Jianzhou Zhao

Jianzhou Zhao 赵建洲

Associate Professor
School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China

I am a theoretical and computational condensed matter physicist. My research focuses on topological quantum materials, strongly correlated electron systems, unconventional superconductivity, and the role of crystal symmetry — including spin space groups — in shaping exotic quantum phases.

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Education

2000 – 2004 B.Sc., Henan Normal University
2004 – 2007 M.Sc., Sichuan University
2007 – 2012 Ph.D., China Academy of Engineering Physics / Institute of Physics, CAS

Experience

2012 – 2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Physics, CAS
2015 – 2025 Associate Professor, Southwest University of Science and Technology
2017 – 2018 Academic Visitor, ETH Zürich
2019 – 2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Singapore University of Technology and Design
2025 – Now Associate Professor, School of Science, Tianjin University

Research Interests

Topological Quantum Materials

Electronic structure and topology of Weyl/Dirac semimetals, nodal-line semimetals, and topological insulators. Predicting topological surface states, Fermi arcs, and their interplay with correlations and magnetism.

Strongly Correlated Electrons

DFT+DMFT and many-body methods applied to Mott insulators, heavy-fermion compounds, kagome metals, and mixed-valence systems with orbital selectivity and electronic correlations.

Unconventional Superconductivity

Pairing symmetry and gap structure in noncentrosymmetric, chiral, and topological superconductors. Nodal-line superconductivity, multigap superconductivity, and time-reversal symmetry breaking.

Spin Space Groups & Magnetic Symmetry

Full classification of spin space groups and their applications to altermagnetism, magnetic topological materials, and spin-momentum locking in magnetically ordered systems.

