Professor Yanming Ma National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars  Email：mym@jlu.edu.cn Website: http://mym.calypso.cn/mym.html

Experience
2017 -- now dean of college of physics in Jilin University
2005 -- now  Professor, State Key Lab of superhard materials, JLU, China
2001 -- 2004 Associate Professor, State Key Lab of superhard materials, JLU, China
2001 -- 2001 Lecturer, State Key Lab of superhard materials, JLU, China
2011             Visiting Scientist, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2010 -- 2010 Daniel Tsui Fellowship, University of Hongkong, China
2009 -- 2009 JSPS Visiting Scientist, RIKEN, Japan
2006 -- 2008 Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Crystallography, ETH, Zurich
2002 -- 2004 Postdoctoral Researcher, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, Canada
2001 -- Ph.D in Condensed Matter Physics, State Key Lab of Superhard Materials, JLU, Changchun, China
1998 -- M.S. in Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, Yanbian University, Yanbian, China
1995 -- B.S. in Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Yanbian University, Yanbian, China.        
                                                                                                           
Research Areas
1.CALYPSO methods on structural prediction at high pressure conditions in an effort to explore new theories and rules
2.The theoretical design and experimental synthesis of new high-pressure materials with novel functional properties
3.The development of ultrahigh-pressure experiment technique for attaining ten million atmospheric hydrostatic pressure to explore the holy grails of high-pressure physics, e.g., metallization of hydrogen
4.Structural search and experimental preparation for the materials within the earth interior

Publications
1. Crystal Structures and Electronic Properties of Oxygen-rich Titanium Oxides at High Pressur. Xin Zhong, Lihua Yang, Xin Qu, Yanchao Wang*, Jinghai Yang*, and Yanming Ma*,Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57 (6), 3254–3260. DOI:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b03263
2. Materials discovery at high pressures. Lijun Zhang, Yanchao Wang, Jian Lv, and Yanming Ma*,NATURE REVIEWS MATERIALS.Nature Reviews Materials volume2, 17005 (2017). DOI:10.1038/natrevmats.2017.5
3. Hydrogen Clathrate Structures in Rare Earth Hydrides at High Pressures: Possible Route to Room-Temperature Superconductivity. Feng Peng, Ying Sun, Chris J. Pickard, Richard J. Needs, Qiang Wu, and Yanming Ma, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 107001. DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.107001
4. Pressure-induced structural changes and intermolecular interactions in crystalline silane-hydrogen. W.L. Lim, J.S. Tse and T. Iitaka, Phys. Rev. Lett., 105, 21550, 2010. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.215501

Projects
1. Software system and application of material science computing for E level calculation.
National Key R&D Program, MOST, 2016. 07-2020. 12, RMB 6.82 M, Yanming Ma.
2. Structures and physical properties of new superhard materials.
Excellent Young Scientists Fund, NSFC, 2017. 01-2019. 12, RMB 1.5 M, Quan Li.
3. Structure prediction method and its application for complex systems.
Key Program, NSFC, 2016.01-2020.12, RMB 3 M, Yanming Ma.
4. Crystal structures and electronic properties of IIIB-hydrides at high pressures.
National Defense Fundamental Science Challenge Project, State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, 2017. 01- 2018. 12, RMB 1 M, Yanming Ma.

Awards
1. 2018 First prize in natural science of institutions of higher learning
2. 2016 Walter Kohn Prize