Bio
Heng-Tong Ding is currently a professor at Central China Normal University. His primary research focuses on investigating the properties of strongly interacting nuclear matter under extreme temperature, density, and external field conditions using first-principles lattice quantum chromodynamics (QCD) simulations. Recently, he has also ventured into exploring hadron structure, including studies of meson electromagnetic form factors and generalized parton distributions. More information can be found in the group webpage: http://www.ccnulqcd.net/.
Education
· 2010: Ph.D., Bielefeld University, Germany
· 2006: M.Sc., Central China Normal University
· 2004: B.Sc., Central China Normal University
Professional Experience
· Dec. 2024 – Present: Executive Deputy Director, Institute of Particle Physics, Central China Normal University
· Dec. 2024 – Present: Deputy Director, Hongxing Future Technology Laboratory, Central China Normal University
· Sep. 2019 – Present: Deputy Director, Key Laboratory of Quark and Lepton Physics, Ministry of Education, Central China Normal University
· Sep. 2018 – Present: Director, Nuclear Science Computing Center, Central China Normal University
· Oct. 2013 – Present: Professor, Central China Normal University
· Feb. 2013 – Sep. 2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University, USA
· Oct. 2010 – Jan. 2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
Honors and Awards
· 2023: National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
· 2023: Hu Jiming Education & Science Award
· 2021: Top Ten Outstanding Young Scholars, Central China Normal University
· 2013: Recipient of the Thousand Young Talents Program
Academic Service
· 2022–2027: Editorial Board Member ofEuropean Physical Journal A
· 2019: Chair of the 37th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2019)
· 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021: Member of the International Advisory Committee for the 34th, 35th, 36th, and 38th International Symposiums on Lattice Field Theory
· 2016–2023, 2025: Member of the International Advisory Committee for the 14th to 19th International Workshop on QCD under Extreme Conditions (XQCD)
· 2015, 2024: Co-Chair of the 13th and 20th International Workshop on QCD under Extreme Conditions (XQCD 2015, XQCD 2024)
· 2024: Member of the International Advisory Committee for the 15th International Workshop on Critical Point and Onset of Deconfinement (CPOD 2024)
Plenary Talks at International Conferences
· 42nd International Light Cone Conference (Light Cone 2024, China)
· 6th International Conference on Chirality, Vorticity, and Magnetic Field in Heavy-Ion Collisions (Chirality 2021, USA)
· 28th International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2019, China)
· 7th Asian Triangle Heavy-Ion Conference (ATHIC 2018, China)
· 28th International Symposium on Lepton Photon Interactions (Lepton Photon 2017, China)
· 34th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory (Lattice 2016, United Kingdom)
· 24th International Conference on Ultra-relativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions (Quark Matter 2015, Germany)
· 6th International Conference International Conference on Hard and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions (Hard Probes 2013, South Africa)
Recent Publications (For the complete list, see: INSPIRE-HEP)
1. H.-T. Ding, X. Gao, A. D. Hanlon, S. Mukherjee, P. Petreczky, Q. Shi, S. Syritsyn, R. Zhang and Y.Zhao, “QCD Predictions for Meson Electromagnetic Form Factors at High Momenta: Testing Factorization in Exclusive Processes,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, no.18, 181902 (2024)
2. H.-T. Ding, J.-B. Gu, A. Kumar, S.-T.Li and J.-H. Liu, “Baryon Electric Charge Correlation as a Magnetometer of QCD,''Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, no.20, 201903 (2024)
3. H.-T. Ding, W.-P. Huang, S.Mukherjee and P. Petreczky, “Microscopic Encoding of Macroscopic Universality: Scaling Properties of Dirac Eigenspectra near QCD Chiral Phase Transition,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, no.16, 161903 (2023)
4. H.-T. Ding, S.-T. Li, S. Mukherjee, A.Tomiya, X.-D. Wang and Y. Zhang, “Correlated Dirac Eigenvalues and Axial Anomaly in Chiral Symmetric QCD,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, no.8, 082001 (2021)
5. H.-T.Ding, P. Hegde, O. Kaczmarek, et al. [HotQCD], “Chiral Phase Transition Temperature in ( 2+1 )-Flavor QCD,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, no.6, 062002 (2019)