Group Members

Ph.D. Students

GY

Yufei Guo

Ph.D. Student

Joined Sep. 2025

Topological circuits

Publications

Topological Quantum Materials
  • Enhanced Phonon–Phonon Interactions and Weakened Electron–Phonon Coupling in Charge Density Wave Topological Semimetal EuAl₄ with a Possible Intermediate Electronic State
    S. Cao, F. Jin, J. Zhao, Y.-Z. Long, J. Luo, Q. Zhang, Z.-G. Chen
    Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 16, 1909–1915 (2025)
  • 5d orbital induced room temperature quantum anomalous Hall effect in TbCl
    J. Zhong, J. Zhao, J. Zou, G. Xu
    npj Computational Materials 11, 236 (2025)
  • Optical signature of flat bands in topological hourglass semimetal Nb₃SiTe₆
    S. Cao, C. Zhang, Y. Xu, J. Zhao, Y. Shi, Y.-Z. Long, J. Luo, Z.-G. Chen
    Chinese Physics B 34, 027101 (2025)
  • Highly Anisotropic Drude-Weight-Reduction and Enhanced Linear-Dichroism in van der Waals Weyl Semimetal Td-MoTe₂ with Coherent Interlayer Electronic Transport
    B. Su, W. Wu, J. Zhao, X. Deng, W. Li, S. A. Yang, Y. Shi, Q. Li, J. Luo, G. Gu, et al.
    Laser & Photonics Reviews 2400599 (2024)
  • Anomalous nonequilibrium phonon scattering in the Weyl semimetal WP₂
    J. Yu, J. Zhao, Y. Lv, Y. Han, Z. Hang, J. Xu, J. Hu
    Physical Review Research 5, 023137 (2023)
  • Symmetry-enforced nodal chain phonons
    J. Zhu, W. Wu, J. Zhao, H. Chen, L. Zhang, S. A. Yang
    npj Quantum Materials 7, 52 (2022)
  • Phononic real Chern insulator with protected corner modes in graphynes
    J. Zhu, W. Wu, J. Zhao, C. Chen, Q. Wang, X.-L. Sheng, L. Zhang, Y. X. Zhao, S. A. Yang
    Physical Review B 105, 085123 (2022)
  • Universal approach to magnetic second-order topological insulator PRL
    C. Chen, Z. Song, J.-Z. Zhao, Z. Chen, Z.-M. Yu, X.-L. Sheng, S. A. Yang
    Physical Review Letters 125, 056402 (2020)
  • Nonsymmorphic nodal-line metals in the two-dimensional rare earth monochalcogenides MX (M = Sc, Y; X = S, Se, Te)
    H. Guo, J. Zhao, C. Chen, S. Li, W. Jiang, H. Fan, X. Tian, S. A. Yang
    Journal of Materials Science 55, 14883–14892 (2020)
  • Isosymmetric phase transitions, ultrahigh ductility, and topological nodal lines in α-Ag₂S
    Y. Liang, A. S. Ahmad, J. Zhao, G. Song, X. Zhou, J. Ji, W. Zhang, Z. Han, J. Liu, K. Stahl, et al.
    Physical Review B 102, 140101(R) (2020)
  • Photoexcited charge carrier dynamics in Sb₂Se₃(100)
    L. Grad, F. von Rohr, J. Zhao, M. Hengsberger, J. Osterwalder
    Physical Review Materials 4, 105404 (2020)
  • Observation of multiple types of topological fermions in PdBiSe
    B. Q. Lv, Z.-L. Feng, J.-Z. Zhao, N. F. Q. Yuan, A. Zong, K. F. Luo, R. Yu, Y.-B. Huang, et al.
    Physical Review B 99, 241104(R) (2019)
  • Large Fermi arc and robust Weyl semimetal phase in Ag₂S
    Z. Wang, K. Luo, J. Zhao, R. Yu
    Physical Review B 100, 205117 (2019)
  • Strong and Tunable Electrical Anisotropy in Type-II Weyl Semimetal Candidate WP₂ with Broken Inversion Symmetry
    B. Su, Y. Song, Y. Hou, X. Chen, J. Zhao, Y. Ma, Y. Yang, J. Guo, J. Luo, Z.-G. Chen
    Advanced Materials 31, 1903498 (2019)
  • Sb₂Se₃(100): A strongly anisotropic surface
    R. Totani, F. O. von Rohr, J. Zhao, Z. Novotny, W.-D. Zabka, A. Soluyanov, J. Osterwalder
    Physical Review Materials 3, 125404 (2019)
