Congratulations to Professor Yuan Ping for being named 2026-27 H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow! Link to news. This prestigious fellowship recognizes outstanding research achievements within six years of earning tenure at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This …
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Successful ESW26 Workshop at UW-Madison
This June 22–25, UW–Madison hosted the Annual Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods (ESW26 – Workshop on Recent Developments in Electronic Structure Methods) for the first time since the series began in 1989, …
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Grieder
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Grieder, who graduated from the Ping Group with a successful Ph.D. defense on July 22!
Computational tool reveals the structure of breakthrough quantum material
Congratulations to Yuan Ping, Kejun Li, and Shimin Zhang on their recognition by the University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering for their recent work on quantum materials!
Deep spin defects in zinc oxide for high-fidelity single-shot readout
Congratulations to Shimin Zhang, Erik Perez, Taejoon Park, Kejun Li, Hosung Seo, and Yuan Ping for their work on “Deep spin defects in zinc oxide for high-fidelity single-shot readout”, published in PRX Quantum on March 23 2026!
Congratulations to Dr. Shimin Zhang
Congratulations to Dr. Shimin Zhang, who graduated from the Ping Group with her successful defense on January 8!
First-principles open quantum dynamics for solids based on density-matrix formalism
Congratulations to Jacopo Simoni, Gabriele Riva, and Yuan Ping on “First-principles open quantum dynamics for solids based on density-matrix formalism”, published in The Journal of Chemical Physics on November 6 2025!
Spin non-collinear real-time time-dependent density-functional theory and implementation in the modern GPU-accelerated INQ code
Congratulations to Jacopo Simoni, Wuzhang Fang, Andrew Grieder and Yuan Ping for their work with Xavier Andrade Alfredo A. Correa, and Tadashi Ogitsu on “Spin non-collinear real-time time-dependent density-functional theory and implementation in the modern GPU-accelerated INQ code”, published in APL Computational Physics!
Phonon-assisted radiative lifetimes and exciton dynamics from first principles
Congratulations to Chunhao Guo, Gabriele Riva, Jacopo Simoni, Junqing Xu, and Yuan Ping for their work on “Phonon-assisted radiative lifetimes and exciton dynamics from first principles”, published in Physical Review B on October 8!
Relation of Continuous Chirality Measure to Spin and Orbital Polarization, and Chiroptical Properties in Solids
Congratulations to Andrew Grieder, Shihao Tu, and Yuan Ping for their work on “Relation of Continuous Chirality Measure to Spin and Orbital Polarization, and Chiroptical Properties in Solids”, published in Advanced Optical Materials!