Richen Xiong
Richen Xiong

HQI Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard University
I am an experimental physicist and HQI Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University studying how light–matter interactions uncover new physics in quantum materials. My work spans microwave to ultrafast optical spectroscopy to track dynamical many-body states, with a focus on harnessing native entanglement and coherence in correlated materials to expand the frontiers of quantum sensing and quantum information science.

Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI)

Graduate Student Researcher

UCSB Physics Department

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Peking University, Spintronics Lab

  • Studied spin transport in magnetic thin films.

Visiting Student

Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Investigated superconducting properties of disordered InO$_x$ thin films in Prof. Dan Shahar’s lab.

Education

Ph.D. in Physics

University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Research focus: Strongly correlated physics, superconductivity and magnetism in 2D moiré materials; Ultrafast optical spectroscopy.
  • Advisor: Prof. Chenhao Jin.
  • Honors: UCSB Quantum Foundry Graduate Traineeship Fellow. UCSB Worster Summer Research Fellowship.

B.S. in Physics

Peking University, Beijing

  • Research focus: Superconducting and magnetic thin films; Spintronics.
  • Advisor: Prof. Wei Han.
Selected Publications
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