  • Pressure-induced topological phase transitions and strongly anisotropic magnetoresistance in bulk black phosphorus
    C.-H. Li, Y.-J. Long, L.-X. Zhao, L. Shan, Z.-A. Ren, J.-Z. Zhao, H.-M. Weng, X. Dai, Z. Fang, C. Ren, et al.
    Physical Review B 95, 125417 (2017)
  • Topological node-line semimetal in compressed black phosphorus
    J. Zhao, R. Yu, H. Weng, Z. Fang
    Physical Review B 94, 195104 (2016)
  • Identification of topological surface state in PdTe₂ superconductor by ARPES
    Y. Liu, J.-Z. Zhao, L. Yu, C.-T. Lin, A.-J. Liang, C. Hu, Y. Ding, Y. Xu, S.-L. He, L. Zhao, et al.
    Chinese Physics Letters 32, 067303 (2015)
  • Electronic structure of transition metal dichalcogenides PdTe₂ and Cu₀.₀₅PdTe₂ superconductors by ARPES
    Y. Liu, J.-Z. Zhao, L. Yu, C.-T. Lin, C. Hu, D.-F. Liu, Y.-Y. Peng, Z.-J. Xie, J.-F. He, C.-Y. Chen, et al.
    Chinese Physics B 24, 067401 (2015)
  • Topological crystalline Kondo insulator in mixed valence ytterbium borides PRL
    H. Weng, J. Zhao, Z. Wang, Z. Fang, X. Dai
    Physical Review Letters 112, 016403 (2014)
  • Correlated topological insulators with mixed valence PRL
    F. Lu, J. Zhao, H. Weng, Z. Fang, X. Dai
    Physical Review Letters 110, 096401 (2013)
Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
  • Giant anomalous Hall and Nernst effects in a heavy fermion ferromagnet
    L. Li, S. Guan, S. Chi, J. Zhao, J. Li, X. Lin, G. Xu, S. Jia, et al.
    Science Bulletin (2026)
  • Flat topological nodal lines in heavy-fermion compound CeCoGe₃
    Y. Wang, W. Wu, J. Zhao
    npj Computational Materials (2026)
  • Orbital-Selective Spin-Orbit Mott Insulator in Fractional Valence Iridate La₃Ir₃O₁₁ PRL
    K. Wang, J. Yang, C. Kang, W. Wu, W. Zhu, J. Zhao, Y. Dai, B. Xu
    Physical Review Letters 136, 096501 (2026)
  • Effect of lattice distortion on the band structure and magnetism in the annealed kagome magnet FeGe
    A. Zhang, R. Yang, Y. Zhu, Z. Shi, X. Wu, A. Wang, B. Ji, Y. Dai, J. Zhao
    Physical Review B 113, 085146 (2026)
  • Charge Dynamics of an Unconventional Three-Dimensional Charge Density Wave in Kagome FeGe PRL
    S. Yi, Z. Liao, Q. Wang, H. Ma, J. Liu, X. Teng, B. Gao, P. Dai, Y. Dai, J. Zhao, et al.
    Physical Review Letters 134, 086902 (2025)
  • Grüneisen parameter, sound velocity, and shock-induced melting of a Ce-5 wt.% La alloy under dynamic compression
    Y.-J. Gu, J.-Z. Zhao, K. Zhao, G.-J. Li, Z.-Q. Wang, J.-X. Gu, Q.-F. Chen
    Physical Review B 112, 064102 (2025)
  • Electronic correlations and absence of superconductivity in the collapsed phase of LaFe₂As₂
    J. Zhao, Y. Wang, X. Feng, S. A. Yang
    Physical Review B 103, 125125 (2021)
  • Electronic correlations in the normal state of the kagome superconductor KV₃Sb₅
    J. Zhao, W. Wu, Y. Wang, S. A. Yang
    Physical Review B 103, L241117 (2021)
  • Electronic correlations and flattened band in magnetic Weyl semimetal candidate Co₃Sn₂S₂ Nat. Comm.
    Y. Xu, J. Zhao, C. Yi, Q. Wang, Q. Yin, Y. Wang, X. Hu, L. Wang, E. Liu, G. Xu, et al.
    Nature Communications 11, 3985 (2020)
  • Mott phase in a van der Waals transition-metal halide at single-layer limit
    L. Peng, J. Zhao, M. Cai, G.-Y. Hua, Z.-Y. Liu, H.-N. Xia, Y. Yuan, W.-H. Zhang, G. Xu, L.-X. Zhao, et al.
