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Nanlin Wang is a Chair Professor at the International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, and T. D. Lee Chair Professor at the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He also serves as Vice President for Research at the Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences. Wang obtained his B.S. in Physics from Zhengzhou University (1978-1982), M.S. in Solid State Physics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (1986-1989), and Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (1989-1992). His professional career encompasses roles as Lecturer at the University of Science and Technology of China (1992-1994), Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany (1994-1996), ISTEC and STA Research Fellow at the International Superconductivity Technology Center, Japan (1996-1998), Postdoctoral Research Associate at Simon Fraser University, Canada (1998-1999), Professor at the Cryogenic Laboratory, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1999), and Professor at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2000-2014).

Wang's research focuses on infrared and optical spectroscopy, time-domain terahertz spectroscopy, and ultrafast pump-probe techniques to investigate unconventional superconductivity, crystal growth of novel superconductors, competing orders, and collective phenomena in strongly correlated electron systems, including transition metal oxides, chalcogenides, intermetallic compounds, heavy fermions, and three-dimensional Dirac/Weyl semimetals. He has garnered major awards such as the First Prize of China's State Natural Science Award (2013), Fellowship of the American Physical Society (2012), Ye Qisun Award of the Chinese Physical Society (2009), Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation (2009), and multiple recognitions as a Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters/Clarivate (2014-2018). Notable publications include 'Magneto-infrared spectroscopy of Landau levels and Zeeman splitting of three-dimensional massless Dirac Fermions in ZrTe5' (Physical Review Letters, 2015), 'Origin of the Spin Density Wave Instability in AFe2As2 (A=Ba,Sr) as Revealed by Optical Spectroscopy' (Physical Review Letters, 2008), 'Room-temperature non-volatile optical manipulation of polar order in a charge density wave' (Nature Communications, 2024), and 'Collapse of density wave and emergence of superconductivity in pressurized La4Ni3O10' (Nature Communications, 2025). With over 270 publications and more than 13,000 citations, Wang has profoundly impacted the field of quantum materials. He previously directed the Key Laboratory of Extreme Conditions Physics at the Institute of Physics, CAS, and served on the IUPAP C5 Commission for Low Temperature Physics.