1996-
1999, Institute of Theoretical Physics, CAS , Doctor
1993-
1996, Zhejiang University , Master
1989-
1993, Zhejiang University , Bachelor
Work Experience
2017-Now, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Professor
2007-2017, Institute of Physics, CAS, Professor
2004-2007, University of Hong Kong, Research Assistant Professor
2002-2004, Rutgers University, Postdoc
2001-2002, Boston College, Postdoc
1999-2001, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Postdoc
Research Interests
Developing computational methods for the electronic structure of the strongly correlated materials
Searching for the topological non-trivial quantum state in realistic materials
Representative Papers And Monographs
Yuanfeng Xu, Changming Yue, Hongming Weng and Xi Dai, “Heavy Weyl Fermion state in CeRu4Sn6”, Phys. Rev. X7, 011027 (2017).
Alexey A. Soluyanov, Dominik Gresch, Zhijun Wang, QuanSheng Wu, Matthias Troyer, Xi Dai and B. Andrei Bernevig, “A New Type of Weyl Semimetals”, Nature 527 , 495-498, (2015).
Hongming Weng, Chen Fang, Zhong Fang, B. Andrei Bernevig, and Xi Dai,”Weyl Semimetal Phase in Noncentrosymmetric Transition-Metal Monophosphides”, Phys. Rev. X 5, 011029 (2015)
H. Weng, J. Zhao, Z. Wang, Z. Fang and Xi Dai , "Topological Crystalline Kondo Insulator in Mixed Valence Ytterbium Borides." Physical Review Letters 112, 016403 (2014).
Z. Wang, Y. Sun, X.-Q. Chen, C. Franchini, G. Xu, H. Weng, X. Dai and Z. Fang, “Dirac semimetal and topological phase transitions in A3Bi (A=Na, K, Rb)”, Physical Review B 85, 195320 (2012).
Feng Lu, JianZhou Zhao, Hongming Weng, Zhong Fang, and Xi Dai,“Correlated Topological Insulators with Mixed Valence”, Phys. Rew. Lett. 110, 096401 (2013)
Rui Yu, Wei Zhang, Hai-Jun Zhang, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Xi Dai and Zhong Fang, “Quantized Anomalous Hall Effect in Magnetic Topological Insulators”, Science 329, 61, (2010).
H. Zhang, C.-X.Liu, X.-L. Qi, X. Dai, Z. Fang, and S.-C. Zhang,“Topological insulators in Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 with a single Dirac cone on the surface”, Nature Phys. 5, 438, (2009).
X. Deng, L. Wang, X. Dai, and Z. Fang,"Local density approximation combined with Gutzwiller method for correlated electron systems: Formalism and applications", Physical Review B 79, 075114 (2009).
X. Dai, S. Y. Savrasov, G. Kotliar, A. Miglori, H. Ledbetter and E. Abrahams, "Calculated phonon spectra of plutonium at high temperatures”, Science 300, 953 (2003).