Meet our team

Dr.  habil. Thomas Meier

Principal Investigator

Short Bio

2010 - Bachelor of Science in Physics (Leipzig University, Germany)

2012 - Master of Science in Physics (Leipzig University, Germany)

2016 - Doctor rerum naturalium, Dr. rer. nat., (Leipzig University, Germany)

2021 - Doctor habilitatus, Dr. habil., (Bayreuth University, Germany)

Work

2014 - 2016: Research Fellow at the Felix-Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics in Leipzig University, Germany

2016 - 2019: Visiting Researcher at the Bavarian Geoinstitute, Bayreuth University, Germany

2019 - 2021: Independent Research Fellow at the Bavarian Geoinstitute, Bayreuth University, Germany

since 2021: Staff Scientist at the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing, China

since 2024: Staff Scientist at Shanghai Key Laboratory MFree, Institute for Shanghai Advanced Research in Physical Sciences (SHARPS), Shanghai, China

Dr. Takeshi Nakagawa

Specialist associate Staff Scientist

Short Bio

2003 - Master of Science in Physics, University of Sussex, UK

2010 - PhD. in Chemistry, Durham Unversity, UK

Work

since 2023: Specialst Associate Staff scientist at the Center for High Pressure Science    and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing, China 

Dr. Rajesh Jana

Postdoctoral Fellow

Short Bio

2010 - Bachelor of Science in Physics, Burdwan University, India

2012 - Master of Science in Physics, Sambalpur University, India

2018 - Ph.D. in Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, India

Work

2018 - 2020: Postdoctoral Fellow - Institute of Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

2021 - 2022: National Postdoctoral Fellow - Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Trombay, Mumbai, India

2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

since 2024: Postdoctoral research fellow at the Center of High Pressure Research and Advanced Technology Research (HPSTAR), Beijing, China

Meng Yang (杨梦)

Master's student

Short Bio

2023 - Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics, Nanjing University of        Posts and Telecommunications

Work

since 2023: Research fellow at the Center for High Pressure Science    and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing, China 

Yunhua Fu (付云华)

joint PhD student

Short Bio

2022 - Bachelor of Science in Geochemistry, Lanzhou University

Work

since 2022: Research fellow at the Center for High Pressure Science    and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing, China 

Rui Zhang (张锐)

joint PhD student

Short Bio

2024 - Bachelor of Geology in Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Work

since 2024: Research fellow at the Center for High Pressure Science    and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing, China 

Tianyao Zheng (郑天尧)

Masters student

Short Bio

2025 - Bachelor of science in Physics, Zhengzhou University

Work

since 2025:Research fellow at the Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research(HPSTAR), Beijing,China

Ziliang Wang (王梓良)

Master's student

Short Bio

2022 - Bachelor of materials science and engineering in Jilin University of Chemical Technology

Work

since 2025: Research fellow at the Center for High Pressure Science    and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), Beijing, China