1987年上海交通大学物理系获得博士学位。1987年至今，上海交通大学物理系任教，1990年破格晋升教授，1994年获博士导师资格。 1993年至1999年，多次赴香港中文大学物理系Yu Kin-Wha教授小组合作访问；2000年至2002年，赴美国加州大学物理系(Berkeley) M. L. Cohen和S. G. Louie教授领导的研究小组合作访问；2004年至2010年，多次赴美国内华达州立大学物理系（Las Vegas）Chen Changfeng教授小组合作访问。

Condensed Matter Physics and Computational Material Physics

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