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ZHUANG Zekun

Ph.D., Assistant Professor

zzhuang#szu.edu.cn

Room 529, Zhizhi Building

Education Background:

2010-2014,Bachelor, Material Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University

2014-2016,Master, Physics, Brown University

2016-2021,Ph.D., Physics, Brown University (Advisor:John B. Marston)


Work Experience:

2021-2023, Postdoc, Rutgers University (Supervisor: Pier Coleman, Premala Chandra)

2023-2025, Postdoc, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Supervisor: Ilya Esterlis, Alex Levchenko)

2025-now, Assistant Professor, IAS, Shenzhen University


Research Interest:

Condensed matter theory (topological phase of matter, strongly correlated systems, transport theory, etc.)


List of Publication:

1. Z. Zhuang, I. Esterlis, “Defect liquids in a weakly imbalanced bilayer Wigner Crystal”, Phys. Rev. B 111, 205122 (2025)

2. Z. Zhuang, P. Coleman, “Topological superconductivity in a spin-orbit coupled Kondo lattice”, Phys. Rev. B 110, 235148 (2024)

3.I. Esterlis, D. Zverevich, Z. Zhuang, A. Levchenko, “Magnetism of the Bilayer Wigner Crystal”, Phys. Rev. B 111, 075159 (2025)

4. D. Kaplan, P. Volkov, A. Chakraborty, Z. Zhuang, P. Chandra, “Tunable Spatiotemporal Orders in Driven Insulators”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 066902 (2025)

5. Z. Zhuang, A. Chakraborty, P. Chandra, P. Coleman, P. Volkov, “Light-driven transitions in quantum paraelectrics”, Phys. Rev. B 107, 224307 (2023)

6. J. C. Getelina, Z. Zhuang, P. Chandra, P. Coleman, P. P. Orth, S. L. Sondhi, “Quantum order-from-disorder in frustrated spin nanotubes”, Phys. Rev. B 109, 075137 (2024)

7. Z. Zhuang, “Transport in honeycomb lattice with random π fluxes: Implications for low-temperature thermal transport in Kitaev spin liquids”, Phys. Rev. B 108, 134203 (2023)

8. Z. Zhuang, J. B. Marston, “Spin transport in quantum spin-orbital liquids”, Phys. Rev. B 104, L060403 (2021)

9. Z. Zhuang, V. F. Mitrović, J. B. Marston, “Resistively detected NMR as a probe of the topological nature of conducting edge/surface states”, Phys. Rev. B 104, 045144 (2021)

10. Z. Zhuang, J. Merino, J. B. Marston, “Transport in Conductors and Rectifiers: Mean-Field Redfield Equations and Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions”, Phys. Rev. B 102, 125147 (2020)

11. Z. Zhuang, S.-D. Liang, “Quantum Szilard engines with arbitrary spin”,Phys. Rev. E 90, 052117 (2014)


Address: Institute for Advanced Study

Shenzhen University

Nanshan District

Shenzhen, Guangdong

China 518060

Tel: +86-755-2649-2572

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