Pengwei Zhao


School of Physics, Peking University

Phone: +86-10-62767013
Email: pwzhao@pku.edu.cn

Biographical sketch


  • Feb. 2024--present: Tenured Associate Professor, School of Physics, Peking University
  • Jan. 2018--Feb. 2024: Assistant Professor, School of Physics, Peking University
  • Nov. 2014--Jan. 2018: Postdoctoral Fellow, Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
  • Mar. 2014--Oct. 2014: Research Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
  • Jun. 2012--Jun. 2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, Peking University, Beijing, China
  • Sep. 2007--Jun. 2012: Ph.D., Peking University, Beijing, China.
  • Recent and Selected Publications    Google Scholar ]


    1. F. F. Xu, Y. K. Wang, Y. P. Wang, P. Ring, and P. W. Zhao,
      Emergence of High-Order Deformation in Rotating Transfermium Nuclei: A Microscopic Understanding,
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 133 022501 (2024). [DOI]
    2. Y. P. Wang, Y. K. Wang, F. F. Xu, P. W. Zhao, and J. Meng,
      Abnormal Bifurcation of the Double Binding Energy Differences and Proton-Neutron Pairing: Nuclei Close to N = Z Line from Ni to Rb,
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 132 232501 (2024). [DOI]
    3. D. D. Zhang, B. Li, D. Vretenar, T. Nikšić, Z. X. Ren, P. W. Zhao, and J. Meng
      Ternary quasifission in collisions of actinide nuclei,
      Phys. Rev. C 109 024316 (2024). [DOI] [ Editor's Suggestion ]
    4. Z. X. Ren, D. Vretenar, T. Nikšić, P. W. Zhao, J. Zhao, and J. Meng
      Dynamical Synthesis of He-4 in the Scission Phase of Nuclear Fission,
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 128 172501 (2022). [DOI]
    5. Q. Zhao, Z. X. Ren, P. W. Zhao, and J. Meng
      Covariant density functional theory with localized exchange terms,
      Phys. Rev. C 106 034315 (2022). [DOI] [ Editor's Suggestion ]
    6. X. H. Wu, Z. X. Ren, and P. W. Zhao,
      Nuclear energy density functionals from machine learning,
      Phys. Rev. C 105 L031303 (2022). [DOI]
    7. Y. L. Yang and P. W. Zhao,
      A consistent description of the relativistic effects and three-body interactions in atomic nuclei,
      Phys. Lett. B 835 137587 (2022). [DOI]
    8. Z. X. Ren and P. W. Zhao,
      Toward a bridge between relativistic and nonrelativistic density functional theories for nuclei,
      Phys. Rev. C 102 021301(R) (2020). [DOI] [ Editor's Suggestion ]
    9. P. W. Zhao,
      Multiple chirality in nuclear rotation: A microscopic view,
      Phys. Lett. B 773 1-5 (2017). [DOI]
    10. P. W. Zhao, N. Itagaki, and J. Meng,
      Rod-shaped Nuclei at Extreme Spin and Isospin,
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 115 022501 (2015). [DOI]
    11. P. W. Zhao, J. Peng, H. Z. Liang, P. Ring and J. Meng,
      Antimagnetic Rotation Band in Nuclei: A Microscopic Description,
      Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 122501 (2011). [DOI]
    12. P. W. Zhao, Z. P. Li, J. M. Yao and J. Meng,
      New parametrization for the nuclear covariant energy density functional with a point-coupling interaction,
      Phys. Rev. C 82 054319 (2010). [DOI]