Chong Qi is an Associate Professor in the Division of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Department of Physics, at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. His research spans theoretical nuclear physics, many-body physics, and computational physics. He teaches courses in mathematical physics, subatomic and nuclear physics, and quantum many-body theory, and supervises students at both undergraduate and graduate levels in nuclear physics and nuclear engineering. He earned his PhD from Peking University, followed by postdoctoral research at KTH, and has since held visiting professorships at several universities around the world, including Sun Yat-sen University, where a large part of this book was written. He also serves in various editorial roles and is an honorary member of the Romanian Academy of Scientists.
