As a reductionist, I assert that the nature of complex things can always be reduced to simpler or more fundamental things. So my research interest lies in two aspects: the laws that describe the fundamental things and the laws that describe the reduction. 1) Cosmology & M/string theory, which is the most viable candidate for a unified theory of physics. 2) Soft condensed matter physics, which may give a clue of the behaviors of complex systems, and finally disclosure the meaning of life. At present, by involving neutron and synchrotron spectroscopy, I'm investigating the physics of liquids and soft condensed matter, which contain innumerable examples of symmetry breaking, self-organization, pattern formation and many fluctuating degrees of freedom.

Publications: see my CV.

Conferences:

  • Workshop on Dynamics of Soft Matter, MRS, Boston (Dec 4-6, 2008)
  • Workshop on Arrested Matter, Marie-Curie Network on Dynamical Arrest, Tormina, Italy (Nov 22-26, 2008)
  • The 9th International Bologna Conference (MRPM9), Schlumberger, Cambridge (July 13-17, 2008)
  • American Conferene on Neutron Scattering (ACNS 2008), Santa Fe (May 11-15, 2008)
  • ORNL User Meeting, ORNL (Oct 7-10, 2007)
  • MIT Materials Day, MIT (Oct 11, 2006)
  • Whitehead Institute Symposium XXIV -- Bioimaging: Capturing Cell Dynamcis, MIT (Sep 29, 2006)
  • American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS 2006), Chicago (Jun 18-22, 2006)
  • MIT Energy Conference, MIT (May 13, 2006)
  • First International Conference on GPLv3, FSF, MIT (Jan 16-17, 2006)
  • Workshop on Nanofluids, Center for Nanofluids Technology, MIT (Aug 18, 2005)
  • Yamabe Symposium on Geometry and Physics, UMN (Sep, 2004)
  • International Advanced Seminar on Mathematics, Workshop on Mathemaical Physics, Geometric Analysis, Lie Groups and Automorphism, Zhejiang University (July-Sep, 2003)

Research Facilities:

  • Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
    • Advanced Photon Source (APS)
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    • NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)
  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
    • Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
    • High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR)