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Hua Chen

400 Isotope Drive, Room D201
Fort Collins, CO 80523
huachen@colostate.edu

Professional Experiences and Activities

  • 07/2023 – present, Associate Professor

Department of Physics, Colorado State University

  • 08/2023 – 01/2024, Visiting Professor

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University

  • 08/2017 – 07/2023, Assistant Professor

Department of Physics, Colorado State University

  • 06/2012 – 08/2017, Postdoctoral Fellow                        

Department of Physics, the University of Texas at Austin

Supervisor: Prof. Allan H. MacDonald

  • 09/2011 – 05/2012, Visiting Student                        

Department of Physics, the University of Texas at Austin

Hosts: Prof. Qian Niu and Prof. Allan H. MacDonald

  • 01/2007 – 05/2012, Research Assistant

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Supervisor: Prof. Zhenyu Zhang

  • Referee

Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Nature Physics, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Europhysics Letters, npj Quantum Materials, Physica Status Solidi, Physics Letters A, MMM Annual Conference Proceedings, European Physical Journal – Applied Physics, etc.

Education

  • 01/2007 – 04/2012, Doctor of Philosophy (UTK-ORNL JIAM Fellow)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Advisors: Prof. Zhenyu Zhang and Prof. Hanno Weitering

Dissertation title: Theoretical Modeling of the Formation and Functionality of Low-Dimensional Materials

  • 09/2002 – 07/2006, Bachelor of Science

Department of Physics, Zhengzhou University, China

Research Experience and Interests

  • Complex insulators, metals, and superconductors with strong spin-orbit coupling
  • Non-collinear antiferromagnetism
  • Spintronics and magnetotransport
  • Topological properties of crystalline insulators and superconductors

Honors and Awards

  • NSF CAREER Award, 2020
  • Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, 2012.
  • Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (JIAM) Fellowship, the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2007-2011.
  • Paul Stelson Fellowship for Beginning Research, Department of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Tennessee, 2010.
  • Chancellor’s Citation for Extraordinary Professional Promise, the University of Tennessee, 2010.
  • Best Poster Award, 22nd Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, 2010.
  • Colloquium Award, Department of Physics and Astronomy, the University of Tennessee, 2007.
  • Zhengzhou University Pacemaker Award (ten awardees each year), 2004, 2006.
  • National Mathematical Modeling Contest of China, Henan Province, 2nd Prize, 2005.
  • Zhengzhou University Scholarship, First Prize, 2003-2005.

