Jian Shi

Academic Appointments GlobalFoundries Endowed Dean’s Faculty Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2026-present Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2024-present Professor, Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2024-present Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow, Quantum Engineering, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 2024 Visiting Scholar, Quantum Engineering, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, 2023 Associate Professor, Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2023-2023 Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2019-2023 Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2014-2019 Scientific Vision: Drive fundamental advances in the science and engineering of novel semiconductors, quantum materials, and coherent quantum platforms by uncovering interfacial and symmetry-driven mechanisms that govern interactions among charge, spin, and collective modes, enabling new routes for future computing. Additionally, we conduct quantum computing and quantum simulations on quantum processors. Primary Research Focus: Polar, spintronic, chiral and Berry parameters-tunable materials for computing and energy.