Research Interests: 

I am a condensed matter theorist working on quantum dynamics and topological properties of quantum systems. My current interest is the development of physical relation between information theoretic quantities and properties of many body system. The toolbox involves theory of mesoscopic physics and strongly correlated systems. My long-term interest has been on topological and geometric effects in characterizing quantum matter. They stem from lattice models for crystal/quasicrystal and effective pseudospin models. In the past, I have studied Floquet dynamics for quantum phases with artificial gauge fields, renormalization group study of correlation effects in two-dimensional Bose gas, Landau-Zener transition between topological bands and dynamics of disordered cold gas.

Education: 

PhD (2010) in Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

MSc (2005) in Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Certificate of Advanced Studies in Mathematics (2003), University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

BSc (2002) in Physics, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Work Experience: 

2024-present        Associate Professor (tenured) School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

2018-2023            Assistant Professor (tenure-track) School of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

2015-2017            Associate Member (fixed-term) Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

2014-2015            Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany 

2010-2014            Postdoc, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, CNRS, University Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France

02/2010-08/2010  Postdoc, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands