CV

Education, research experience, journal publications, conference reports, and honors.

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Email: kangkshao@gmail.com
Current affiliation: School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
INSPIRE: Kang Kang Shao
ORCID: 0009-0006-4907-1821

Lanzhou University, Master in High Energy Physics Theory, 09/2022 - 06/2025

Selected coursework (UCAS): Gauge Field Theory, Lie Group and Lie Algebra, Particle Physics II
Selected coursework (HUST): Quantum Field Theory, Group Theory, Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Major research topic: inclusive charm decays

Lanzhou University, Bachelor of Nuclear Physics, 09/2018 - 06/2022

08/2023 - 09/2025

Theoretical derivation: Within the HQET and OPE framework, I derived analytic formulae for decay widths and normalized electron-energy moments in inclusive charm decays, including high-dimensional operator effects. Numerical validation was carried out as part of the same derivation pipeline. The NNLO contribution used in the final analysis was provided by Prof. Long Chen at Shandong University.
Data processing: I implemented the infrared-end extrapolation of the electron spectrum measured by BESIII collaborators and used Monte Carlo simulation to recover electron-energy moments from the full spectrum. This part of the work was carried out in collaboration with Prof. Dong Xiao at Lanzhou University.
Phenomenological analysis: Using the extracted moments together with available experimental inputs, I performed a phenomenological analysis to constrain HQET non-perturbative parameters in inclusive charm decays. This part of the study was completed independently by me.

04/2022 - 08/2022

Using Heavy Di-quark Effective Theory (HDET) and OPE, I studied weak-annihilation contributions to the (\Xi_{bc} \to X_{cs}) channel and their dependence on the mixing angle.
This project formed part of my undergraduate thesis, in which I independently completed part of the analytic derivation.

Kang-Kang Shao, Chun Huang, and Qin Qin, "Data determination of HQET parameters in inclusive charm decays," European Physical Journal C 85 (2025) 1011. DOI
Guo-He Yang, En-Pei Liang, Qin Qin, and Kang-Kang Shao, "Inclusive weak-annihilation decays and lifetimes of beauty-charmed baryons," Physical Review D 106 (2022) 093013. DOI

Lanzhou University Outstanding Student Scholarship, three times, 2022 - 2024
Lanzhou University Outstanding Student Scholarship, three times, 2019 - 2021
"Think Tank - Star of Scientific Innovation" Scholarship, 2021 - 2022
National Third Prize, 5th National University "Nuclear + X" Innovation Competition, 2021 - 2022