University of Missouri-Kansas city

About

Prof. Wai-Yim Ching joined the UMKC Department of Physics and Astronomy in 1978. Prof. Ching’s research area is theoretical condensed matter physics and materials science. He is interested in the electronic, optical, structural, dynamical, magnetic and superconducting properties of a variety of solids. The main method used is density functional theory based orthogolaized linear combination of atomic orbitals (OLCAO) method. In recent years, research efforts have been focused on the following topics:

• Computation biophysics and biomaterials.
• High entropy metallic alloys.
• Complex insulating and metallic glasses.
• Chalcogenide crystals and glasses.
• Advance ceramics, ceramic interfaces and microstructures.
• Defects and impurities in insulators.
• Excited state spectroscopy such as EELS, ELNES and XANES, etc.
• Development of computational methodologies and algorithms.

Awards and Distinctions:
Academician of World Ceramic Academy (2015), Fellow of: AAAS (2018), American Ceramic Society (2002), American Physical Society (2008), Royal Society of Chemistry (2017).

University of Missouri Presidential Award for Sustained Career Excellence (2017).

Academic Credentials:
Ph.D., Louisiana State University
M.S., Louisiana State University
B.S., University of Hong Kong