Shengwei Jiang is a Tenure-Track Associate Professor and Ph.D. advisor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Nanjing University. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Physics at Pennsylvania State University from 2016 to 2017 and in the Department of Physics at Cornell University from 2018 to 2021. In 2021, he joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a Tenure-Track Associate Professor.
His research centers on condensed matter optics, low-dimensional magnetism, and strongly correlated and topological physics in two-dimensional semiconductor moiré superlattices. His group is particularly interested in using optical and magneto-optical probes to reveal emergent electronic phases in atomically thin quantum materials. He has published a series of papers as corresponding author and/or first author in leading journals including Nature, Nature Physics, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Electronics, Nature Communications, Physical Review X, and Physical Review Letters. His work has received broad recognition from the international research community and has been cited approximately 8,000 times.
My research focuses on experimental condensed matter physics, with particular emphasis on:
· Two-dimensional quantum materials and van der Waals heterostructures
· Strongly correlated and topological physics
· Low-dimensional magnetism and spintronics
· Condensed matter optics
· Semiconductor moiré superlattices
Our group develops and applies low-temperature magneto-optical spectroscopy, microscopic optical measurements under high magnetic fields, nanomechanical resonance techniques, and microwave spin resonance methods to probe magnetic, correlated, and topological electronic states in low-dimensional quantum materials.
1. X. Chang#, F. Liu#, F. Xu#, C. Xu#, J. Xiao, Z. Sun, P. Jiao, Y. Zhang, S. Wang, B. Shen, R. He, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, R. Zhong, J. Jia, Z. Shi, X. Liu, Y. Zhang*, D. Qian*, T. Li* & S. Jiang*, Evidence of Competing Ground States between Fractional Chern Insulator and Antiferromagnetism in Moiré MoTe2. Nat. Commun. 17, 4874 (2026).
2. P. Jiao#, C. Qian#, N. Mao#, X. Chang#, J. Xiao, F. Liu, S. Wang, X. Wu, D. Peng, C. Xu, H. Dong, Y. Zheng, J. Wu, T. Zheng, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. Jia, X. Liu, Z. Shi, S. Wang, G. Chen, T. Li, R. Zhong, Y. Zhang*, D. Qian*, Z. Chen* & S. Jiang*, Hydrostatic Pressure-Enhanced Correlated Magnetism and Chern Insulator in Moiré WSe2. Phys. Rev. X 16, 011068 (2026).
3. X. Chang#, Z. Tao#, B. Shen, W. Tian, J. Hu, K. Pistunova, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. F. Heinz, T. Li, J. Mak, J. Shan & S. Jiang*, Electric-Field-Tuned Consecutive Topological Phase Transitions between Distinct Correlated Insulators in Moire MoTe2/WSe2 Heterobilayer. Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 096503 (2026).
4. S. Wang, X. Chang, F. Liu, Y. Zheng, J. Wu, T. Zheng, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi & S. Jiang*, ‘Charge-Transfer-Induced Re-Entrant Ferromagnetism in Twisted-Bilayer-MoTe2/hBN/WSe2.’ Chinese Phys. B 35(2), 027101 (2026).
5. F. Xu, X. Chang, J. Xiao, Y. Zhang, F. Liu, Z. Sun, N. Mao, N. Peshcherenko, J. Li, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, B. Tong, L. Lu, J. Jia, D. Qian, Z. Shi, Y. Zhang*, X. Liu*, S. Jiang* & T. Li*, Interplay between Topology and Correlations in the Second Moiré Band of Twisted Bilayer MoTe2. Nature Physics 21, 542 (2025).
6. Z. Tao#, B. Shen#, S. Jiang#, T. Li#, L. Li, L. Ma, W. Zhao, J. Hu, K. Pistunova, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. F. Heinz, K. F. Mak & J. Shan, Valley-Coherent Quantum Anomalous Hall State in AB-Stacked MoTe2/WSe2 Bilayers. Phys. Rev. X 14, 011004 (2024).
7. T. Li#, S. Jiang#, B. Shen#, Y. Zhang#, K. Kang, J. Zhu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. Chowdhury, L. Fu, J. Shan & K. F. Mak, Quantum anomalous Hall effect from intertwined moiré bands. Nature 600, 641 (2021).
8. T. Li#, S. Jiang# , L. Li#, Y. Zhang, K. Kang, J. Zhu, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, D. Chowdhury, L. Fu, J. Shan, K. F. Mak, Continuous Mott transition in semiconductor moir\'e superlattices. Nature 597, 350 (2021).
9. S. Jiang# , H. Xie#, J. Shan, K. F. Mak, Exchange magnetostriction in two-dimensional antiferromagnets. Nature Materials 19, 1295 (2020).
10. S. Jiang, L. Li, Z. Wang, J. Shan, K. F. Mak, Spin tunnel field-effect transistors based on two-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures. Nature Electronics 2, 159 (2019)
11. T. Li #, S. Jiang# , N. Sivadas, Z. Wang, Y. Xu, D. Weber, J. Goldberger, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, C. Fennie, K. F. Mak, J. Shan, Pressure-controlled interlayer magnetism in atomically thin CrI3. Nature Materials 18, 1303 (2019)
12. H. Kim#, S. Jiang# , B. Yang, et. al., Magneto‐Memristive Switching in a 2D Layer Antiferromagnet. Advanced Materials, 32,1905433 (2019)
13. S. Jiang, L. Li, Z. Wang, K. F. Mak, J. Shan, Controlling magnetism in 2D CrI3 by electrostatic doping. Nature Nanotechnology 13, 549 (2018)
14. S. Jiang, J. Shan, K. F. Mak, Electric-field switching of two-dimensional van der Waals magnets. Nature Materials 17, 406 (2018)
15. S. Jiang, S. Liu, P. Wang, Z. Luan, X. Tao, H. Ding, D. Wu, Exchange-Dominated Pure Spin Current Transport in Alq3 Molecules. Physical review letters 115, 086601 (2015)
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