Personal Biography

Jing Liang is an Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the Quantum Optoelectronics Group at the Shenzhen International Quantum Academy. She received her B.S. from Nanjing University in 2015 and her Ph.D. from Peking University in 2020. From 2021 to 2024, she conducted postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia (Canada) as a recipient of the SBQMI Postdoctoral Fellowship, before joining the Academy in 2024. Her research focuses on the physical properties and device applications of two-dimensional (2D) materials, developing advanced ultrafast/nonlinear nano-spectroscopic characterization techniques and strain/interface modulation methods. To date, she has published over 30 academic papers, including 14 as first author in high-impact journals such as Nature Nanotechnology, Physical Review X (2), Nature Communications, Science Advances, Advanced Materials (2), and Nano Letters (2).

Education Background

2015.09–2020.07 Peking University Condensed Matter Physics Ph.D.

2011.09–2015.07 Nanjing University Materials Physics B.S.

Working Experience

2024.06–present Shenzhen International Quantum Academy Associate Professor

2021.01–2024.06 University of British Columbia, Canada Postdoctoral Researcher

Papers and Patents

# Co-first authors, * Corresponding authors

(1) Jing Liang#, Dongyang Yang#, Jingda Wu, Yunhuan Xiao, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jerry I. Dadap, and Ziliang Ye*, “Resolving polarization switching pathways of sliding ferroelectricity in trilayer 3R-MoS₂”, Nature Nanotechnology 2025, 20: 500-506.

(2) Jing Liang#, Yuan Xie#, Dongyang Yang#, Shangyi Guo, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jerry I. Dadap, David Jones, and Ziliang Ye*, “Nanosecond Ferroelectric Switching of 2D Excitons through Coulomb Engineering”, Physical Review X 2025, 15: 021081.

(3) Jing Liang#, Dongyang Yang#, Jingda Wu#, Jerry I. Dadap, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, and Ziliang Ye*, “Optically probing the asymmetric interlayer coupling in rhombohedral-stacked MoS₂ bilayer”, Physical Review X 2022, 12(4): 041005.

(4) Dongyang Yang#, Jing Liang#, Jingda Wu#, Yunhuan Xiao, Jerry I. Dadap, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, and Ziliang Ye*, “Non-volatile electrical polarization switching via domain wall release in 3R-MoS₂ bilayer”, Nature Communications 2024, 15: 1389.

(5) Jingda Wu#, Dongyang Yang#, Jing Liang#, Max Werner, Evgeny Ostroumov, Yunhuan Xiao, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Jerry I. Dadap, David Jones, and Ziliang Ye*, “Ultrafast response of spontaneous photovoltaic effect in 3R-MoS₂-based heterostructures”, Science Advances 2022, 8(50): eade3759.

(6) Jing Liang, Dongyang Yang, Yunhuan Xiao, Sean Chen, Jerry I. Dadap, Joerg Rottler, and Ziliang Ye*, “Shear strain-induced two-dimensional slip avalanches in rhombohedral MoS₂”, Nano Letters 2023, 23(15): 7228-7235.

(7) Jing Liang, Jinhuan Wang, Zhihong Zhang, Yingze Su, Yi Guo, Ruixi Qiao, Peizhao Song, Peng Gao, Yun Zhao, Qingze Jiao, Shiwei Wu, Zhipei Sun, Dapeng Yu, and Kaihui Liu*, “Universal imaging of full strain tensor in 2D crystals with third-harmonic generation”, Advanced Materials 2019, 31(19): 1808160.

(8) Jing Liang#, Teng Tu#, Guanchu Chen, Yuanwei Sun, Ruixi Qiao, He Ma, Wentao Yu, Xu Zhou, Chaojie Ma, Peng Gao*, Hailin Peng*, Kaihui Liu*, and Dapeng Yu, “Unveiling the fine structural distortion of atomically thin Bi₂O₂Se by third-harmonic generation”, Advanced Materials 2020, 32(31): 2002831.

(9) Jing Liang#, Jin Zhang#, Zhenzhu Li#, Hao Hong#, Jinhuan Wang, Zhihong Zhang, Xu Zhou, Ruixi Qiao, Jiyu Xu, Peng Gao, Zhirong Liu, Zhongfan Liu, Zhipei Sun*, Sheng Meng*, Kaihui Liu*, and Dapeng Yu, “Monitoring local strain vector in atomic-layered MoSe₂ by second-harmonic generation”, Nano Letters 2017, 12(17): 7539-7543.

(10) Jing Liang#, He Ma#, Jinhuan Wang, Xu Zhou, Wentao Yu, Chaojie Ma, Muhong Wu, Peng Gao, Kaihui Liu*, and Dapeng Yu, “Giant pattern evolution in third-harmonic generation of strained monolayer WS₂ at two-photon excitonic resonance”, Nano Research 2020, 13(12): 3235-3240.