The results of the 2024 University Physics Competition (UPC), held on November 1, were recently announced. A team from the School of Physical Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University—comprising Lu Yaoxing ’26, Li Zhengyang ’26, and He Xinyi ’26, all majoring in Physics—won a gold medal with their outstanding performance. This marked the first time that ShanghaiTech students won a gold ...

The ShanghaiTech’s first faculty conference in 2025 was held in the University Auditorium on January 21. The conference featured four key sessions: the inaugural chair professor appointment ceremony, the tenured professor appointment ceremony, the award ceremony for outstanding residential college mentors for the 2023–2024 academic year, and the introduction of newly joined faculty members. The e...

High-performance computing (HPC) has revolutionized numerous fields ranging from physics, chemistry, biology, to climate science, enabling groundbreaking advancements in areas like drug discovery, materials science, and climate modeling. On January 17, Jack Dongarra—pioneering computer scientist, A.M. Turing Award winner, and distinguished professor at the University of Tennessee—delivered a thoug...

At the annual conference of the American Finance Association (AFA) held in San Francisco on January 3, the paper titled “Countercyclical Income Risk and Portfolio Choices: Evidence from Sweden” by Assistant Professor Zhang Yapei from the School of Entrepreneurship and Management (SEM) at ShanghaiTech University, along with her collaborators, won the Dimensional Fund Advisors Prize for 2024—...

The 2025 University-Enterprise Cooperation Meeting and Employer Award Ceremony of ShanghaiTech University took place at the University Library on January 8. The event aims to strengthen communication and collaboration between the university and its industry partners, fostering high-quality and full employment for ShanghaiTech graduates. Vice Party Secretary Wu Qiang attended the meeting. Represent...

The 6th Workshop for Topological Quantum Materials and Information (WTQI-2024), jointly organized by the Laboratory for Topological Physics (LTP) of the School of Physical Science and Technology (SPST) at ShanghaiTech University, the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Science (KITS), and the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOPCAS), was held at SPST from December 19 to...

A research paper titled “Rainbow screening: Chromoproteins enable visualized molecular cloning,” authored by Associate Professor Li Jian’s group from the School of Physical Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University, has received widespread attention. Published in Biotechnology Journal (Wiley Group, Volume 19, Issue 4, 2024), the paper ranked among the top in download volume fo...

ShanghaiTech University held a technology transfer signing ceremony on December 18 at the Conference Center, where the university signed patent licensing agreements with two spinoffs, Shanghai Castalysis Bioscience and Shanghai Finesense. In addition, Shanghai Baoshan Technology Transfer Company, Department of Manufacturing and Equipment of the National Innovation Center par Excellence (NICE), and...

Recently, archaeologists at the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum made an exciting discovery in Pit 2 of the Terracotta Army: a rare senior military officer terracotta figure. This is the first such figure unearthed in Pit 2 since its formal excavation began in 1994. Based on its location within the pit, it is likely to represent the highest-ranking military commander of the unit, commo...

The inaugural Hurun China Under25s 2024 list, released on December 16, spotlights China’s entrepreneurial pioneers aged 25 and under. Among the honorees are two innovators from ShanghaiTech University, Su Rui ’23, and third-year master’s student Zhang Qixuan ’22, who have made remarkable achievements in biomaterials and visual technology, respectively. Su RuiSu Rui, CEO of SynMetabio, a S...

The 5th National Chemistry Experiment Innovation Design Competition for College Students—Competition in Digital Design of Experiments, held from December 6 to 8 at Shenyang Normal University, concluded with a significant achievement for ShanghaiTech University. After intense competition, the ShanghaiTech team won the Second Prize, marking the university’s first recognition in this national compet...

A team led by Distingshed Adjunct Professor Chen Yulin and Assistant Professor Chen Cheng from Laboratory for Topological Physics at the School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, has made a significant discovery in the study of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG). Using spatial- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (Nano-ARPES), they obser...

On December 11, the Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry at Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS), led by Distinguished Adjunct Professor Roger Kornberg and Research Associate Professor Zhang Heqiao, published a research article in Science Advances titled “Cryo-EM Structure of Nipah Virus RNA Polymerase Complex.” This study provides a detailed characteriz...

Recently, the research team led by Assistant Professor Cheng Bingbing from the School of Biomedical Engineering at ShanghaiTech University published a research paper titled “Multiple Instance Learning-Based Prediction of Blood-brain Barrier Opening Outcomes Induced by Focused Ultrasound” in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. The study developed a deep learning method to achie...