Research Areas:
Condensed Matter, Quantum Chemistry, Ultra-cold Atoms, Nuclear Physics

Prof. ZHANG Shiwei received his BS from the University of Science and Technology of China and his PhD from Cornell University. He held the position of Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William & Mary until 2021. He is currently the Senior Research Scientist/Group Leader at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics of the Flatiron Institute in New York.

Prof. Zhang is an international leader in the study of quantum systems by Monte Carlo approaches. Methods he pioneered have been applied in condensed matter, quantum chemistry, ultra-cold atoms, and nuclear physics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and has received a number of awards for his research and teaching including the NSF CAREER Award, the Cottrell Scholar Award, and the William and Mary Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence.