CV

About me

Full Name Wenjun Zhang
Current Ph.D. student at Tsinghua University
Languages Chinese, English

Education

  • 2020 - 2021
    Master of Science
    University of Chicago, USA
    • Advisor: Prof. Hannes Bernien.
    • Topic: Quantum simulation of spin liquid states with Rydberg atom arrays.
  • 2016 - 2020
    Bachelor of Science
    Peking University, China
    • Advisor: Prof. Xiaoji Zhou.
    • Thesis: Quantum simulation of relativistic phenomena with ultracold Atoms in a bipartite hexagonal optical lattice.

Research Experience

  • 2022 - NOW
    Ph.D. student
    Ultracold Lab, Physics Department, Tsinghua University
  • 2020 - 2022
    Research assistant
    Physics Department, Tsinghua University
  • 2020 - 2021
    Graduate student
    Bernien Lab, PME, University of Chicago
  • 2018 - 2020
    Undergraduate student
    Institute of Quantum Electronics, Peking University
    • Designed an optical potential for excited band population in hexagonal optical lattice.
    • Analyzed the multi-orbital mechanism for a driven optical lattice.
  • 2019 - 2020
    Visiting undergraduate
    Quantum engineering group, RLE, MIT
    • Implemented the dynamical quantum typicality (DQT) and Krylov subspace method.
    • Calculated the correlation in one-dimensional quantum spin chains for up to 28 spins.
  • 2019
    Summer intern
    Ultracold quantum gas and quantum optics group, Purdue University
    • Characterized the aberration of an in-situ imaging system for two-dimensional (2D) quantum gas.
    • Extracted the density-density correlation of the 2D quantum gas.

Honors and Awards

  • 2020
    • PME Graduate Fellowship
  • 2019
    • National Scholarship
  • 2019, 2018
    • Merit Student Award
  • 2018
    • Founder Scholarship for Outstanding Students

Academic Interests

  • Quantum simulation.
    • Quantum spin liquids.
    • Lattice gauge theories.