    Physical Review Research 2, 023264 (2020)
  • Improved Hubbard-I approximation impurity solver for quantum impurity models
    H. Qiu, J. Zhuang, L. Huang, J. Zhao, L. Du
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 31, 025601 (2019)
  • Implementation of LDA+DMFT with the pseudo-potential-plane-wave method
    J.-Z. Zhao, J.-N. Zhuang, X.-Y. Deng, Y. Bi, L.-C. Cai, Z. Fang, X. Dai
    Chinese Physics B 21, 057106 (2012)
Unconventional Superconductivity
  • Discovery of Nodal-Line Superconductivity in Chiral Crystals Adv. Mater.
    T. Shang, J. Zhao, L.-H. Hu, W. Wu, K. Xia, M. O. Ajeesh, M. Nicklas, et al.
    Advanced Materials 37, e11385 (2025)
  • Multiband superconductivity in the topological Kramers nodal-line semimetals
    T. Shang, J. Zhao, K. Xia, L.-H. Hu, Y. Xu, Q. Zhan, D. J. Gawryluk, T. Shiroka
    Physical Review B 111, 214516 (2025)
  • Coexistence of Topological Surface States and Superconductivity in Dirac Semimetal NiTe₂ PRL
    C. He, J.-Z. Zhao, M. Du, L.-Z. Zhang, J.-Y. Zhang, K. Yang, N. F. Q. Yuan, A. Seliverstov, E. Janssens, J.-Y. Ge, et al.
    Physical Review Letters 135, 126607 (2025)
  • Linear scaling relation between 2D massless Dirac fermion Fermi velocity and Fe-As bond length in iron arsenide superconductors
    C. Lv, J. Zhao, Y. Xu, Y. Song, C. Zhang, M. Ozerov, P. Dai, N.-L. Wang, Z.-G. Chen
    Physical Review B 111, L241110 (2025)
  • Nodeless superconductivity and topological nodal states in molybdenum carbide
    T. Shang, Y. Wang, B. Yu, K. Xia, D. J. Gawryluk, Y. Xu, Q. Zhan, J. Zhao, T. Shiroka
    Physical Review B 110, 064510 (2024)
  • Fully gapped superconductivity and topological aspects of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor TaReSi
    T. Shang, J. Z. Zhao, L.-H. Hu, D. J. Gawryluk, X. Y. Zhu, H. Zhang, et al.
    Physical Review B 107, 224504 (2023)
  • Time-reversal symmetry breaking superconductivity in three-dimensional Dirac semimetallic silicides
    S. K. Ghosh, P. K. Biswas, C. Xu, B. Li, J. Z. Zhao, A. D. Hillier, X. Xu
    Physical Review Research 4, L012031 (2022)
  • Unconventional superconductivity in topological Kramers nodal-line semimetals Sci. Adv.
    T. Shang, J. Zhao, L.-H. Hu, J. Ma, D. J. Gawryluk, X. Zhu, H. Zhang, et al.
    Science Advances 8, eabq6589 (2022)
  • Chiral singlet superconductivity in the weakly correlated metal LaPt₃P Nat. Comm.
    P. K. Biswas, S. K. Ghosh, J. Z. Zhao, D. A. Mayoh, N. D. Zhigadlo, X. Xu, C. Baines, A. D. Hillier, G. Balakrishnan, M. R. Lees
    Nature Communications 12, 2504 (2021)
  • Multigap superconductivity in centrosymmetric and noncentrosymmetric rhenium-boron superconductors
    T. Shang, W. Xie, J. Z. Zhao, Y. Chen, D. J. Gawryluk, M. Medarde, M. Shi, H. Q. Yuan, E. Pomjakushina, T. Shiroka
    Physical Review B 103, 184517 (2021)
  • Superconductivity and topological aspects of the rocksalt carbides NbC and TaC
    T. Shang, J. Z. Zhao, D. J. Gawryluk, M. Shi, M. Medarde, E. Pomjakushina, T. Shiroka
    Physical Review B 101, 214518 (2020)
  • Time-reversal symmetry breaking in the noncentrosymmetric Zr₃Ir superconductor
    T. Shang, S. K. Ghosh, J. Z. Zhao, L.-J. Chang, C. Baines, M. K. Lee, D. J. Gawryluk, M. Shi, M. Medarde, J. Quintanilla, et al.
    Physical Review B 102, 020503 (2020)
