People

Current Members

Shengchao Li, Ph.D

Shengchao Li, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

In August 2023, he established the Laboratory of Dark Matter and Neutrinos. His main interest is to detect dark matter and neutrinos through highly sensitive detectors and study physics beyond the Standard Model. Education: B.Sc./M.Phil.- University of Hong Kong; PhD - Virginia Tech; Postdoc - Purdue.

lishengchao@westlake.edu.cn

Jijun Yang, Ph.D.

Jijun Yang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr.Yang received his Ph.D degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2022. He has been working on dark matter direct detection for more than 5 years.He works leads the electronic and DAQ group in RELICS experiment since 2024

yangjijun@westlake.edu.cn

Ekaterina Kozlova, Ph.D.

Ekaterina Kozlova, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Ekaterina received her B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in NRNU MEPhI in 2016 and 2018, and she earned her PhD degree from the same institution in 2023.Her main fields of expertise are the physics of liquid noble elements, Monte-Carlo simulations and low-energy neutrino interactions. She works as the Run Coordinator in XENONnT experiment during the comissioning phase in 2026, and mainly focuses on the mic...

Ekaterina@westlake.edu.cn

Jun Wang, Ph.D.

Jun Wang, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Wang received his Ph.D. degree from Sun Yat-sen University in 2022. From 2022 to 2025, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the IFCEN of Sun Yat-sen University. Since August 2025, he has been a postdoctoral researcher at Westlake University. His main research fields include reactor neutrino physics and experiments, applications of deep learning in high-energy physics, and neutrino phen...

wangjun80@westlake.edu.cn

Husheng Guan, Ph.D.

Husheng Guan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Husheng Guan received his PhD from Purdue University in 2025, before joining Westlake in September. His research focus is on the application of ultra-sensitive light sensors for rare-event search, and AI applications in physics.

guanhusheng@westlake.edu.cn

Zhenhao Liang

Zhenhao Liang

PhD Student

Zhenhao Liang graduates from Zhejiang University of Technology with his bachelor's degree in 2024, majoring in Applied Physics. He started as a PhD candidate in 2024. He works on simulations of the physical process and detector responses in XENONnT.

liangzhenhao@westlake.edu.cn

Xiaoyu Wang

Xiaoyu Wang

PhD Student

Xiaoyu Wang graduates from South China University of Technology with his bachelor's degree . He started as a PhD candidate in 2024. He works on the muon veto system for the RELICS experiment and the photosensors for the local TPC at Westlake.

wangxiaoyu@westlake.edu.cn

Siyin Li

Siyin Li

PhD Student

Siyin Li graduated from Soochow University with his bachelor's degree in 2023, majoring in Physics. After graduation, he joined ShenchaoLi's lab as a visiting student at Westlake University.

lisiyin@westlake.edu.cn

Xiangnan Shen

Xiangnan Shen

PhD Student

Xiangnan was an undergraduate student from Wuhan University. He is now a PhD student working on XENONnT, concentrating on the detection of dark matter

shenxiangnan@westlake.edu.cn

Zhaowei Song

Zhaowei Song

PhD Student

Zhaowei was an undergraduate student at University of Science and Technology China, and a research intern at CUHK (Shenzhen). He will join the lab as a Ph.D. student in August 2026

songzhaowei@westlake.edu.cn

Zhu Liu

Zhu Liu

Undergraduate Student

Zhu Liu is currently a sophomore in Westlake University, with interests in physics.She works on the data analysis on dark matter search data and the simulation of subsystems

liuzhu@westlake.edu.cn

Former Members

2025

  • Zhening DaiWestlake University (UG)
  • Siqi LiUnited World College Changshu
  • Andrew AlatorreUC Berkeley (UG)
  • Zhihui ZhangUniversity of Hong Kong (UG)
  • Yuhao ChenZhejiang University (UG)

2024

  • Ruize LiUniversity of Cambridge (UG)
  • Haoyu ZhangUniversity of Washington (UG)
  • Fudi RanUniversity of London (UG)
  • Chenchen GuoWestlake University (UG)
  • Jintao WuEast China Normal University (PG)

2023

  • Xinran ShenZhejiang Sci-Tech University (UG)
  • Yuxuan ZengUniversity of Cambridge (UG)
  • Wenxuan ZhengUniversity of Hong Kong (UG)

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