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