PERSONAL HISTORY
B.S., 1982, Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China; M.S., 1984, Ph.D., 1986, Condensed Matter Physics, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy; Postdoctoral Fellow, Jan.-Aug. 1987, in condensed matter physics, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy; Postdoctoral Fellow, 1987-92, in condensed matter physics, Microelectronics Research Center and Ames Laboratory-USDOE, Iowa State University; Associate Physicist, 1992-96, Physicist, 1996-present, Ames Laboratory-USDOE, Iowa State University.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Condensed matter physics and computational material science. Develop tight-binding potentials and tight-binding molecular dynamics method for materials simulations. Atomistic modeling and simulation study of structural, dynamical and electronic properties as well as phase transformation of condensed matter systems and molecules, including liquid and amorphous materials, defects, surfaces, clusters, and biological molecules. Ab initio calculation and tight-binding molecular dynamics simulation studies of formations, structures, and stabilities of surface-based nanostructures.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
C.Z. Wang and K.M. Ho
“Environment-dependent tight-binding models,” in Handbook of Materials Modeling, Vol. 1, edited by S. Yip (Springer, 2005), 307.

S. Wang, C.Z. Wang, F.C. Chuang, J.R. Morris, and K.M. Ho
“Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of liquid AlxGe1-x Alloys,” Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 70, 224205 (2004).

J. Li, C.Z. Wang, J.-P. Chang, W. Cai, V. Bulatov, K.M. Ho, and S. Yip
“Core energy and peierls stress of screw dislocation in molybdenum: a periodic cell tight-binding study,” Phys. Rev. B, Vol.70, 104113 (2004).

C. Mathioudakis, G. Kopidakis, P.C. Kelires, C.Z. Wang, and K.M. Ho
“Physical trends in amorphous carbon: a tight-binding molecular dynamics study,” Phys. Rev. B, Vol. 70, 125202 (2004).

G.-D. Lee, C.Z. Wang, J. Yu, E. Yoon, and K.M. Ho
“Heat-induced transformation of nanodiamond into a tube-shaped fullerence: A molecular dynamics simulation,” Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol. 91, 265701 (2003).

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