Analytical and numerical studies in laser-plasma interactions, which mainly includes Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), fast ignition, laser-driven ion acceleration, laser-driven high-energy neutron production, laser absorption, fast electron generation, plasma transport theory, plasma hydrodynamics, laser matter interactions in radiation dominated regime, and development of simulation codes (such as Vlasov-Fokker-Planck code, particle-in-cell code, and molecular dynamics code).

Biographical Sketch:
2014.04 -                Distinguished Research Fellow,  
                              Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
2011.07 - 2014.03   JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Specially Appointed Researcher, 
                              Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University (Host: Prof. M. Murakami).
2009.03 - 2011.06   Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research fellow, 
                              Institute of Applied Physics, TU Darmstadt (Host: Prof. P. Mulser);
                              Department of Physics, LMU Munich (Host: Prof. H. Ruhl).
2003.09 - 2009.03   Doctor of Science in Optical Physic, 
                              Institute of Physics, CAS (Supervisor: Prof. Z. M. Sheng).
2004.07 - 2005.06   Visiting Student in Microsoft Research Asia (Host: Prof. Z. C. Lin).
1999.09 - 2003.06   Bachelor of Science in Physics, Nankai University.
1999.09 - 2003.06   Bachelor of Science in Computational Mathematics, Nankai University.

Selected Publications:

1. S. M. Weng, M. Murakami, H. Azechi, J. W. Wang, N. Tasoko, M. Chen, Z. M. Sheng, P. Mulser, W. Yu, and B. F. Shen; Quasi-monoenergetic ion generation by hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration in inhomogeneous plasmas using tailored laser pulses; Phys. Plasmas, 21, 012705 (2014).
2. Jingwei Wang, M. Murakami, S. M. Weng, H. Ruhl, Shixia Luan, and Wei Yu; Monoenergetic collimated nano-Coulomb electron beams driven by crossed laser beams; Appl. Phys. Lett., 103, 024105 (2013).
3. S. M. Weng, M. Murakami, P. Mulser, and Z. M. Sheng; Ultra-intense laser pulse propagation in plasmas: from classic hole-boring to incomplete hole-boring with relativistic transparency; New J. Phys., 14, 063026 (2012).
4. S. M. Weng, P. Mulser, and Z. M. Sheng; Relativistic critical density increase and relaxation and high-power pulse propagation; Phys. Plasmas, 19, 022705 (2012).
5. Su-Ming Weng, Zheng-Ming Sheng, Hui Xu, and Jie Zhang; Vlasov-Fokker-Planck Simulation for High-Power Laser Plasma Interactions; Commun. Comput. Phys., 11, 1236 (2012).
6.  P. Mulser, S. M. Weng, and T. Liseykina; Analysis of the Brunel model and resulting hot electron spectra; Phys. Plasmas, 19, 043301 (2012).
7.  P. Mulser, and S. M. Weng; Stable Plateau formation and Brillouin suppression in laser plasma; Phys. Plasmas, 17, 102707 (2010).
8.  Q. Z. Yu, Y. T. Li, S. M. Weng, Q. L. Dong, F. Liu, Z. Zhang, J. Zhao, X. Lu, C. Danson, D. Pepler, X. H. Jiang, Y. G. Liu, L. Z. Huang, S. Y. Liu, Y. K. Ding, Z. B. Wang, Y. Gu, X. T. He, Z. M. Sheng, and J. Zhang; Nonlocal heat transport in laser-produced aluminum plasmas; Phys. Plasmas, 17, 043106 (2010).
9.  Su-Ming Weng, Zheng-Ming Sheng, and Jie Zhang; Inverse bremsstrahlung absorption with nonlinear effects of high laser intensity and non-Maxwellian distribution; Phys. Rev. E, 80, 056406 (2009).
10.  S. M. Weng, Z. M. Sheng, M. Q. He, J. Zhang, P. A. Norreys, M. Sherlock, and A. P. L. Robinson; Plasma currents and electron distribution functions under a dc electric field of arbitrary strength; Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 185001 (2008).