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Qimin Yan

Qimin Yan

Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Northeastern University

Dr. Qimin Yan is Associate Professor of Physics at Northeastern University, where he leads a research program on artificial intelligence and data-driven/computational design of quantum and energy materials. He received his Ph.D. in Materials from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and completed postdoctoral training at the Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Department of Physics at UC Berkeley. Before joining Northeastern in 2022, he was Assistant Professor of Physics at Temple University. He received the NSF CAREER Award (2022) and the DOE Early Career Award (2019).

Group members

Zhenyao Fang
Zhenyao Fang
Postdoctoral Researcher · since 2023
Ting-Wei Hsu
Ting-Wei Hsu
PhD Student · since 2024
Anoj Aryal
Anoj Aryal
PhD Student (2021–2026)
Alex Heilman
Alex Heilman
PhD Student (2021–2026)
Yu Ruan
PhD Student · since 2025

Alumni

Weiyi Gong
Weiyi Gong
PhD Student (2019–2025)
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
Yubo Qi
Yubo Qi
Associate Research Scientist (2022–2023)
Now: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jeng-Yuan Tsai
Jeng-Yuan Tsai
PhD Student (2018–2022) and Postdoctoral Researcher (2022–2023)
Now: Data Processing Scientist, Jefferson Lab
Claire Schlesinger
Undergraduate Co-op Student (2023–2024)
Debajit Chakraborty
Debajit Chakraborty
Research Assistant Professor (2021–2022)
Huta R. Banjade
Huta R. Banjade
PhD Student (2016–2020)
Now: Senior Research Scientist, Badger Meter
Jinbo Pan
Jinbo Pan
Postdoctoral Fellow (2016–2019)
Now: Associate Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Liping Yu
Liping Yu
Research Assistant Professor (2016–2018)
Now: Associate Professor, University of Central Florida
Yan-Fang Zhang
Yan-Fang Zhang
Visiting Scholar (2016–2019)
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lifu Zhang
Lifu Zhang
Visiting PhD Student (2019–2020)
Francesco Ricci
Visiting Scholar (2019)
Yijun Tong
Visiting Master's Student (2018–2020)
Now: PhD Student, University of Washington
Andy Philips
Andy Philips
Undergraduate Student (2020–2022)
Brendan Magdamo
Undergraduate Student (2020–2021)
Yu Wang
Undergraduate Student (2016–2020)
Now: PhD Student, Princeton University
Linh Nguyen
Undergraduate Student (2017)
Dylan Harrison
Undergraduate Student (2017)
Group photo, October 2019
Group photo, October 2019.