Yishu Wang (王亦舒)

I am an experimental physicist working in the interdisciplinary domain of physics and materials science, emphasizing macroscopic quantum phenomena in solid-state platforms and their liaison with modern device technology.

I joined The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK) in Aug. 2022 as an assistant professor in Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy. My research group is part of the Tennessee Quantum Center of Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (IAMM).

This page presents a basic coverage of my academic background. Reach out to wangyishu@utk.edu for more information.

Education Background

B.S. Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 7/2013
M.S. Physics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, 8/2014
Ph.D. Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, 6/2018
Thesis: Antiferromagnetic quantum phase transitions: continuous tuning and direct probes of competing states.
Advisor: Prof. Thomas F. Rosenbaum

Professional Appointments

2018 – 2022 IQM Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Quantum Matter, The Johns Hopkins University (Supervisor: Prof. Collin L. Broholm)
Guest researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2022 – present Assistant Professor, Departments of Materials Science & Engineering and Physics & Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Teaching

MSE514 Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials, Fall 2024

MSE350/PHYS342 Principles of Materials Physics / Structure of Matter, Spring 2023

MSE201 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, Fall 2022&2023, Spring 2024&2025 (MSE Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching 2024)

Services

Early Career Advisory Board member for APS Physical Review B (2024-present)

Education Deputy Director, UTK-MRSEC (2023-present)

Organizer for APS March Meeting focus sessions

Reviewer for scientific journals such as Nature, Nature Physics, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Scientific Reports, Review of Scientific Instruments, etc.

Reviewer for funding agencies such as DoE-BES and DFG German Research Foundation.

Reviewer for national facilities such as ORNL-SNS, ORNL-HFIR, SLAC, etc.

Publications

M. G. Dronova, F. Ye, Z. J. Morgan, Yishu Wang, Y. Feng, Temporal and spatial separations between spin glass and short-range order, arXiv: 2507.07783 (2025)
Y. Feng, Yishu Wang, T. F. Rosenbaum, P. B. Littlewood, H. Chen, Fermi surface origin of the low-temperature magnetoresistance anomaly, Matter 8, 102105 (2025)
A. Alexandradinata et al., The future of the correlated electron problem, SciPost. Phys. Comm. Rep. 8 (2025).
T. Halloran, Yishu Wang, K.W.Plumb, M. B. Stone, B. Winn, M. K. Graves-Brook, J. A. Rodriguez- Rivera, Yiming Qiu, P. Chauhan, J. Knolle, R. Moessner, N. P. Armitage, T. Takayama, H. Takagi, C. Broholm, Continuum of magnetic excitations in the Kitaev honeycomb Iridate D3LiIr2O6, npj Quantum Materials 10:35 (2025)
Y. Feng, Yishu Wang, T. F. Rosenbaum, P. B. Littlewood, H. Chen, Quantum interference in superposed lattices, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 121 (7) e2315787121 (2024).
T. Halloran, Yishu Wang, M. Li, I. Rousochatzakis, P. Chauhan, M. B. Stone, T. Takayama, H. Takagi, N. P. Armitage, N. B. Perkins, C. Broholm, Magnetic excitations and interactions in the Kitaev honeycomb Iridate β-Li2IrO3, Phys. Rev. B 106, 064423 (2022).
Yishu Wang, T. Reeder, Y. Karaki, J. Kindervater, T. Halloran, N. Maliszewskyj, Y. Qiu, J. A. Rodriguez, S. Gladchenko, S. M. Koohpayeh, S. Nakatsuji, C. Broholm, Monopolar and dipolar relaxation in spin ice Ho2Ti2O7, Sci. Adv. 7, ea0908 (2021).
Y. Feng, Yishu Wang, D. M. Silevitch, S. E. Cooper, D. Mandrus, P. A. Lee, T. F. Rosenbaum, A continuous metal-insulator transition driven by spin correlations, Nat. Commun. 12, 2779 (2021).
Yishu Wang, T. F. Rosenbaum, D. Prabhakaran, A. T. Boothroyd, Y. Feng, Approaching the quantum critical point in a highly-correlated all-in-all-out antiferromagnet, Phys. Rev. B 101, 220404(R) (2020) (Editors' Suggestion).
Yishu Wang, P. A. Lee, D. M. Silevitch, F. Gomez, S. E. Cooper, Y. Ren, J.-Q. Yan, D. Mandrus, T. F. Rosenbaum, Y. Feng, Antisymmetric linear magnetoresistance and the planar Hall effect, Nat. Commun. 11, 216 (2020).
Yishu Wang, T. F. Rosenbaum, Y. Feng, X-ray magnetic diffraction under high pressure, IUCrJ 6, 507-520 (2019).
Y. Feng, Yishu Wang, D. M. Silevitch, J.-Q. Yan, R. Kobayashi, M. Hedo, T. Nakama, Y. Ōnuki, A. V. Suslov, B. Mihaila, P. B. Littlewood, T. F. Rosenbaum, Linear magnetoresistance in the low-field limit in density-wave materials, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 116, 11201-11206 (2019).
Yishu Wang, T. F. Rosenbaum, A. Palmer, Y. Ren, J.-W. Kim, D. Mandrus, Y. Feng, Strongly-coupled quantum critical point in an all-in-all-out antiferromagnet, Nat. Commun. 9, 2953 (2018).
Y. Feng, Yishu Wang, A. Palmer, L. Li, D. M. Silevitch, S. Calder, T. F. Rosenbaum, Multiple superconducting states induced by pressure in Mo3Sb7, Phys. Rev. B. 95, 125102 (2017).
Yishu Wang, Y. Feng, J.-G. Cheng, W. Wu, J. L. Luo, T. F. Rosenbaum, Spiral magnetic order and pressure-induced superconductivity in transition metal compounds, Nat. Commun. 7, 13037 (2016).
A. Palmer, D. M. Silevitch, Y. Feng, Yishu Wang, R. Jaramillo, A. Banerjee, Y. Ren, T. F. Rosenbaum, Sub-Kelvin magnetic and electrical measurements in a diamond anvil cell with in situ tunability, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 86, 093901 (2015).
Y. Feng, A. Palmer, Yishu Wang, D. M. Silevitch, T. F. Rosenbaum, Direct probe of Fermi surface evolution across a pressure-induced quantum phase transition, Phys. Rev. B 91, 155142 (2015).