2007 - Present Associate Professor, HFNL, USTC 2008 - 2009 Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley 2005 - 2006 Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology 2001 - 2006 Ph. D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Structure Research Laboratory, USTC 1996 - 2001 B. S. in Applied Physics, Department of Modern Physics, USTC

In-situ synthesis of two-dimensional topological and quantum materials 2. igh-resolution scanning probe microscopy of low-dimensional matters

1. Epitaxial growth of ultraflat stanene with topological band inversion. Jialiang Deng, Bingyu Xia, Xiaochuan Ma, Haoqi Chen, Huan Shan, Xiaofang Zhai, Bin Li, Aidi Zhao, Yong Xu, Wenhui Duan, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Bing Wang & J. G. Hou. Nature Materials 17, 1081 (2018). 2. Hidden Order and Haldane-Like Phase in Molecular Chains Assembled from Conformation-Switchable Molecules.Jialiang Deng, Aidi Zhao, Ruiqi Zhang, Huan Shan, Bin Li, Jinlong Yang, and Bing Wang. ACS Nano 12, 6515 (2018). 3. Engineering hybrid Co-picene structures with variable spin coupling. Chunsheng Zhou, Huan Shan, Bin Li, Aidi Zhao, Bing Wang. Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 171601 (2016). (Cover Article) 4. Surface Landau levels and spin states in bismuth (111) ultrathin films. Hongjian Du, Xia Sun, Xiaogang Liu, Xiaojun Wu, Jufeng Wang, Mingyang Tian, Aidi Zhao, Yi Luo, Jinlong Yang, Bing Wang & J. G. Hou. Nat. Commun. 7, 10814 (2016). 5. Evidence of van Hove Singularities in Ordered Grain Boundaries of Graphene. Chuanxu Ma, Haifeng Sun, Yeliang Zhao, Bin Li, Qunxiang Li, Aidi Zhao, Xiaoping Wang, Yi Luo, Jinlong Yang, Bing Wang, and J. G. Hou. Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 226802 (2014). 6. Orbital-selective single molecule rectifier on graphene-covered Ru(0001) surface. S. L. Lei, W. Feng, B. Li, Q. X. Li, A. D. Zhao, B. Wang, J. L. Yang, J. G. Hou. Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 163506 (2013). 7. Periodically Modulated Electronic Properties of the Epitaxial Monolayer Graphene on Ru(0001). W. Feng, S. L. Lei, Q. X. Li, A. D. Zhao. J. Phys. Chem. C 115, 24858 (Dec, 2011). 8. Design and control of electron transport properties of single molecules. S. Pan, Q. Fu, T. Huang, A. D. Zhao, B. Wang, Y. Luo, J. L. Yang, J. G. Hou. PNAS USA 106, 15259 (Sep, 2009). 9. “Mechanism for negative differential resistance in molecular electronic devices: Local orbital symmetry matching”, L. Chen, Z. Hu, A. Zhao, B. Wang, Y. Luo, J. Yang, and J. G. Hou, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 146803 (2007) 10. “Controlling the Kondo Effect of an Adsorbed Magnetic Ion Through Its Chemical Bonding”, A. Zhao, Q. Li, L. Chen, H. Xiang, W. Wang, S. Pan, B. Wang, X. Xiao, J. Yang, J. G. Hou, and Q. Zhu, Science 309, 1542 (2005)