LIU Qihang - The Department of Physics at Southern University of Science and Technology

Personal Profile

Qihang Liu, Chair Professor at the Department of Physics, SUSTC. Prof. Liu’s research interest is theoretical condensed matter physics and computational materials science, special focus is on novel physical properties induced by spin-orbit coupling, topological insulators, strong correlation physics, electronic and structural properties of crystals, surfaces, and interfaces, low-dimensional systems and nano-materials, and electron transport through nanostructures. Prof. Liu has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles including Nat. Phys., PRX, PRL, PRB, Nano Lett., Adv. Func. Mater., and has received more than 5000 citations based on Google Scholar.

Research Areas

Condensed Matter Computational Physics
Spin Orbital Electronics
Quantum Materials

Educational Background

2007 – 2012: Ph. D. in Condensed Matter Physics, State Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Physics and Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China

2003 – 2007: Bachelor of Science, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China

Professional Experience

2026-Present, Chair Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology

2024-2026: Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology

2018-2023: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology
2013 – 2018: Research Associate Faculty, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2012 – 2013: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Selected Publication

1. Y. Liu, X. Chen, Y. Yu, J. Etxebarria, J. M. Perez-Mato, Q. Liu* Symmetry classification of magnetic orders using oriented spin space groups Nature 652, 869 (2026)

2. X. Chen, Y. Liu, P. Liu, Y. Yu, J. Ren, J. Li, A. Zhang, Q. Liu*, Unconventional magnons in collinear magnets dictated by spin space groups, Nature 640, 349 (2025)

3. Y.-P. Zhu, X. Chen, X.-R. Liu, P. Liu, H. Zha, C. Hong, J. Li, Z. Jiang, X.-M. Ma, Y.-J. Hao, W. Liu, M. Zeng, J. Ding, S. Mo, Z. Liu, M. Ye, D. Shen, R.-H. He, S. Qiao*, Q. Liu*, C. Liu*, Observation of plaid-like spin splitting in a noncoplanar antiferromagnet, Nature 626, 523 (2024)

4. X. Chen†, J. Ren†, Y. Zhu†, Y. Yu†, A. Zhang, P. Liu, J. Li, Y. Liu, C. Li and Q. Liu*, Enumeration and representation theory of spin space groups, Phys. Rev. X 14, 031038 (2024)

5. P. Liu, J. Li, J. Han, X. Wan*, Q. Liu*, Spin-group symmetry in magnetic materials with negligible spin-orbit coupling, Phys. Rev. X 12, 021016 (2022)

For a detailed list of publication please see my google scholar or research group homepage (link attached).
google scholar：https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7xSacYQAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN
research group homepage：https://liuqh.phy.sustech.edu.cn/publications/

Academic Service

Editorial Board Member, National Science Review

Editor,npj Quantum Materials

Member, the Second Youth Working Group (Young Physicists Committee), Chinese Physical Society

Member, Computational Materials Science Division, Chinese Materials Research Society

Serving as a manuscript referee for scientific peer-reviewed journals, including：

Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Physical Review X, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Advanced Materials, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, etc.