Office Location
Physics Building Room 317
Email
mym@jlu.edu.cn or mym@calypso.cn
Website: http://mym.calypso.cn/mym.html
Education
1998.09 -- 2001.06 Ph.D in Condensed Matter Physics, State Key Lab of Superhard Materials, JLU, Changchun, China.
1995.09 -- 1998.06 M.S. in Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Yanbian University, Yanbian, China.
1991.09 -- 1995.06 B.S. in Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Yanbian University, Yanbian, China.
Professional Employment
2018.05 -- now Director, International Center for Computational Method & Software, JLU, China
2017.07 -- now Dean, College of Physics, JLU, China
2006.07 -- 2008.04 Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Crystallography, ETH, Zurich.
2005.01 -- now Professor, State Key Lab of superhard materials, JLU, China
2002.04 -- 2004.05 Postdoctoral Researcher, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, Canada.
2001.09 -- 2004.12 Associate Professor, State Key Lab of superhard materials, JLU, China
2001.03 -- 2001.08 Lecturer, State Key Lab of superhard materials, JLU, China
Recent Honours & Awards
2019 The Second Class Prize of the State Natural Science Award (1/5)
2018 The First Prize of the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education (1/5)
2016 Walter Kohn Prize from the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and Quantum ESPRESSO Foundation
2016 "Ten thousand plan" - National high level talents special support plan
2015 The Second Class Prize of the state natural science award (1/5)
2015 State Project of Hundred, Thousand, and Ten Thousand Talents
2012 Yangtze river scholars Distinguished Professor
2011 China Youth Science and Technology Award
2010 The First Prize of the Ministry of Education Award for Natural Science (1/5)
2010 China National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
2009 Top Ten News of Basic Research in China (Transparent dense sodium)
2009 Daniel Tsui (Nobel Laureate) Fellowship, The University of Hong Kong
2001 Jamieson Award in the 18th International Conference of High Pressure Science and Technology
Research Interest
1. The development of swarm-intelligence based CALYPSO method on predictions of crystal structures of materials at given information of chemical compositions.
2. The use of CALYPSO method into exploration of crystal structures of materials under high pressure conditions in an effort to uncover new physics and chemistry rules inaccessible at ambient conditions.
3. Structural design and experimental synthesis of high-pressure functional materials.
Publications & Invited Lectures
340+ peer-reviewed papers
80+ invited or plenary lectures at international conferences (e.g., ACS meeting, APS march meeting, Gordon Research conferences, etc)
More than 15,600 citations, h-index = 62
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