I am a physics associate professor working on a variety of theoretical problems at University of California, Merced. If you are interested in visiting and/or working with me, please let me know.
I served as the physics graduate program chair during 2020-2023. From 2024 on, I serve as the physics graduate admission chair.
During 2011-2013 I was a Distinguished Oppenheimer Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Prior to my arrival at Los Alamos in 2009, I got my PhD in physics from the University of Chicago. Before coming to USA, I obtained my BS and MS degrees from National Taiwan University.
My research interest includes, but is not limited to, superfluids and superconductors, quantum-field theoretical studies of condensed matter systems, non-equilibrium physics of ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices, thermal and quantum transport in atomic and molecular systems, emergent physics at mesoscopic scale, novel hybrid quantum systems using ultra-cold atoms, ions, photons, and molecules, topological and geometric effects in physics, machine learning and artificial intelligence in physics, and quantum computing of physical problems.
For more information, please see my CV on the left. Most of my publications can be found on arXiv .
My records according to Google Scholar .
Email: cchien5 at ucmerced.edu (for business related to UC Merced) or chienchihchun at gmail.com