  • Multigap superconductivity in the Mo₅PB₂ boron-phosphorus compound
    T. Shang, W. Xie, D. J. Gawryluk, R. Khasanov, J. Z. Zhao, M. Medarde, M. Shi, H. Q. Yuan, E. Pomjakushina, T. Shiroka
    New Journal of Physics 22, 093016 (2020)
  • Nodeless superconductivity and preserved time-reversal symmetry in the noncentrosymmetric Mo₃P superconductor
    T. Shang, J. Philippe, J. A. T. Verezhak, Z. Guguchia, J. Z. Zhao, L.-J. Chang, M.-K. Lee, et al.
    Physical Review B 99, 184513 (2019)
  • Electronic structure of the new Ni-based superconductor KNi₂Se₂
    F. Lu, J. Z. Zhao, W.-H. Wang
    Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 495501 (2012)
Spin Space Groups & Magnetic Symmetry
  • Spin Space Groups: Full Classification and Applications PRX
    Z. Xiao, J. Zhao, Y. Li, R. Shindou, Z.-D. Song
    Physical Review X 14, 031037 (2024)
  • Magnetic and electronic properties of bulk and two-dimensional FeBi₂Te₄: A first-principles study
    Q. Wang, J. Zhao, W. Wu, Y. Zhou, Q. Li, M. T. Edmonds, S. A. Yang
    Chinese Physics B 32, 087506 (2023)
  • Two-dimensional CoSe structures: intrinsic magnetism, strain-tunable anisotropic valleys, magnetic Weyl point, and antiferromagnetic metal state
    B. Tai, W. Wu, X. Feng, Y. Jiao, J. Zhao, Y. Lu, X.-L. Sheng, S. A. Yang
    Physical Review B 102, 224422 (2020)
  • Anomalous high-energy waterfall-like electronic structure in 5d transition metal oxide Sr₂IrO₄ with strong spin-orbit coupling
    Y. Liu, L. Yu, X. Jia, J. Zhao, H. Weng, Y. Peng, C. Chen, Z. Xie, D. Mou, J. He, et al.
    Scientific Reports 5, 13036 (2015)
Nonlinear Transport & Optical Properties
  • Atom-scale understanding the adsorption mechanism of uranyl in the interlayer of montmorillonite
    N. Li, J. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Fu, J. Zhao
    Applied Surface Science 612, 155910 (2023)
  • Berry connection polarizability tensor and third-order Hall effect
    H. Liu, J. Zhao, Y.-X. Huang, X. Feng, C. Xiao, W. Wu, S. Lai, W.-b. Gao, S. A. Yang
    Physical Review B 105, 045118 (2022)
  • Intrinsic Second-Order Anomalous Hall Effect and Its Application in Compensated Antiferromagnets PRL
    H. Liu, J. Zhao, Y.-X. Huang, W. Wu, X.-L. Sheng, C. Xiao, S. A. Yang
    Physical Review Letters 127, 277202 (2021)
  • Third-order nonlinear Hall effect induced by the Berry-connection polarizability tensor Nat. Nano.
    S. Lai, H. Liu, Z. Zhang, J. Zhao, X. Feng, N. Wang, C. Tang, Y. Liu, K. S. Novoselov, S. A. Yang, W. Chen
    Nature Nanotechnology 16, 869–873 (2021)
  • Thermoelectric generation of orbital magnetization in metals
    C. Xiao, H. Liu, J. Zhao, S. A. Yang, Q. Niu
    Physical Review B 103, 045401 (2021)
  • Fermi liquid behavior and colossal magnetoresistance in layered MoOCl₂
    Z. Wang, M. Huang, J. Zhao, C. Chen, H. Huang, X. Wang, P. Liu, J. Wang, J. Xiang, C. Feng, et al.
    Physical Review Materials 4, 041001 (2020)
  • Highly anisotropic two-dimensional metal in monolayer MoOCl₂
    J. Zhao, W. Wu, J. Zhu, Y. Lu, B. Xiang, S. A. Yang
    Physical Review B 102, 245419 (2020)
  • Elucidating dz2 orbital selective catalytic activity in brownmillerite Ca₂Mn₂O₅
    Y. Lu, F. Lu, Z. Yang, J. Wu, H. Yu, X. Xie, J. Xu, F. Cheng, J. Chen, K. Xiong, et al.
    AIP Advances 6, 095019 (2016)