Education

2007-2014 Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Rice University

2004-2007 Master's Degree in Theoretical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

2000-2004 Bachelor's Degree in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Experience

2025-now Adjunct Associate Professor, Wilczek Quantum Center at Shanghai Institute of  Advanced Studies of USTC

2022-now Adjunct Researcher, Hefei National Lab

2018-now Tsung-Dao Lee Fellow, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Overview of Academic Research

Prof. Jianda Wu’s research centers on the frontier investigation of quantum criticality in magnetic systems and the dynamical behaviors based on quantum integrability. By employing rigorous analytical approaches to quantum many-body systems, we have uncovered novel quantum criticality, exotic many-body entangled states, and their dynamical spectral excitations in a variety of quantum magnetic systems. We also proposed and experimentally validated original material realizations of unconventional quantum many-body states, achieving a series of internationally recognized progress.

Key Contributions

1.  Discovery of Unique Quantum Criticality in Transverse Field Ising Chain

· Developed a new model that significantly reduces the quantum critical field strength, providing a feasible pathway to experimentally observe quantum criticality and emergent E₈ physics in transverse field Ising chains.

2.  Prediction and Discovery of Quantum Magnetic Materials Exhibiting Exotic E₈ Physics

· Theoretically predicted and experimentally identified novel quantum magnetic materials hosting exotic E₈ excitations, a rare manifestation in quantum matter.

3.  String Magnetic States Beyond Luttinger Liquid Theory

· Predicted and identified the physical parameter regimes for detecting string magnetic states in quantum critical systems, demonstrating that their behavior goes beyond the conventional Luttinger liquid framework.

4.  Long-Lived Dark Particles in Quantum Ising Ladders

· Discovered robust dark particles (quasiparticles resistant to spontaneous decay) in quantum Ising ladder systems, offering potential applications in quantum storage device and quantum computation.

These findings have been published in leading journals such as Nature, Nature Physics, and Phys. Rev. Lett. Our research is supported by multiple national and provincial grants, including the NSFC Original Exploration Program etc.

Research Directions/Fields:‌

Quantum criticality

Quantum integrable systems

Quantum many-bod dynamics

Time-dependent quantum system, quantum geometry and topology

Major Honors and Awards

2024   IAAM Young Scientist Medal

2022   Oriental Talent Plan Youth Program

2020   Shanghai PuJiang Talent Program

Representative Publications

1. Yunjing Gao#, Jiahao Yang#, Huihang Lin, Rong Yu and Jianda Wu*, Phys. Rev. B.111, L241105 (2025).

2. Yunjing Gao, Xiao Wang, Ning Xi, Yunfeng Jiang, Rong Yu* and Jianda Wu*, Phys. Rev. B.111, L201117 (2025).

3. Xiao Wang, Masaki Oshikawa, Marton Kromos and Jianda Wu*, Phys. Rev. B.110, 195101 (2024).

4. Jiahao Yang and Jianda Wu*, Phys. Rev. B.109, 214421 (2024).

5. Xiao Wang, Konrad Puzniak, Karin Schmalzl, Christian Balz, Masaaki Matsuda, Akira Okutani, Masayuki Hagiwara, Jie Ma*, Jianda Wu* and Bella Lake*, Science Bull.69, 2974 (2024).

6. Jiahao Yang, Tao Xie, S. E. Niktin*, Jianda Wu* and A. Podlesnyak, Phys. Rev. B.108, L020402 (2023).

7. Jiahao Yang, Xiao Wang and Jianda Wu*, J. Phys. A. Math. Theor.56, 013001 (2023)

8. Jiahao Yang, Weishi Yuan, Takashi Imai, Qimiao Si*, Jianda Wu* and Marton Kormos*, Phys. Rev. B106, 125149 (2022)

9. Xiao Wang, Haiyuan Zou, Kristof Hodsagi, Marton Kormos, Gabor Takacs, and Jianda Wu*, Phys. Rev. B103, 235117 (2021)

10. H. Zou, Y. Cui, X. Wang#, Z. Zhang, J. Yang, G. Xu, A. Okutani, M. Hagiwara, M. Matsuda, G. Wang, G. Mussardo, K. Hódsági, M. Kormos, Z. Z. He, S. Kimura, R. Yu, W. Yu, J. Ma, Jianda Wu*, Phys. Rev. Lett.127, 077201 (2021)

11. Anup Kumar Bera, Jianda Wu,Wang Yang, Robert Bewley, Martin Boehm, Jianhui Xu, Maciej Bartkowiak, Oleksandr Prokhnenko, Bastian Klemke, A. T. M. Nazmul Islam, Joseph Mathew Law, Zhe Wang and Bella Lake, Nat. Phys.16, 625 (2020)

12. Yuchen Fan, Jiahao Yang, Weiqiang Yu, Jianda Wu* and Rong Yu*,Phys. Rev. Research2, 013345 (2020)

13. Haiyuan Zou, Rong Yu, Jianda Wu, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter. 32, 045602 (2020).

14. Z. Wang, M. Schmidt, A. Loidl, Jianda Wu, H. Zou, W. Yang, C. Dong, Y. Kohama, K. Kindo, D. I. Gorbunov, S. Niesen, O. Breunig, J. Engelmayer, T. Lorenz，Phys. Rev. Lett.123, 067202 (2019).

15. Y. Cui, H. Zou, N. Xi, Z. He, Y. X. Yang, L. Shu, G. H. Zhang, Z. Hu, T. Chen, Rong Yu, Jianda Wu, Weiqiang Yu*, Phys. Rev. Lett.123, 067203 (2019).

16. Jianda Wu, Lijun Zhu and Qimiao Si, Phys. Rev. B97, 245127 (2018).

17. Jianda Wu, Wang Yang, Congjun Wu and Qimiao Si, Phys. Rev. B97, 224405 (2018).

18. Zhe Wang, Jianda Wu, Wang Yang, Anup Kumar Bera, Dmytro Kamenskyi, Shenglong Xu, A. T. M. Nazmul Islam, Bella Lake, Congjun Wu, and Alois Loidl, Nature554, 219 (2018).

19. Zhe Wang, T. Lorenz, D. I. Gorbunov, P. T. Cong, Y. Kohama, S. Niesen, O. Breunig, J. Engelmayer, A. Herman, Jianda Wu*, K. Kindo, J. Wosnitza, S. Zherlitsyn, and A. Loidl, Phys. Rev. Lett.120, 207205 (2018).

20. Jianda Wu, Marton Kormos, and Qimiao Si, Phys. Rev. Lett.113, 247201 (2014).

*: corresponding author

#: contribute equally