Chunxiao Liu/ Tenure-track Fellow
Condensed Matter Division
N542 chunxiaoliu62@sjtu.edu.cn
Our research group focuses on condensed matter physics, particularly topological phases of matter and topological quantum computing. In recent years, we are interested in realizing topological Kitaev chains in quantum dot superconductor hybrids. As theorists, we like to work closely with experimentalists in order to understand exotic quantum phenomena observed in experiments, and also to give new proposals to guide upcoming experiments. We welcome undergraduate students to join our group; we can provide the chances of scientific practice, summer interns, and Bachelor's thesis. In addition, we will be hiring motivated PhD students and postdocs, in either theory or experiment direction. If you have interest and passion for condensed matter physics or quantum devices, free feel to contact me by email!

Educational Background

  • 2008- 2012, Fudan University , B.Sc
  • 2012- 2018, University of Maryland , Ph.D

Work Experience

  • 2019-2023, QuTech, Delft University of Technology, Postdoc
  • 2023-2025, QuTech, Delft University of Technology, Permanent researcher
  • 2025-Now, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tenure-track Associate Professor
  • 2025-Now, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tenure-track Fellow

Research Interests

  • Topological phases of matter
  • Topological quantum computation
  • Superconductor-semiconductor hybrids
  • Mesoscopic physics
  • Microscopic simulation of quantum devices

Representative Papers And Monographs

  • Chun-Xiao Liu, Guanzhong Wang, Tom Dvir, and Michael Wimmer, "Tunable Superconducting Coupling of Quantum Dots via Andreev Bound States in Semiconductor-Superconductor Nanowires", Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 267701 (2022)
  • Chun-Xiao Liu, A. Mert Bozkurt, Francesco Zatelli, Sebastiaan L.D. ten Haaf, Tom Dvir, Michael Wimmer, "Enhancing the excitation gap of a quantum-dot-based Kitaev chain", Commun. Phys. 7, 235 (2024)
  • Chun-Xiao Liu, William S. Cole, and Jay D. Sau, "Proposal for Measuring the Parity Anomaly in a Topological Superconductor Ring", Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 117001 (2019)
  • Chun-Xiao Liu, Jay D. Sau, Tudor D. Stanescu, and Sankar Das Sarma, "Andreev bound states versus Majorana bound states in quantum dot-nanowire-superconductor hybrid structures: Trivial versus topological zero-bias conductance peaks", Phys. Rev. B 96, 075161 (2017)
  • Tom Dvir, Guanzhong Wang, Nick van Loo, Chun-Xiao Liu, Grzegorz P. Mazur, Alberto Bordin, Sebastiaan L. D. ten Haaf, Ji-Yin Wang, David van Driel, Francesco Zatelli, Xiang Li, Filip K. Malinowski, Sasa Gazibegovic, Ghada Badawy, Erik P. A. M. Bakkers, Michael Wimmer, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, "Realization of a minimal Kitaev chain in coupled quantum dots", Nature 614, 445-450 (2023)
  • Alberto Bordin*, Chun-Xiao Liu*, Tom Dvir, Francesco Zatelli, Sebastiaan L. D. ten Haaf, David van Driel, Guanzhong Wang, Nick van Loo, Thomas van Caekenberghe, Jan Cornelis Wolff, Yining Zhang, Ghada Badawy, Sasa Gazibegovic, Erik P. A. M. Bakkers, Michael Wimmer, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, Grzegorz P. Mazur, "Enhanced Majorana stability in a three-site Kitaev chain", Nat. Nanotechnol. 20, 726-731 (2025)
  • Alberto Bordin*, Guanzhong Wang*, Chun-Xiao Liu*, Sebastiaan L. D. ten Haaf, Grzegorz P. Mazur, Nick van Loo, Di Xu, David van Driel, Francesco Zatelli, Sasa Gazibegovic, Ghada Badawy, Erik P. A. M. Bakkers, Michael Wimmer, Leo P. Kouwenhoven, and Tom Dvir, "Tunable Crossed Andreev Reflection and Elastic Cotunneling in Hybrid Nanowires", Phys. Rev. X 13, 031031 (2023) [Featured in Physics]