Dai Lab

Our group was originally established at the University of Tennessee and later relocated to Rice University, carrying with it a long-standing tradition of experimental condensed matter physics.

Over 30 years, Professor Dai has mentored many outstanding students and postdoctoral researchers, who have since gone on to pursue academic and industrial careers across China, the United States, and around the world. Our neutron scattering research is primarily conducted at the Spallation Neutron Source and the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, where close and enduring collaborations continue to support the core of our scientific endeavors. In our laboratories at Brockman Hall in the Rice Physics Department, we extensively explore methods for growing high-quality single crystals and carry out fundamental investigations of states of matter.