WHAT WE DO
We develop theoretical and computational methods such as first-principles Open Quantum Dynamics based on density-matrix formalism and Many-Body Perturbation Theory to understand and predict complex solid-state and nanostructures’ properties such as spin-optronics, excited-state dynamics, defect physics, spin and electron relaxation and transport with many-body interactions at the atomistic levels, for quantum information science, microelectronics, and energy conversion applications.
Our research is currently funded by National Science Foundation (DMR/CMMT, CHE, Wisconsin MRSEC), Department of Energy – Basic Energy Science (Computational Chemical Science, Computational Materials Science, EFRC CHOISE), AFOSR (Young Investigator Program, CFIRE), MOORE Foundation, and SLOAN Fellowship.
OUR RESEARCH
Current research topics: a) electronic excitation including many-body interactions; b) spin relaxation in solids by density-matrix dynamics; c) solid-state spin defect properties.
PUBLICATIONS
Resource our publications and documentation. Publications are presented in chronological order to view the evolution of our research and theoretical developments.
TEACHING RESOURCES
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Recent News
Congratulations to Andrew Grieder
Congratulations to Andrew Grieder and Azim Haque for winning the Student Postdoc Team Science award for Quantum Information Science at the 2025 DOE 2025 EFRC-Hub-CMS-CCS PI Meeting for their work on chirality transfer and spin selectivity in hybrid metal halide semiconductors!
August 26, 2025
Congratulations to Dr. Chunhao Gao
Congratulations to Dr. Chunhao Gao, who graduated from the Ping Group with his successful defense on May 7!
August 17, 2025
Single Nuclear Spin Detection and Control in a Van der Waals Material
Congratulations to Kejun Li, Shimin Zhang, and Yuan Ping for their work with Xingyu Gao, Sumukh Vaidya, Zhun Ge, Saakshi Dikshit, Peng Ju, Kunhong Shen, Yuanbin Jin, and Tongcang Li for their work on “Single nuclear spin detection and control in a van der Waals material”, published in Nature!
August 17, 2025
Efficient Method for Calculating Magnon-Phonon Coupling from First Principles
Congratulations to Wuzhang Fang, Jacopo Simoni, and Yuan Ping for their work on "Efficient method for calculating magnon-phonon coupling from first principles", recently published in Physical Review B!
August 17, 2025
Spin Dynamics in Hybrid Halide Perovskites -Effect of Dynamical and Permanent Symmetry Breaking
Congratulations to Kejun Li, Junqing Xu, Mayank Gupta, Jacopo Simoni and Yuan Ping for their work with Uyen N. Huynh, Rikard Bodin, Christian Multunas, Ravishankar Sundararaman and Valy Vardeny on “Spin Dynamics in Hybrid Halide Perovskites -Effect of Dynamical and Permanent Symmetry Breaking”, published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters!
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