Chunli Huang brings a rich background in theoretical condensed matter physics from around the globe. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, and raised in Malaysia, Huang earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Material Science and Engineering from the National University of Singapore and completed his Ph.D. at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He held two postdoctoral positions—first at the University of Texas at Austin under a Ministry of Science and Technology fellowship from Taiwan, followed by a one-year stint at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Huang's research primarily focuses on theoretical approaches to uncover new phenomena and states of matter in condensed matter physics. He has substantial experience in areas such as magnetism, superconductivity, effects of disorder in two dimensional materials. One unique aspect of his pedagogical approach includes conducting the "Bell’s Lab" exercise with students. This method involves analyzing experimental data stripped of any theoretical preconceptions to devise the most intuitive theories, a technique he adopted from his postdoctoral advisor, Allan MacDonald.

Since becoming an Assistant Professor in January 2023, Huang has quickly established a dynamic research group. His team, comprising four Ph.D. students, is dedicated to pioneering studies on two-dimensional materials. The group's projects span several intriguing areas:

1) Exploring novel charge excitations with spin-valley textures in anomalous Hall electronic crystals using cross-disciplinary equations of motion methods adapted from nuclear physics.

2) Investigating collective magnetic resonances in itinerant electron orbital magnets in multilayer graphene using time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory.

3)  Studying the impact of Landau-level mixing on the integer quantum Hall effect via renormalization group methods.

4) Examining topological defects and loop excitations in artificial spin ice via Monte Carlo simulations.

Within just over a year, Huang's group has published four manuscripts. Their contributions include a study on the sign-changing and non-analytic behavior of orbital magnetization in [PhysRevB.109.L060409 (2024)], a new microscopic theory for the multiferroic state in pentalayer graphene [arXiv:2404.10069,], and resolutions to recent experimental puzzles in the ν=0 quantum Hall effect in graphene [arXiv:2401.12528].

Chunli Huang's arrival marks an exciting phase of growth and discovery in our department's exploration of two-dimensional materials.