined the Department of Physics at the Southern University of Science and Technology as an assistant professor.

Yang’s lab applies advanced nanofabrication and low-temperature quantum transport techniques to study emergent quantum phenomena in low-dimensional quantum materials and their associated heterostructures. Her current interests involve around topological quantum states of matter, magnetism, unconventional superconductivity, and the interactions among them. By utilizing various forms of van der Waals materials, stacking order, and novel designs, her group engineers and probes exotic quantum states of matter, driven by both their fundamental scientific interests and potential for advanced electronics applications. 

Research Interests

◆Quantum transport

◆Topological quantum states of matter

◆Unconventional superconductivity

◆Novel heterostructure and interface physics

◆Design and engineering of novel materials and heterostructures

Educational Background

◆2010.09 – 2014.05  B.S., Department of Physics, Bryn Mawr College

◆2014.09 – 2016.05  M.S., Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University

Advisor：Cory R. Dean

◆2016.09 – 2020.10  Ph.D. Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics  

Advisor：Stuart S.P. Parkin

Professional Experience

◆2020.12 – 2022.07  The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Postdoc, Advisor: Dmitri K. Efetov

◆2022.09 – 2023.10  Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Postdoc, Advisor: Sergio O. Valenzuela

◆2023.11 – Present  Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor

Selected Publications

1. “Plethora of many body ground states in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene”
S.-Y. Yang, A. Diez-Carlon, J. Diez-Merida, A. Jaoui, I. Das, G. Di Battista, R. Luque- Merino, R. Mech and D. K. Efetov, Low Temperature Physics 49 (6), 631-639 (2023)

2. “Anisotropic proximity-induced superconductivity and edge supercurrent in Kagome metal, K1-xV3Sb5”

Y. Wang, S.-Y. Yang, P.K. Sivakumar, B.R. Ortiz, S.M.L. Teicher, H. Wu, A.K. Srivastava, C. Garg, D. Liu, S.S.P. Parkin, E.S. Toberer, T. McQueen, S.D. Wilson, M. N. Ali, Science Advances 9 (28), eadg7269 (2023)

3. “Symmetry-broken Josephson junctions and superconducting diodes in magic angle twisted bilayer graphene”

J. Diez-Merida, A. Diez-Carlon, S.-Y. Yang, Y.-M. Xie, X.-J. Gao, J. Senior, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, X. Lu, A.P. Higginbotham, K.T. Law, D.K. Efetov, Nature Communications 14 (1), 2396 (2023)

4. “Giant, unconventional anomalous Hall effect in the topological frustrated magnet candidate, KV3 Sb5 ”

S.-Y. Yang, Y. Wang, B. R. Ortiz, D. Liu, J. Gayles, E. Derunova, R. G.-Hernandez, L. Smejkal, Y. Chen, S. S. P. Parkin, S. D. Wilson, E. S. Toberer, T. McQueen, M. N. Ali. Science Advances 6 (31), eabb6003 (2020)

5. “Field modulated anomalous Hall conductivity and planar Hall effect in Co3Sn2S2 nanoflakes”

S.-Y. Yang, J. Noky, J. Gayles, F. K. Dejene, Y. Sun, M. Dorr, Y. Skourski, E. Liu, M. N. Ali, C. Felser, and S. S. P. Parkin.
Nano Letters 20 (11), 7860-7867 (2020)