Portrait of 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.

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

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Yufei Guo 郭宇飞

Ph.D. Student

Joined Sep. 2025

Topological circuits

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Xintao Jin 金鑫涛

Ph.D. Student

Joined Sep. 2026

DFT+DMFT calculations

M.Sc. Students

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Jiale Tang 汤家乐

M.Sc. Student

Joined Sep. 2026

Charge density waves (DFT)

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Jing Yang 杨璟

M.Sc. Student

Joined May 2026

Anomalous & orbital Hall effects (DFT)

Publications

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