Group cover picture

Group photo, 2023

Left to right:
Zumeng Huang, Seva Belosevich, Thomas Ding, Jian Tang, Zhe Sun, Mingyang Guo, Yifan Xie, Xuguo Zhou, Pablo Cuadros-Romero, Ben Kahl, Bo Zhang, Mohamed Shehabeldin, Qiong Ma

Principal investigator

Qiong Ma Cover Photo

Dr. Qiong Ma

Assistant Professor of Physics

B.S. in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Ph.D. in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Telephone: 617-552-1017

E-mail: maqa@bc.edu

Office: Higgins Hall 330D

Profile

Dr. Qiong Ma got her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). She then moved to MIT where she got her Ph.D. of physics under the supervision of Prof. Pablo Jarillo-Herrero and in close collaboration with Prof. Nuh Gedik. 

Our group focuses on uncovering and understanding the fundamental physics of novel quantum materials, particularly about electron and phonon dynamics, low dimensionality, topology, and correlation. Our group applies advanced nano-/micro-sized device fabrications to control multiple degrees of freedom in quantum materials and combine low-temperature electronic transport and nonlinear, ultrafast, and near-field optoelectronic microscopies and spectroscopies to probe the physics. 

Awards

2024                    AFOSR Young Investigator Award

2024                    ONR Young Investigator Award

2023                    Sloan Fellowship

2023                    ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award

2022                    CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

2022                    IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize 

2022                    NSF Early Career Award 

2018                    Rising Stars in Physics

2016                    Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad

2010                    Presidential Guo Moruo Scholarship from USTC

Postdoctoral Associates

Zumeng Huang

Zumeng Huang

B.S. in Physics, Nankai University, China
Ph.D. in Physics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Email: huangzy@bc.edu

Jian Tang

Jian Tang

B.S. in Physics, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China
Ph.D. in Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-mail: tanggv@bc.edu

Zhe Sun

Zhe Sun

B.S. in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
M.S. in Physics, ETH Zurich
Ph.D. in Physics, ETH Zurich
E-mail: sunacv@bc.edu

Zhiheng Huang

Zhiheng Huang

B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ph.D. in Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Graduate Students

Siyuan (Thomas) Ding

Siyuan (Thomas) Ding 

B.S. in Physics and B.S. in Math, Boston College
E-mail: dingsi@bc.edu

Mohamed Shehabeldin

Mohamed Shehabeldin

B.S. in Physics, Zewail University of Science and Technology, Egypt
E-mail: shehabel@bc.edu

Vsevolod (Seva) Belosevich

Vsevolod (Seva) Belosevich

M.S. in Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
E-mail: belosevi@bc.edu

Pablo Cuadros-Romero

Pablo Cuadros-Romero

B.S. in Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
E-mail: cuadrosr@bc.edu

Xuguo Zhou

Xuguo Zhou

B.S in Physics, University of California, Irvine
E-mail: zhouang@bc.edu

 Tianxing Tang

Tianxing Tang

B.S. in Physics, Tianjin University, China
E-mail: tangtia@bc.edu

Mingyang Guo

Mingyang Guo

B.S. in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
E-mail: guomin@bc.edu

Undergraduate Students

Bo Zhang

Bo Zhang

Stephen Colleran

Stephen Colleran 

Visiting Students

Zhiren (Isaac) Zheng

Zhiren (Isaac) Zheng

Visiting Ph.D. Student from MIT
E-mail: zzheng@mit.edu

Xueqiao Wang

Xueqiao Wang

Visiting Ph.D. Student from MIT
E-mail: xueqiaow@mit.edu

Former group members

 
NamePosition in the LabSubsequent Position
Zihan WangVisiting UndergraduateGraduate, Rice University
Zhihao YangUndergraduateM.S., Columbia University
Eli HarrisGraduateGraduate, BC
Navar RecinosUndergraduate 
Paul FessatidisUndergraduate 
Ryan WilsonUndergraduateUndergraduate, BC
Joe CiampaUndergraduateUndergraduate, BC
Kevin QiUndergraduate 
Tianrui (Terry) WangUndergraduateUndergraduate, Cornell University
Ben KahlUndergraduate 
Yifan XieVisiting UndergraduateGraduate, UC Berkeley