Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA
2017 - 2019
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Postdoc fellow. PI: Prof. Robert Birgeneau
2010 - 2017
Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD
Ph.D. in Physics & Astronomy. Advisor: Prof. Collin Broholm
Thesis: "Magnetism near the Electron Localization Transition"
2006 - 2010
University of Science and Technology of China
B. A. in Applied Physics
Recent Publications
Highly tunable magnetic phases in transition metal dichalcogenide Fe$_{1/3+x}$NbS$_2$'. Shan Wu, Zhijun Xu, Shannon C Haley, Sophie F Weber, Arany Acharya, Eran Maniv, Yiming Qiu, A A Aczel, Jeffrey B Neaton, James G Analytis, Robert J Robert. Phys. Rev. X 12, 021003 (2022)
`Lattice dynamics in the Kagome metal Sc$_3$Mn$_3$Al$_7$Si$_5$' . XY Li, D R Plessis, PF Liu, Shan Wu, BT Wang, A M Hallas, M B Stone, C Broholm, M C Aronson. Phys. Rev. B 104, 134305 (2021)
'Tunable room-temperature ferromagnetism in Co-doped two-dimensional van der Waals ZnO' . R Chen, F Luo, Y Liu, Y Song, Y Dong, S Wu, J cao, F Yang, A N Diaye, P Shafer, Yin Liu, S Lou, JW Huang, X Chen, ZX Fang, QJ Wang, DF Jin, R Cheng, HT Yuan, R J Birgeneau, J Yao. Nature Communications 12 (1) 1-8 (2021)
'Structural and magnetic transitions in the planar antiferromagnet Ba4Ir3O10'. X Chen, Y He, S Wu, Y Song, DS Yuan, E B Courchesne, J PC Ruff, Z Islam, A Frano, R J Birgeneau. Phys. Rev. B 103, 22420 (2021)
'Short-Range Nematic Fluctuations in Sr1-xNaxFe2As2 Superconductors '. S Wu, Y Song, Y He, A Frano, M Yi, X Chen, H Uchiyama, A Alatas, A H Said, LR Wang, T Wolf, C Meingast, R J Birgeneau. Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 107001 (2021)
'Iron-based chalcogenide spin ladder BaFe2X3(X = Se,S)'. Shan Wu, Benjamine A. Frandsen, Meng Wang, Ming Yi, Robert Birgeneau. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 33, 143-158 (2020)
'Structural, magnetic, and electronic evolution of the spin-ladder system BaFe2S3-xSex with isoelectronic substitution'. J Yu, M Wang, B A Frandsen, HL Sun, JJ Yin, ZJ Liu, S Wu, M Yi, ZJ Xu, A Acharya, QZ Huang, E B Courchesne, J W Lynn, R J Birgeneau. Phys. Rev. B 101, 235134 (2020)
'Nonsuperconducting electronic ground state in pressurized BaFe2S3 and BaFe2S2.5Se0.5'. HL Sun, XD Li, YZ Zhou, J Yu, B A Frandsen, S Wu, ZJ Xu, S Jiang, QZ Huang, E B Courchesne, LL Sun, J W Lynn, R J Birgeneau, M Wang. Phys. Rev. B 101, 205129 (2020)
'Robust block magnetism in the spin ladder compound BaFe2Se3 under hydrostatic pressure'. Shan Wu, Junjie Yun, Meng Wang, Benjamin A. Frandsen, Craig Bull, Nick Funnell, Tom Forrest, Gediminas Simutis, Thomas Smart, Raymond Jeanloz, Andrew Doran, Martin Kunz, Robert Birgeneau. Phys. Rev. B. 100,214511 (2019)
'Incommensurate magnetism near quantum criticality in CeNiAsO'. Shan Wu, Adam Phelan, L. Liu, Neuefeind J.C., Feygenson M., M. B. Stone, Jennifer Morey, David Tam, Sarah Dunsiger, Y.J.Uemura, T. M. Mcqueen, Collin Broholm. Phys. Rev. Lett. 122,197203 (2019)
'From two-dimensional spin vortex crystal to three-dimensional Neel order in the Mott insulator Sr2F2(Fe1-xMnx)2OS2' . K.W. Bayli, Shan Wu , V Loganathan, L.L. Zhao, J.K.Wang, Andriy H Nevidomskyy, C Broholm, C-L Huang, E Morosan. Phys. Rev. B. 99, 024412 (2019)
'Quantitative characterization of short-range orthorhombic fluctuations in FeSe through pair distribution function analysis'. B A Frandsen, QS Wang, S Wu, J Zhao, R J Birgeneau. Phys. Rev. B 100, 020504 (2019)
Preprint
'Highly tunable magnetic phases in transition metal dichalcogenide Fe1/3+xNbS2'. S Wu, ZJ Xu, S C Haley, S F Weber, A Acharya, E Maniv, YM Qiu, A A Aczel, J B Neaton, J G Analytis, R J Robert. arXiv: 2106.01341 (2021)
'Lattice dynamics in the Kagome metal Sc3Mn3Al7Si5'. XY Li, D R Plessis, PF Liu, S Wu, BT Wang, A M Hallas, M B Stone, C Broholm, M C Aronson. arXiv:2104.13985 (2021)
Recent Presentations
`Highly tunable magnetic phases in transition metal dichalcogenide system' . (Invited) 2022 American Conference on Neutron Scattering -- June, 2022
`Nematic correlation length in iron-based 122 system'. (Invited focus session speaker) 2022 American Physics Society March Meeting -- March 17, 2022
`Highly tunable magnetic phases in transition metal dichalcogenide crystal Fe$_1/3+x$NbS$_2$' (Invited). 2021 Joint Nanoscience and Neutron Scattering User Meeting. 'Quantum Materials Across Multiple Lenght Scales' workshop - August, 2021
`Competing antiferromagnetic order in transition metal dichalcogenides Fe$_x$NbS$_2$'. American Physics Society March meeting. March, 2021
`Neutron scattering studies in Fe intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide'. (Invited) Condensed matter seminar at the Neutron scattering research Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology. August, 2020
`Behaviors of iron chalcogenide spin ladder BaFe$_2$X$_3$ (X = Se,S) under pressure'. (Invited) American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS). July, 2020
`Study of the pressurized spin ladder BaFe$_2$Se$_3$'. American Physics Society March meeting. March, 2019
Service
Program Committee for Topical Group on Instrument & Measurement Science (GIMS) (04/21-03/24)
One of the Principal Investigators for the Second Target Station at Spallation Neutron Source concept proposal: PIONEER neutron diffractometer (10.2020 - )
Session chair and moderator for American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS) (June 2020, 2022)
Journal Reviewing: Physical Review Journals and Communication Physics
The Chairman for University of Science and Technology of China Alumina in Great Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia area (2012-2015)
Co-lecturer for general physics course at the University of California, Berkeley (Fall, 2019-2021)
Mentor and co-mentor undergraduate students from the physics department at UC, Berkeley. (2018-2021)
Teaching assistant of Electromagnetism for graduate students at Johns Hopkins University (Fall, 2011 and Spring, 2012)
General physics lab instructor and conference instructor for undergrads (2010-2011, 2013-2014)