Ruiheng Su

Education

2024 - Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Ph.D. Student in Quantum Science and Engineering, advised by Professor Ali Yazdani
2018 - 2024 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Physics, advised by Professor Joshua Folk

Appointments

2024 - Present Graduate Research Assistant Professor Ali Yazdani, Princeton University
2021 - 2024 Undergraduate Research Assistant Professor Joshua Folk, University of British Columbia (UBC)
2019 - 2021 Undergraduate Research Assistant Professor Takamasa Momose, UBC
Professor Geordi Pang, University of Toronto
Professor Jeff Young, UBC

Publications

1. Waters, D., Okounkova, A., Su, R., Zhou, B., Yao, J., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Xu, X., Zhang, Y.H., Folk. J., Yankowitz, M. Chern Insulators at Integer and Fractional Filling in Moiré Pentalayer Graphene. Phys. Rev. X 15, 011045 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.15.011045
2. Su, R., Waters, D., Zhou, B., K., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Zhang, Y.H., Yankowitz, M., Folk, J. Moiré-driven topological electronic crystals in twisted graphene. Nature 637, 1084–1089 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08239-6
3. Waters, D., Su, R., Thompson, E., Okounkova, A., Arreguin-Martinez, E., He, M., Hinds, K., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Xu, X., Zhang, Y.H., Folk, J., Yankowitz, M. Topological flat bands in a family of multilayer graphene moiré lattices. Nat. Commun. 15, 10552 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55001-7
4. Su, R., Kuiri, M., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Folk, J. Superconductivity in twisted double bilayer graphene on WSe2. Nat. Mater. 22, 1332–1337 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01653-7

Contributed Talks

1. Current-bias spectroscopy of in-plane magnetoresistance on the microtesla scale in twisted monolayer-trilayer graphene. APS March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 3-8th (2024).
2. Moiré-localized flat bands in a family of twisted Bernal-stacked graphene multilayers. APS March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 3-8th (2024).
3. Integer quantum anomalous Hall effect at fractional filling in twisted bilayer trilayer graphene. Quantropy Meeting, Zürich, Switzerland, January 25th (2024).
4. Superconductivity in twisted double bilayer graphene stabilized by WSe2. APS March Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, March 6-10th (2023).

Poster Presentations

1. Quantized anomalous Hall effect in twisted bilayer-trilayer graphene. Thouless Institute for Quantum Matter Winter Workshop, University of Washington, Seattle, January 13-15th (2024).
2. Superconductivity and Isospin Order in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene on WSe2. Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter Institute (SBQMI) International Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, September 19-20th (2023).
3. Electronic Phases of Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene on WSe2. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Quantum Materials Program Spring School, Montreal, May 8-12th (2023).

Awards and Honors

2023 Edward G. Auld Prize in Engineering Physics. UBC.
Undergraduate Student Research Award. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
First Place Poster Award. International Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, SBQMI, UBC.
2022 Trek Excellence Scholarship. UBC.
2018 Academic Bronze Medal. The Governor General of Canada.