Center for Transformative Science (CTS) was established by ShanghaiTech University on October 9th, 2020. Spurred by the development of a cluster of Big Science facilities in Zhangjiang Science City in Shanghai and backed by the one-of-a-kind science-driven exploration capabilities of construction of Big Science facilities accumulated in the region over the past 20 years, Zhangjiang-based ShanghaiTech University enjoys a unique geographical advantage to build up its Center for Transformative Science. Taking the opportunity of the construction of the Shanghai Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Big Science facilities such as SHINE (Shanghai High repetition rate XFEL and Extreme light facility) and SBP(Shanghai-XFEL Beamline Project) are also set up by ShanghaiTech University. CTS aims to strengthen ShanghaiTech University in science development and technological capability accumulation, especially in the photon science area, by developing top talents, incubating revolutionary technologies, and creating powerful outcomes.
Following the same vision to build a small-scale, but integrated university as ShanghaiTech, CTS will exert every effort in Innovations in Big Science, especially in achieving extreme detection capabilities such as free-electron laser(FEL) and synchrotron radiation. The discipline orientation of CTS includes the experimental methodology of Big Science facilities and research on key technologies in photon science, application of free-electron laser and synchrotron radiation in life science and energy sectors, nonequilibrium evolution and ultrafast chemical and physical processes, the light-matter and electron-matter interactions as well as big data analysis and processing.
CTS has built up independent research groups with complementary skills and synergy effects in those areas, containing interdisciplinary research teams studying surface chemistry, ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray imaging, accelerator physics, atomic and molecular physics, resonant and non-resonant inelastic X-Ray scattering and attosecond science. It also sets up research platforms for cutting-edge detectors, a scientific data research platform for ultra-high flux, and a processing center for precision machinery.
