Areas of Focus
- Strongly correlated electronic materials
- High temperature superconductivity
- Transport, magnetic, and thermodynamic measurements
- Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy
Work Experience
- 08/2004-08/2007 - UC Berkeley - Miller Research Fellow
- 09/2007-12/2007 - MIT - Visiting Scholar
- 12/2007-present - Tsinghua University - Professor of Physics
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1993-1998 B.S.: Univ. of Science & Technology of China
- 1998-2004 Ph.D: Princeton University
Publications
- Tuning fulleride electronic structure and molecular ordering via variable layer index, Yayu Wang et al., 2008
- Spatially-resolved electronic and vibronic properties of single diamondoid molecules, Yayu Wang et al., 2008
- Novel orientational ordering and reentrant metallicity in KxC60 monolayers for 3≤x≤5, Yayu Wang et al., 2007
- Nernst effect in high-Tc superconductors, Yayu Wang et al., 2006
- Field-enhanced diamagnetism in intense magnetic field in the pseudogap state of the cuprate Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, Yayu Wang et al., 2005
- Charge-ordering, commensurability and metallicity in the phase diagram of layered NaxCoO2, M.L. Foo, Yayu Wang et al., 2004
- Spin entropy as the likely source of enhanced thermopower in NaxCoO2, Yayu Wang et al., 2003
- Dependence of upper critical field and pairing strength on doping in cuprates, Yayu Wang et al., 2003
- High field phase diagram of cuprates derived from the Nernst effect, Yayu Wang et al., 2002
- Particle-hole symmetry in the antiferromagnetic state of the cuprates, Yayu Wang and N.P. Ong, 2001
- Vortex-like excitations and the onset of superconducting phase fluctuation in underdoped La2-xSrxCuO4, Z.A. Xu, N.P. Ong, Y. Wang, T. Kakeshita and S. Uchida, 2000
Awards
- 2007: Changjiang professorship, Ministry of Education
- 2006: William L. McMillan Award in Condensed Matter Physics
- 2004: Miller Research Fellowship, UC Berkeley
- 2004: Pappalardo Fellowship award, MIT (declined)
- 2003: Charlotte Elizabeth Procter Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University
- 1998: Outstanding graduate and Outstanding Thesis Award, USTC
