Brief Introduction

Zhuoyu Chen received his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Physics from Tsinghua University in 2012, and his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University in 2018. He subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford University and the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. In 2022, he joined the Department of Physics at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) as an Associate Professor. He also serves as an Associate Editor for Physical Review Letters and a member of the Mathematics and Physics editorial team for National Science Review.

Research Interests

◆Discovery of high-temperature superconducting materials

◆Exploration of high-temperature superconductivity mechanisms

◆Research and development of experimental technologies

Educational Background

◆Aug. 2008 – Jul. 2012: B.S., Department of Physics, Tsinghua University

◆Sep. 2012 – Apr. 2018: Ph.D., Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University

Work Experience

◆Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2022: Postdoc, SIMES, Stanford University / SLAC

◆Mar. 2022 – present: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, SUSTech

Honors & Awards

◆Major Advances in Science, Technology, and Engineering in China (2025)

◆Young Scientist Award in Surface Science, Chinese Chemical Society (2025)

◆Innovator in Vacuum Science and Technology, Chinese Vacuum Society (2025)

Selected Publications

†These authors contribute equally*Corresponding authors

1. Zhuoyu Chen†, Yao Wang†, Slavko N Rebec, Tao Jia, Makoto Hashimoto, Donghui Lu, Brian Moritz, Robert G Moore, Thomas P Devereaux, Zhi-Xun Shen*

Anomalously strong near-neighbor attraction in doped 1D cuprate chains
Science 373, 1235–1239 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf5174

2. Guangdi Zhou†, Wei Lv†, Heng Wang†, Zihao Nie†, Yaqi Chen, Yueying Li, Haoliang Huang, Weiqiang Chen, Yujie Sun, Qi-Kun Xue*, Zhuoyu Chen*

Ambient-pressure superconductivity onset above 40 K in (La,Pr)3Ni2O7 films
Nature 640, 641-646 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08755-z

3. Guangdi Zhou†, Heng Wang†, Haoliang Huang†, Yaqi Chen, Fei Peng, Wei Lv, Zihao Nie, Wei Wang, Jin-Feng Jia ,Qi-Kun Xue*, Zhuoyu Chen*
Superconductivity onset above 60 K in ambient-pressure nickelate films
National Science Review 13, nwag151 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwag151

4. Zihao Nie†, Yueying Li†, Wei Lv†, Lizhi Xu†, Zhicheng Jiang†, Peng Fu, Guangdi Zhou, Wenhua Song, Yaqi Chen, Heng Wang, Haoliang Huang, Junhao Lin,Jin-Feng Jia, Dawei Shen*, Peng Li*, Qi-Kun Xue*, Zhuoyu Chen*
Superconductivity and electronic structures of nickelate thin film superstructures
Nature 652, 628–634 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10352-7

5. Mingwei Yang†, Jiayin Tang†, Xianfeng Wu†, Heng Wang*, Wenjing Xu, Haoliang Huang, Zhicheng Pei, Wenjie Meng, Guangli Kuang, Ming Yang, Jinfeng Xu, Sixia Hu, Junfeng Wang, Liang Li, Ze Wang, Chuanying Xi, Li Pi, Qingyou Lu, Ziqiang Wang, Qikun Xue, Zhuoyu Chen*, Danfeng Li*
Field re-entrant superconductivity in Eu-doped infinite-layer nickelates
Nature 653, 1052-1059 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10547-y

6. Jianchang Shen† , Guangdi Zhou† , Yu Miao† , Peng Li† , Zhipeng Ou† , Yaqi Chen , Zechao Wang  , Runqing Luan, Hongxu Sun, Zikun Feng, Xinru Yong, Yueying Li, Lizhi Xu, Wei Lv, Zihao Nie, Heng Wang, Haoliang Huang, Yu-Jie Sun, Qi-Kun Xue*, Junfeng He*, Zhuoyu Chen*
Nodeless superconducting gap and electron-boson coupling in (La,Pr,Sm)3Ni2O7 films
Science (2026). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adw8329