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Shu-Heng Shao is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is affiliated with the MIT Center for Theoretical Physics (CTP-LI) and focuses on generalizing symmetry principles in quantum field theories and lattice models, with applications in High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Theory, and Quantum Gravity. His research explores non-invertible symmetries and their implications on renormalization group flows and phase classification.
Shu-Heng Shao earned his B.S. in Physics from National Taiwan University (2010) and his Ph.D. from Harvard University (2016), under Prof. Xi Yin. He was a long-term member at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton before joining Stony Brook University’s Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics (2021–2024) and MIT in 2024.
His research interests include non-invertible symmetries in systems like the Ising model, Yang-Mills theories, and the Standard Model, leading to new conservation laws and phase classification principles. He has delivered lectures at TASI (2023) for field theorists and PiTP (2024) for condensed matter theorists.
- Awards: Frontiers of Science Award (2023 & 2025), Simons Collaboration (2023), NSF Award (2021), New World Mathematics Award (2017)
- Grants: Lead researcher in ultra-quantum matter collaborations
- Labs/Teams: MIT CTP-LI, part of interdisciplinary quantum gravity and field theory groups
