Shui-ming Hu
smhu@ustc.edu.cn
Education
1995-2000, Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
1997-1998, Visiting graduate student, Waseda University, Japan
1991-1995, Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Experience
2021-Present, Senior Researcher, Hefei National Laboratory
2021-Present, Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
2005-2006, 2010-2011, Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
2003, 2004, Postdoctoral Researcher, Rice University, USA
2002-2005, Associate Researcher, University of Science and Technology of China
2000-2001, Lecturer, University of Science and Technology of China
Overview of Academic Research
Research Directions/Fields:
1.Spectroscopy-based instruments for quantum metrology and trace detection
2.Precision measurements of few-body atoms and molecules for testing fundamental physics
3. High-resolution spectroscopy and chemical dynamics of gas-phase molecules
Representative Publications
1.J.-L. Wen, J.-D. Tang, Y.-N. Lv, Y. R. Sun*, C.-L. Zou*, J.-F. Dong, S.-M. Hu*, Postselection shifts the transition frequency of helium in an atomic beam, Science Advances, 11: eadu9796 (2025).
2.Advances in cavity-enhanced methods for high precision molecular spectroscopy and test of fundamental physics, L. Gianfrani, S.-M. Hu, W. Ubachs, La Rivista del Nucovo Cimento 47: 229-298 (2024).
3.Q.-H. Liu, Y. Tan*, C.-F. Cheng*, S.-M. Hu*, Precision spectroscopy of molecular hydrogen (invited review), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25: 27914- 27925 (2023) [HOT Articles Selected by Editors].
4.J.-L. Wen, J.-D. Tang, J.-F. Dong, X.-J. Du, S.-M. Hu*, and Y. R. Sun*, Doppler-free spectroscopy of an atomic beam probed in traveling-wave fields, Physical Review A, 107: 042811 (2023) (Editors' Suggestion).
5.Q.-Y. Yang, Y. Tan*, Z.-H. Qu, Y. Sun, A.-W. Liu, and S.-M. Hu*, Multiple gas detection by cavity-enhanced Raman spectroscopy with sub-ppm sensitivity, Analytical Chemistry, 95: 5652-5660 (2023).
6.Y.-N. Lv, A.-W. Liu, Y. Tan, C.-L. Hu, T.-P. Hua, X.-B. Zou, Y. R. Sun*, C.-L. Zou*, G.-C. Guo, and S.-M. Hu*, Fano-like resonance due to interference with distant transitions, Physical Review Letters, 129: 163201 (2022).
7.Y. R. Sun, S.-M. Hu*, Precision spectroscopy of atomic helium (invited review), National Science Review, 7: 1818-1827 (2020).
8.L.-G. Tao, A.-W. Liu, K. Pachucki, J. Komasa, Y. R. Sun, J. Wang, and S.-M. Hu*, Toward a determination of the proton-to-electron mass ratio from a Lamb-dip measurement of HD, Physical Review Letters, 120: 153001 (2018).
9.X. Zheng, Y. R. Sun*, J.-J. Chen, W. Jiang, K. Pachucki, S.-M. Hu*, Measurement of the frequency of the 23S - 23P transition of 4He, Physical Review Letters, 119: 263002 (2017).
10.X. Zheng, Y. R. Sun*, J.-J. Chen, W. Jiang, K. Pachucki, S.-M. Hu*, Laser spectroscopy of the fine-structure splitting in the 23PJ levels of 4He, Physical Review Letters, 118: 063001 (2017).