Yinong Zhou

Email: yinong.zhou@auburn.edu

Office: Leach Science Center 3138

380 Duncan Drive, Auburn, AL 36849

I am starting as an Assistant Professor at Auburn University in Fall 2024!

I am recruiting PhD students and Postdocs!

Research Interests

My research focuses on developing and applying density functional theory (DFT) simulations coupled with theoretical models to design and predict diverse nanomaterials and quantum materials and reveal their novel electronic, topological, magnetic, optical, and phononic properties.

Visit my Google Scholar profile for more details about my research and publications.

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor at Department of Physics at Auburn University. Before joining AU, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Irvine from 2021 to 2024, advised by Prof. Ruqian Wu. I obtained my Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at University of Utah in 2021, advised by Prof. Feng Liu. I obtained my B.S. in Applied Physics at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2016.

Other Interests

Tennis (3.0), Violin, Zelda

Favorite players: Lionel Messi, Carlos Alcaraz

News

Oct 30, 2024	Our paper has been published by Nature: Phonon modes and electron-phonon coupling at the FeSe/SrTiO3 interface.
Aug 08, 2024	Our paper has been published by JACS: Bonding-Directed Crystallization of Ultra-Long One-Dimensional NbS3 van der Waals Nanowires.
Aug 01, 2024	I have started my new position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Auburn University TODAY!
Jul 09, 2024	Our paper has been accepted by Physical Review B: Higher-dimensional spin selectivity in chiral crystals.
May 13, 2024	Our paper has been published in Nature Materials: Exceptional electronic transport and quantum oscillations in thin bismuth crystals grown inside van der Waals materials.
Jan 06, 2024	Our paper has been published in Nature Communications: Controllable strain-driven topological phase transition and dominant surface-state transport in HfTe5.