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ZHAO Jiarui 趙家瑞

ZHAO Jiarui / Research Assistant Professor

PHONE: (852) 3943 6161

EMAIL: jiaruizhao@cuhk.edu.hk

OFFICE: Room 212, 2/F, Science Centre North Block

ORCID: 0000-0002-9295-4447
Education
- Ph.D. in Physics, University of Hong Kong (Sep 2019 – Oct 2023)
- Bachelor of Natural Science in Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Sep 2015 – Jul 2019)
Position
- From Aug 2024, Research Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Oct 2023 – Aug 2024, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong
Research Interests
- Quantum entanglement entropies and negativities
- Quantum many body systems with long-range interactions
- Deconfined quantum critical points
- Quantum Monte Carlo methods and Tensor Network techniques
- Generalized symmetry
- Mixed states physics
Selected Recent Publications
- “Higher-form symmetry breaking at Ising transitions”, Jiarui Zhao, Zheng Yan, Meng Cheng, and Zi Yang Meng, Phys. Rev. Research 3, 033024 (2021)
- “Scaling of entanglement entropy at deconfined quantum criticality”, Jiarui Zhao, Yan-Cheng Wang, Zheng Yan, Meng Cheng, Zi Yang Meng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 010601 (2022)
- “Finite-temperature critical behaviors in 2D long-range quantum Heisenberg model”, Jiarui Zhao, Menghan Song, Yang Qi, Junchen Rong, Zi Yang Meng, npj Quantum Mater. 8, 59 (2023)
- “Quantum criticality and entanglement for 2d long-range Heisenberg bilayer”, Menghan Song, Jiarui Zhao, Yang Qi, Junchen Rong, Zi Yang Meng, Phys. Rev. B 109, L081114(2024)
- “Extracting subleading corrections in entanglement entropy at quantum phase transitions”, Menghan Song, Jiarui Zhao, Zi Yang Meng, Cenke Xu, Meng Cheng, SciPost Phys. 17, 010 (2024)
- “Unconventional Scalings of Quantum Entropies in Long-Range Heisenberg Chains”, Jiarui Zhao, Nicolas Laflorencie, Zi Yang Meng, Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 016707(2025)
About Me
- My hobbies: Table Tennis, Swimming, Playing Clash of Clans
- My MBTI type: ENTJ
- My constellation: Capricorn