Ding PAN

Research interest

Prof. Pan’s team has been developing and applying computational and numerical methods to understand and predict the properties and behavior of liquids, solids, and nanostructures at the quantum mechanics level. With the help of quantum computers, the team is seeking answers to the urgent and fundamental scientific questions relevant to sustainable development, e.g. water science, deep carbon cycle, and clean energy.

Biography

Prof. Pan obtained his BS in Physics in the 00 Class (SCGY) at the University of Science and Technology of China in 2005 followed by ScD at Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011. During the ScD study, he was a visiting researcher at the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany and a Thomas Young Centre Junior Research Fellow at the University College London, UK. Before joining The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2016, he served a postdoctoral researcher in the University of California, Davis (2011-2014) and the University of Chicago (2014-2016). He won the Croucher Innovation Award in 2018, the Deep Carbon Observatory Emerging Leader Award in 2019 (US), and the Excellent Young Scientists Award in 2020 (Hong Kong and Macau, Natural Science Foundation of China).