Wei Li

weili83@tsinghua.edu.cn

Education

2005-2011 Ph.D. in Physics, Tsinghua University

2001-2005 Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Tsinghua University

Experience

2023-Present Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory

2018-Present Associate Professor, Tsinghua University

2016-2017 Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University

2012-2015 Postdoc, Stanford University

Overview of Academic Research

High-temperature superconductivity; Fu-Kane topological superconductivity; Low-dimensional quantum materials; Topological edge states; Ferroelectricity

Sample Preparation:

Precise growth of high-quality samples by using Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE).

Detection Methods:

1.Low-temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS).

2.The combination of MBE growth and in-situ Transport measurements.

3.Low-temperature Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy (s-MIM).

Major Honors and Awards

Representative Publications

1. Xuemin Fan, et al. Stripe charge order driven manipulation of Majorana bound states in 2M-WS2 topological superconductor, National Science Review 12, nwae312 (2025).

2. Yonghao Yuan, et al. Incommensurate smectic phase in close proximity to the high-Tc superconductor FeSe/SrTiO3, Nature Commun. 12, 2196 (2021).

3. Yonghao Yuan, et al. Evidence of anisotropic Majorana bound states in WS2, Nature Physics 15, 1046–1051 (2019).

4. Wei Li, et al. Stripes developed at the strong limit of nematicity in FeSe film, Nature Physics 13, 957-961 (2017)