I am a condensed matter theorist whose research lies at the intersections of condensed matter physics, quantum information, and high-energy theory.
2024 Fall -present: assistant professor, Georgia Tech.
2022-2024: postdoc, Harvard University.
2019-2022: postdoc, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
2014-2019: Ph.D. in physics, University of Utah.
2010-2014: B.S. in Economics, Fudan University.
Moire heterostructures of van der Waals materials
Frustrated magnetism and superconductivity
Quantum many body dynamics and their entanglement structures
Topological phases of matter and their generalizations
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Fixed-point tensor networks for intrinsically mixed-state topological phases at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Oct. 2025.
Generalized Symmetries in Quantum Matter at Okinawa Institute of Technology, June 2025.
Intrinsic mixed-state topological states from a symmetry perspective at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics workshop, Dec 2024.
Phases of the cuprates from the confining transitions of a quantum spin liquid at ICTP, Trieste, Dec 2023.
Generating Kitaev spin liquid states from a stochastic measurement-only circuit at Perimeter Institute, Jan 2023.
Generating long-rang entanglement from stochastic measurement-only circuit at Northeastern University Quantum Matter Seminars, Nov. 2022.
Generating entanglement through measurements: a time to tear down and a time to build, outreach talk at Café KITP, Sep. 2022.
Interaction-driven metal-insulator transition with charge fractionalization, at APS March meeting, Mar. 2022.
Twisted bilayers: magic continuum, noncollinear magnetism and more at Perimeter Institute, Nov. 2021.
Holographic dual of Ising CFT with boundary at Southern California String Seminar, Apr. 2021.
Moire magnetism in van de Waals heterostructures at APS March Meeting, Mar. 2021.
Moire magnetism at Ultra Quantum Matter Virtual Seminar, Nov. 2020. Slides available here.
Gravity dual of the Ising CFT: all genus at Ultra Quantum Matter Virtual Seminar, Dec. 2019. Slides available here.