Prof. Jiadong Zang received bachelor’s degree in 2007 and PhD degree in 2012, both from Fudan University. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Quantum Matter at the Johns Hopkins University during 2012-2015. In 2015, he joined the Department of Physics at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 2020, and then to the full professor in 2023. His research field is theoretical condensed matter physics with a focus on many aspects of magnetism, including topological magnetism, quantum transport, and functional magnetic materials. Prof. Zang was recipient of IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in the field of magnetism and the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. He is currently the chair of the APS New England Section.