Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong

Research areas: Nickelate superconductivity; Oxide interfaces; Oxide heterostructures; Low-dimensional superconductivity; High-temperature superconductivity

Award Citation: The AYSF Committee acknowledges his contribution to the discovery of the nickelate superconductor and would like to support his exploration in the direction of new unconventional superconductors.

Bio: Danfeng (Denver) Li is a materials physicist. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and serves as Associate Dean for Research and Postgraduate Education in the College of Science. He obtained his B.Eng. from Zhejiang University and M.Phil. from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. After earning his Ph.D. from University of Geneva, he was at Stanford University as a Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow. He joined CityUHK as an Assistant Professor in November 2020. He is known for his discovery of first nickelate superconductor. He has received several prestigious awards and recognitions, including the AAPPS-APCTP Chen-Ning Yang Award in 2023, The Oxide Electronics Prize for Excellence in Research in 2024, the MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 (China) in 2021.

Personal Web: danfenglilab.com