Contact
Assistant Professor (Lecturer), School of Physics, University of Bristol
Email: shuqiucwang@gmail.com / shuqiu.wang@bristol.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)7752 382919
Office: G34A, H H Wills Physics Laboratory, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, BS8 1TL, UK
Laboratory:
(1) Ultra-low vibration/noise lab in Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information;
(2) Low vibration/noise lab in H H Wills Physics Laboratory.
Education and Employment
2023 onwards Assistant Professor (Lecturer), HH Wills Laboratory, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
2023 onwards Academic Visitor, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. My Oxford website →
2022 – 2023 Visiting Scientist, Lab of Atomic & Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US.
2019 – 2023 Postdoc, Experimental Quantum Matter. Advisor: J. C. Séamus Davis, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
2015 – 2019 DPhil, Materials. Advisor: Martin R. Castell, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Prizes, Awards and Recognition
2024 Nicholas Kurti Science Prize for Europe – for major breakthroughs in p-wave topological superconductors, high-temperature superconductivity and dilution refrigerator scanning tunnelling microscope.
Press release: Kurti Prize Announcement, Quantum Zeitgeist, Quantum Insider, Oxford news, World News, Public Technologies, Inside Quantum Technology
2023 Rising Star in Physics – top emerging talent in physics, featured in Oxford news
2021-2022 John Fell Fund – support for research visits to Cornell University and Paris
2019 Outstanding DPhil thesis for PhD studies at University of Oxford
2019 Helena Kennedy Award for graduate studies at University of Oxford
2019 Santander Academic Travel Awards – Support for collborator visits to CNRS, Paris
2017-2019 Armourers & Brasiers Travel Grants – Support for conferences in Denmark, Sweden
2018 Institute of Physics Travel Grants – Support for conferences in Spain
2016-2019 Caird Fund and Walford Fund – University of Oxford
2016 Half Blue in the Varsity Match, in recognition of Oxford athletes for competition with Cambridge
2016-2018 Mansfield College Graduate Award – for graduate studies at University of Oxford for 3 consecutive years
2015 Excellent Undergraduate – for best academic performance across four consecutive years.
2012-2015 First-class Scholarship – for excellent academic performance across four consecutive years.
2012-2015 National Scholarships – for top-tier academic performance across four consecutive years.
Invited talks and lectures
35 presentations total, 20 invited talks (see below selected recent talks).
07/2024 Invited conference talk, The Condensed Matter and Quantum Materials (CMQM), St. Andrews, UK
06/2024 Invited conference talk, the 22nd Theoretical and Experimental Magnetism Meeting, Abingdon, UK
05/2024 Invited colloquium, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
04/2024 Invited seminar, Imperial College, London, UK
03/2024 Invited conference talk, Rank Prize Symposium – Ultrafast Meets Ultrasmall, Lake District, UK
03/2024 Invited seminar, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
03/2024 Invited conference talk, American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
12/2023 Invited conference talk, Science and Technologies in High Magnetic Fields, Oxford, UK.
08/2023 Invited conference talk, International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids, Manchester, UK
07/2023 Invited conference lecture, Condensed Matter Physics in the City, London, UK
05/2023 Invited conference talk, Rising Stars in Physics, University of California Berkeley, US
05/2023 Invited seminar, Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, University of California Berkeley, US
03/2023 Invited seminar, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
03/2023 Invited conference talk, American Physical Society March Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, US
03/2023 Invited conference talk, Young Investigators Workshop on Topology and Superconductivity in SCES, online
12/2022 Invited seminar, MIT, Boston, US
12/2022 Invited seminar, Harvard University, Boston, US
03/2022 Invited seminar, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
Outreach and Diversity
2022 Organizer of an outreach conference, introducing college subjects to 100-200 high school graduates.
2022 My YouTobe interview
2021 Invited speaker at Ox-bridge science seminar series.
2021 Co-funder of BACON Outreach to promote science to students from under-privileged regions
2018 UK Soapbox Science at Oxford to promote women scientists and their science
2017 Member of OxFEST to promote gender equality in STEM disciplines
2017 Speaker at ‘Academics at Oxford’ podcast to promote scientific research to the public.
Organization
Since 2023 Faculty member, University of Bristol, UK
Since 2022 Early Career Member in American Physical Society (US)
2021 Seminar chair at Physics Department, University of Oxford, UK
Since 2016 Member of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (UK)
Since 2016 Member of Institute of Physics (UK)
2015-2019 Member of Mansfield College, University of Oxford (UK)
Referrals
PNAS, Nature communications, Physical Review series, npj Quantum Materials
Wang Lab of Quantum Matter 