Publications

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Invited Talks and Seminars

  1. “Transporting the shape of spin—from spintronics to multipoletronics”, Condensed Matter and Biophysics Seminar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 2023.
  2. “Chirality, Antiferromagnetism, and the anomalous Hall effect”, Physics Colloquium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Denver, Denver, CO, May 2023.
  3. “Chirality, Antiferromagnetism, and the anomalous Hall effect”, Physics Colloquium, Department of Physics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, October 2022.
  4. “Magnetic spin Hall and related effects in noncollinear antiferromagnets”, 67th Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Minneapolis, MN, October 2022.
  5. “Indicators of the anomalous Hall effect in unconventional magnetic systems”, 8th Front Range Advanced Magnetics Symposium, Laramie, WY, August 2022.
  6. “Magnetic Spin Hall Effects in Noncollinear Antiferromagnets”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Indiana University, Bloomington, March 29, 2022. (Virtual)
  7. “Magnetic Spin Hall Effects in Noncollinear Antiferromagnets”, Condensed Matter Seminar, George Mason University, November 15, 2021. (Virtual)
  8. “Magnetic Spin Hall Effects in Noncollinear Antiferromagnets”, Physics Seminar, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, November 11, 2021.
  9. “New aspects of electric and magnetic responses in chiral antiferromagnets”, Intermag 2021, April 2021. (Virtual)
  10. “New aspects of electric and magnetic responses in chiral antiferromagnets”, APS March Meeting, March 2021. (Virtual)
  11. “Orbital contributions to magnetism in noncollinear antiferromagnets”, Online Spintronics Seminar Series, Feb. 12, 2021.
  12. “New twists in two-dimensional systems due to (quasi) periodicities in space and time”, Physics Colloquium, Department of Physics, Colorado State University, 2020.
  13. “New aspects of magnetoelectric responses in chiral antiferromagnets”, The International Magnetics Conference, IEEE Magnetics Society, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19).
  14. “New aspects of magnetoelectric responses in chiral antiferromagnets”, American Physical Society March Meeting, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19).
  15. “Orbital degrees of freedom in noncollinear spin systems”, Complex Quantum Systems Seminar, Department of Physics, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, January 9, 2020.
  16. “Novel transport phenomena in noncollinear antiferromagnets”, 2019 Annual Meeting of the APS Four Corners Section, October 11-12, 2019, Prescott, AZ.
  17. “Magnetoelectric effects in anomalous Hall antiferromagnets”, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan, October 2019.
  18. “Magnetoelectric effects in anomalous Hall antiferromagnets”, International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Okayama, Japan, September 2019.
  19. “Berry phase, anomalous Hall effect, and antiferromagnetism” 5th PRSE Center for Advanced Magnetics workshop, January 9, 2019.
  20. “Collinear Anomalous Hall Antiferromagnets”, Quantum Material Seminar, The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, December 5, 2018.
  21. “Magnetoelectric effects in anomalous Hall antiferromagnets”, Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, October 18, 2018.
  22. “Magnetoelectric effects in noncollinear antiferromagnets”, Colloquium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Denver, January 10, 2018.
  23. “Magnetoelectric effects in noncollinear antiferromagnets”, Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, October 5, 2017.
  24. “Magnetoelectric effects in noncollinear antiferromagnets”, Colloquium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming, September 22, 2017.
  25. “Boundary magnetoelectric effects in antiferromagnets”, Spin Dynamics in Nanostructures Gordon Research Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 16, 2017.
  26. “Noncollinear Antiferromagnetic Spintronics”, T-4 Theory Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, June 19, 2017.
  27. “Spin-orbit coupling in noncollinear antiferromagnets and its physical consequences”, Theory of Correlated Topological Materials Workshop, The University of Tokyo, February 14, 2017.
  28. “Noncollinear Antiferromagnetic Spintronics”, Department of Physics, Colorado State University, February 6, 2017.
  29. “Orbital moments and current-induced local spin densities in noncollinear antiferromagnets”, Frontier of Quantum Materials Science and Nanotechnology Workshop, The Institute of Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, September 5, 2016.
  30. “Electromagnetic response of noncollinear antiferromagnets”, The Institute of Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, August 31, 2016.
  31. “Spinning Electrons at a Crossroads”, Special International Workshop on Physics of 2D Materials and Interfaces, University of Science and Technology of China, July 8, 2016.
  32. “Spinning Electrons at a Crossroads”, Department of Physics, Peking University, July 5, 2016.
  33. “Spinning Electrons at a Crossroads”, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, April 18, 2016.
  34. “Spinning Electrons at a Crossroads”, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, April 5, 2016.
  35. “Spinning Electrons at a Crossroads”, Department of Physics, University of Houston, March 3, 2016.
  36. “Spinning Electrons at a Crossroads”, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, February 29, 2016.
  37. “Spinning Electrons at a Crossroads”, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, February 23, 2016.
  38. “Spinning Electrons at a Crossroads”, Complex Quantum Systems Seminar, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, January 21, 2016.
  39. “Theory of Topological Superconductivity Induced by Ferromagnetic Metal Chains on Superconductor Substrates”, APS March Meeting, March 2015..
  40. “A Magnetic Majorana Fermion Factory”, Condensed Matter Seminar, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, February 19, 2015.
  41. “A Magnetic Majorana Fermion Factory”, Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Alabama, February 17, 2015.
  42. “A Magnetic Majorana Fermion Factory”, Physics Colloquium, Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, February 11, 2015.
  43. “A Magnetic Majorana Fermion Factory”, Physics Colloquium, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, February 2, 2015.
  44. “A Magnetic Majorana Fermion Factory”, Physics Colloquium, Department of Physics, Emory University, January 20, 2015.
  45. “Anomalous Hall Effect, Orbital Magnetization, and Spin Hall Effect Arising from Noncollinear Antiferromagnetism”, 2nd International Spin-Orbit Torque Workshop, KAUST, February 2015.
  46.  “Anomalous Hall Effect and Orbital Magnetization Arising from Noncollinear Antiferromagnets”, 9th International Conference on Computational Physics, National University of Singapore, January 2015.
  47. “Anomalous Hall Effect and Orbital Magnetization Arising from Noncollinear Antiferromagnets”, E-MRS 2014 Fall Meeting, September 2014.
  48. “Anomalous Hall Effect and Orbital Magnetism in Noncollinear Antiferromagnets”, Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials, University of Science and Technology of China, July 22, 2014.
  49.  “Novel physics in strongly spin-orbit coupled systems: Iridium alloys and oxides”, Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, University of Oklahoma, October 11, 2013.
  50.  “Novel physics in strongly spin-orbit coupled systems: Iridium alloys and oxides”, Complex Quantum Systems Seminar, University of Texas at Austin, October 3, 2013.