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• 6 October 2026: Our work on pressure-tunable moiré excitons has been published in Physical Review X, Prof. Chen Hu and PhD student Yifan Wang, together with collaborators at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions, combined optical spectroscopy and theoretical calculations to demonstrate continuous pressure tuning of moiré excitons and reveal a hybrid state with both Wannier–Rydberg and charge-transfer character. (Read the research highlight)

Observation of Wannier-Rydberg and Charge-Transfer Hybrid Moiré Excitons under Pressure

• 5 May 2026: Our group was honored to welcome Prof. Jin Zhao from USTC to CUHK Physics and host her departmental colloquium!

• 21 April 2026: Our group attended the 2026 Hong Kong Workshop on Topology in Quantum Materials, held at CUHK!

• 3 December 2025: Our group attended the workshop of the State Key Laboratory of Quantum Information Technologies and Materials at CUHK. Prof. Hu delivered a talk entitled “Computational Insights into Novel Physical Phenomena in Emerging Quantum Materials.” Yifan Wang and Peiyao Qin also presented their research posters, marking their first poster presentations at CUHK! （View photos）

• 29 November 2025: Our group enjoyed a Happy Hour outing to Sharp Island! （View photos）

• 28 June 2025: Welcome Dr. Shiyu PENG, who received his PhD from the Institute of Physics (Chinese Academy of Sciences) / HKUST, to our group as a postdoctoral researcher!

• 19 May 2025: Welcome Tsz Ho (Howie) Pan, an undergraduate student in Physics from CUHK, to join our group as a summer intern researcher!

• 15 May 2025: Welcome Peiyao Qin, a Mphil student in Physics from Southern University of Science and Technology, to join our group as a new PhD student! 

• 25 April 2025: Prof. Chen Hu was invited to visit CUHK-Shenzhen and to give a talk in the Long Feng Science Forum Workshop Series.

• 22 April 2025: Our group was honored to host the Departmental Seminar with Prof. Na Xin from Zhejiang University and host her visit to CUHK Physics. 

• 22 April 2025: Our group was honored to host the Departmental Seminar with Prof. Shuigang Xu from Westlake University and host his visit to CUHK Physics. 

• 24 February 2025: Prof. Chen Hu was invited to visit HKUST Physics and to give a talk in the departmental seminar.

• 8-10 January 2025: Prof. Chen Hu was invited to visit USTC Physics and to give a talk in the International Center for Quantum Design of Functional Materials (ICQD).

• 6 January 2025: Welcome Yixuan Liu, an undergraduate student in Physics from Shandong University, to join our group as an undergraduate research assistant! 

• 16-18 December 2024: Prof. Chen Hu was invited to attend and serve as a Session Chair at the Hong Kong Forum of Physics 2024: Recent Progress on 2D Quantum Materials in HKU.

• 20 December 2024: Welcome Yifan Wang, a Bsc. student in Physics from Nanjing University, to join our group as a new PhD student! 

• 5 December 2024: Our group in CUHK Physics has been formally established!

• 3-5 November 2024: Prof. Chen Hu was invited to visit the Physics Department of Washington University in St. Louis and to give a talk in the Condensed Matter Physics Seminar.