Yu-Jun Zhao received his B.S. degree (1994.6) in physics, and Ph.D degree (1999.3, advisor: Prof. Pei-Lin Cao) in condensed matter physics at ZheJiang University. From 1999.4 to 2004.10, he was a post-doc at Arthur J. Freeman's group at Northwestern University and then Alex Zunger's group at National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He worked at Nanostellar Inc at Silicon Valley as a scientist from 2004.11 to 2006.10.

Dr. Yu-Jun Zhao joined South China University of Technology in 2006.11, and is currently the group leader of Computational Physics for Condensed Matters at Department of Physics, SCUT.

Passions governing my life

"Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a great ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair..." (by Berterand Russell). These passions have also governed my life for a long time and brought me tons of joys. I deeply believe that "The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge", although often feel helpless for the suffering of mankind.