Fuguang Cao

Research Interest

Theoretical/Mathematical physics -- a broad area of research encompassing the application of mathematics to physical problems and the development of mathematical methods for the formulation of physical theories. AI and Physics principles and their applications.

Professional distinctions and membership

• 2017 Invitation and funding support to participate the workshop "The Flavor Structure of Nucleon Sea" (INT 17-68W), 2-13 October, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, USA 
• 2016 Visiting Scholar, 2-18 September, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China
• 2014 Visiting Scholar, 25 October – 08 November, Centre for Future High Energy Physics, Beijing, P. R. China
• 2013 Visiting Scholar, 31 October – 15 November, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China
• 2012 Visiting Scholar, 10-22 September, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China
• 2011 Invitation to give a plenary talk at the 8th Circum-Pan-Pacific Symposium on High
• Energy Spin Physics (PacSPIN2011), Queensland, Australia, 20 – 24 June 2011 
• 2010 Visiting Scholar, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China 
• 2009 Visiting Scholar, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China
• 2008 Visiting Scholar, December 2008 – January 2009, Southwest University, ChongQing, P. R. China
• 2008 Invitation to give a talk at "T(R)OPICAL QCD" international workshop, Queensland,
• Australia, 27 July – 02 August 2008
• 2008 Visiting Scholar, August – November, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, P. R. China
• 2007 Visiting Scholar and Travel Grand, 01 – 31 December, Southwest University, ChongQing, P. R. China
• 2004-2006, Principal Investigator on Marsden Fund Project Exploring the Structure of Nucleons
• 2000-2003, Associate Investigator on Marsden Fund Project Symmetry Breaking as a Key to Hadron Structure 
• 2000-2003, New Zealand Science and Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 1998-2000, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Massey University
• 2001, Visiting Scholar, Special Research Centre for the Subatomic Structure of Matter, University of Adelaide, Australia
• 10/2001, Travel Award, The 3rd Circum-Pan-Pacific Symposium on High Energy Spin Physics, Peking University, Beijing
• 12/1999, Travel Award, International Workshop on “Light-Cone QCD and Nonperturbative QCD”, University of Adelaide, Australia
• 1998, Associateship and Travel Grant, La Plata University, Argentina (offer turned down)
• 1996-1998, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, P R China
• 05/1997, Travel Grant and Local Support from The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) & International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), International Conference BCSPIN97, Kathmandu, Nepal
• 07/1996, Travel Grant and Local Support from International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), 07/1996, Summer School on Astroparticle and Cosmology, Trieste, Italy
• 1996-1998 Associate Membership, The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) & International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

Work experience

• May 2024 – present, Global Professor, Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA 
• January 2007- April 2024, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Massey University, New Zealand
• September 2003 – December 2006, Lecturer in Physics, Massey University, New Zealand
• August 2000 - August 2003, FRST Science and Technology Postdoctoral Fellow, Massey University, New Zealand
• August 1998 – July 2000, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massey University, New Zealand
• August 1996 – July 1998, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, P.R. China

Teaching expertise

Dr. Fuguang Cao has been working in tertiary education in China and New Zealand over 20 years. He has vast experience in curriculum design and content delivery of physics courses in a high education institution. 

Publications

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