Zichen Wang

	PhD Student email: zichen.wang.19@ucl.ac.uk

Research Interests

My research focuses on advancing electron spin resonance (ESR) instrumentation by leveraging high-Q superconducting resonator circuits to perform highly sensitive ESR measurements in novel electronic materials. I also investigate the quantum behavior of magnons in van der Waals 2D layered ferromagnets by achieving strong quantum coupling between
magnons and microwave photons generated from the superconducting resonators.

My research background was developing ESR methods to probe the fundamental charge-transport physics of organic semiconductors. The key achievements were (i) the first observation of the spin blockading effect in solution-processed conjugated polymer systems, and (ii) the development of p-doped rubrene crystals featuring exceptionally long out-of-plane spin diffusion lengths. Now at UCL, I am building upon this expertise to develop ESR instrumentation approaching the quantum limit, enabling the exploration of exotic spin dynamics in emerging quantum materials.

Interesting fact

I completed my PhD at Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. I am lucky to hold the first doctoral degree since the department's relocation to the current Cavendish III