Zehao Dong
PhD Candidate in Physics | Tsinghua University
Biography
Hello! I am a PhD candidate in Physics at Tsinghua University, focusing on strongly correlated materials, particularly high-temperature superconductors. My previous research involved using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and tunneling spectroscopy to investigate their electronic properties. Currently, I am developing novel computational imaging techniques for scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and applying them to visualize local structural defects in quantum materials.
Research Interests
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High-temperature superconductivity: How do electrons interact in cuprates and nickelates?
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Scanning transmission electron microscopy: Visualizing structures at atomic level
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Multislice electron ptychography: GPU-accelerated solution to phase-retrieving of electrons
Technical Skills
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Experimental: Electron microscopy; fabricating 2D material heterostructures; cryogenic transport measurements, ...
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Programming: My research relies heavily on coding via MATLAB and Python. See my Github page for my customly developed TCMEP algorithms.
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Languages: Chinese (Native), English (Fluent), Shanghainese (Native)
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Physics
School of physics, Peking University
Graduate Student in Physics
Department of physics, Tsinghua University
Honors & Awards
49th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO)
Gold Medalist
Nice trip to Lisbon, Portugal
20th International Microscopy Congress (IMC)
Best Oral Presentation Awards
For the paper entitled "Improving depth resolution using tilt-series coupled multislice electron ptychography"
National Scholarship for Graduate Students
Ministry of Education, China
ICAM-China Emerging Scientist Award
NSFC’s Young Scientists Fund for Graduate Students
Grant No. 124B2068
Conference Presentations
Oral Presentations
The 20th International Microscopy Congress, Busan, South Korea
Improving depth resolution using tilt-series coupled multislice electron ptychography
CPS Fall Meeting, Haikou, China
Visualization of oxygen vacancies and self-doped ligand holes in La3Ni2O7−δ
Poster Presentations
Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy Conference, Hong Kong, China
Visualization of oxygen vacancies and self-doped ligand holes in La3Ni2O7−δ
CPS Fall Meeting, Harbin, China
Interstitial oxygen order and its competition with superconductivity in La2PrNi2O7+δ
International Conference on the Fundamentals of Quantum Matter, Beijing, China
Visualizing oxygen defects that govern superconductivity in bilayer nickelates via electron ptychography
Best Poster Award