Dongfeng Gao
dfgao@apm.ac.cn
Education
2002-2008 Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics, University of Toronto, Canada
1998-2001 Master's Degree in Theoretical Physics, Peking University
1994-1998 Bachelor's Degree in Nuclear Physics, Lanzhou University
Experience
2023-Present Scientist, Hefei National Laboratory
2010-Present Associate Professor, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2008-2010 Postdoctor, University of Tokyo, Japan
Overview of Academic Research
Prof. Gao’s research interest is in the intersection of gravitational physics and atom interferometry experiments, primarily focused on three key areas: theoretical studies of ultralight dark matter detection schemes, theoretical investigations of gravitational-wave detection using atom interferometers, and theoretical explorations of quantum gravity effects with atom interferometry.
Major Honors and Awards
None
Representative Publications
1. Dongfeng Gao, and Wei-Tou Ni, Frame-dragging effects in the gravitational quantum field theory, Phys. Rev. D 111, 084039 (2025)
2.Dongfeng Gao, Jin Wang, and Mingsheng Zhan, Constraining the spin-gravity coupling effects to the 10-10-level with dual-species atom interferometers, Physical Review A 110, 043322 (2024).
3. Wei Zhao, Dongfeng Gao, Jin Wang, and Mingsheng Zhan, Investigating the environmental dependence of ultralight scalar dark matter with atom interferometers, Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 54, 41 (2022).
4. Wei Zhao, Xitong Mei, Dongfeng Gao, Jin Wang, Mingsheng Zhan, Ultralight scalar dark matter detection with ZAIGA, Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 31, 2250037 (2022).
5. Ming-Sheng Zhan，Jin Wang, Wei-Tou Ni, Dong-Feng Gao et al., ZAIGA: Zhaoshan Long-baseline Atom Interferometer Gravitation Antenna, Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 29, 1940005 (2020).
6. Andrew A. Geraci, Colin Bradley, Dongfeng Gao, Jonathan Weinstein, and Andrei Derevianko, Searching for ultra-light dark matter with optical cavities, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 031304 (2019).
7. Dongfeng Gao, Jin Wang, Mingsheng Zhan, Atomic Interferometric Gravitational-wave Space Observatory (AIGSO), Commun. Theor. Phys. 69, 37 (2018).
8. Dongfeng Gao, Jin Wang, and Mingsheng Zhan, Constraining the generalized uncertainty principle with the atomic weak-equivalence-principle test, Phys. Rev. A 95, 042106 (2017).
9. Dongfeng Gao and Mingsheng Zhan, Constraining the generalized uncertainty principle with cold atoms, Phys. Rev. A 94, 013607 (2016).