Prof. CHEN Lang is a Professor in the Department of Physics and the Director of the Analysis and Testing Center at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA, in 2005. He served as an Assistant Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, from 2006 to 2013, before joining SUSTech in 2013. His research focuses on the frontiers of perovskite oxide functional materials, achieving innovative results in areas such as ferroelectric/multiferroic materials, materials with negative Poisson's ratio, high-dielectric/piezoelectric materials, and correlated electron systems (e.g., high-temperature superconductivity, 4d/5d oxides). He has published over 180 papers in prestigious international journals including Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, and Matter, with citations exceeding 7,000 and an h-index of 45. He has led numerous research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Shenzhen's "Peacock Plan", and the National Key R&D Program of China, with cumulative funding of approximately 40 million RMB. Serves as a reviewer for more than 20 academic journals, including Nature family journals, PRL, AM, among others. 

• Ferroelectricity in Hafnium and Zirconium oxides;

• Multiferroicity in complex oxide heterostructures;

• Emergent phenomena in strongly correlated oxides.

2000.08 - 2005.07 Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

1997.08 - 2000.07 M.S. in Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

1993.09 - 1997.06 B.S. in Physical Electronics, Fudan University, China

2013.06 - Present Professor of Department of Physics, Director of Analysis and Testing Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

2006.09 - 2013.05 Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2005.09 - 2006.08 Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France

2025 Provincial Excellent Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education - Undergraduate Category) First Prize for the project  (Ranked 4th)

2019 Shenzhen Municipal-Level Leading Talent

2018 Guangdong Province Nanyue Outstanding Teacher

2017 Shenzhen Outstanding Teacher

2016 Shenzhen "Peacock Plan" High-Level Overseas Talent (Category B)

2015 Shenzhen Pengcheng Scholar (Long-term Distinguished Professor in Condensed Matter Physics)

2013 The 9th Batch of the "Thousand Talents Program" for Young Professionals, Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee

Research ID: M-7291-2019 (Web of Science) 

1. Li, X.; Xu, Z.; Hu, S.; Gu, M.; Zhu, Y.; Liu, Q.; Yang, Y.; Ye, M.; Li, J.; Chen, L.* Ferroelectricity in Orthorhombic Zirconia Thin Films. Nano Lett. 2025, 25 (11), 4220–4226. 

2. Hu, S.; Han, W.; Li, X.; Ye, M.; Lu, Y.; Jin, C.; Liu, Q.; Wang, J.; He, J.; Cazorla, C.; Zhu, Y.; Chen, L.* Converting Brownmillerite to Alternate Layers of Oxygen-Deficient and Conductive Nano-Sheets with Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12 (28), 2201469. 

3. Hu, S.; Zhu, Y.; Han, W.; Li, X.; Ji, Y.; Ye, M.; Jin, C.; Liu, Q.; Hu, S.; Wang, J.; Wang, J.; He, J.; Cazorla, C.; Chen, L.* High-Conductive Protonated Layered Oxides from H₂O Vapor-Annealed Brownmillerites. Adv. Mater. 2021, 33, 2104623. 

4. Jin, C.; Zhu, Y.; Li, X.; An, F.; Han, W.; Liu, Q.; Hu, S.; Ji, Y.; Xu, Z.; Hu, S.; Ye, M.; Zhong, G.; Gu, M.; Chen, L.* Super-Flexible Freestanding BiMnO₃ Membranes with Stable Ferroelectricity and Ferromagnetism. Adv. Sci. 2021, 8, 2102178. 

5. Huang, C.; Liao, Z.; Li, M.; Guan, C.; Jin, F.; Ye, M.; Zeng, X.; Zhang, T.; Chen, Z.; Qi, Y.; Gao, P.; Chen, L.* A Highly Strained Phase in PbZr₀.₂Ti₀.₈O₃ Films with Enhanced Ferroelectric Properties. Adv. Sci. 2021, 8, 2003582.