Hong Yao Vice Director，Professor
Institute for Advanced Study
Tsinghua University
Tel: +86-10-62789978
E-mail: yaohong(AT)tsinghua.edu.cn
Education background
09/2009 Ph.D. in Physics,Stanford University; Advisor: Prof. Steven A. Kivelson
Thesis: Theoretical studies of strongly correlated electronic systems
09/2004 M.A. in Physics,Johns Hopkins University; Advisor: Prof. Oleg Tchernyshyov
07/2001 B.S. in Physics,Nanjing University; Advisor: Prof. Chang-De Gong
Experience
09/2026 - Vice Director，Professor(tenured),Institute for Advanced Study,Tsinghua University
12/2017 - 09/2026 Professor (tenured), Institute for Advanced Study,Tsinghua University
08/2019 - 08/2020 Visiting Professor,Standford University
08/2012 - 12/2017 Member, Institute for Advanced Study,Tsinghua University
09/2011 - 08/2012 Postdoctoral Scholar,Stanford University, Advisor: Prof. Shou-Cheng Zhang
08/2009 - 08/2011 Postdoctoral Fellow,University of California, Berkeley & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advisor: Prof. Dung-Hai Lee
Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects
Professor Yao Hong’s research focuses on correlated quantum states, theoretical quantum computing, and the interdisciplinary study of artificial intelligence and quantum physics.He has made significant academic contributions to the microscopic theory of correlated quantum states including high-temperature superconductivity and quantum spin liquids, the theory of exotic quantum phase transitions, quantum many-body computational methods such as sign-problem-free quantum Monte Carlo, and theoretical research on quantum computing. He put forward the Yao-Kivelson model and Yao-Lee model for quantum spin liquids. The Yao-Kivelson model realizes, for the first time, a non-Abelian chiral spin liquid with spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry, which features the advantage of enabling quantum computing without external magnetic fields.
My group is currently seeking postdoctoral fellowship application: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29441
Honors And Awards
Stanford Graduate Fellowship (Henry Fan Fellow), Stanford University (2007).
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2018).
Daniel Tsui Fellowship, Hong Kong University (2021).
Fellow of American Physical Society (2021).
Ye Qisun Prize by the Chinese Physical Society (2022).
Xplorer Prize (2023).
Achievement in Asia Award (AAA Robert T. Poe Prize) by The International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA) (2024).
Academic Achievement
Professor Yao Hong has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers, including 2 in Science, 4 in Nature Physics, 33 in Phys. Rev. Lett., 2 in PNAS, and 5 in Nature Communications. He is the corresponding author of one review article in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics. His work has over 15,000 citations, with an H-index of 62 (Google Scholar).
For full publications, seeHongYao@arXiv,HongYao@Google Scholar, andHongYao@ResearcherID.
Selected papers published in recent years:
37.Emergence of Charge-4e Superconductivity from 2D Nematic Superconductors
Xuan Zou, Zhou-Quan Wan, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 066505 (2026)
36. Emergent spacetime supersymmetry at 2D fractionalized quantum criticality
Zhengzhi Wu, Zhou-Quan Wan, Shao-Kai Jian*, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 136, 256502 (2026)
35. Theory of topological superconductivity and antiferromagnetic correlated insulators in twisted bilayer WSe2
Chuyi Tuo, Ming-Rui Li, Zhengzhi Wu, Wen Sun, and Hong Yao*
Nature Communications 16, 9525 (2025)
34.Symmetry restoration and quantum Mpemba effect in many-body localization systems
Shuo Liu, Hao-Kai Zhang, Shuai Yin, Shi-Xin Zhang*, and Hong Yao*
Science Bulletin 70, 3991 (2025)
33.Quantum spin liquid from electron-phonon coupling
Xun Cai, Zhaoyu Han, Zi-Xiang Li*, Steven A Kivelson*, and Hong Yao*
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 122, e2426111122 (2025)
32.Robust d-wave superconductivity from the Su-Schrieffer-Heeger-Hubbard model: possible route to high-temperature superconductivity
Hao-Xin Wang, Yi-Fan Jiang*, and Hong Yao*
Science Bulletin 70, 2260 (2025)
31. Exact deconfined gauge structures in the higher-spin Yao-Lee model: a quantum spin-orbital liquid with spin fractionalization and non-Abelian anyons
Zhengzhi Wu, Jing-Yun Zhang, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 236504 (2024)
30.Pair-Density-Wave Superconductivity: A Microscopic Model on the 2D Honeycomb Lattice
Yi-Fan Jiang and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 176501 (2024)
29.Pair-density-wave and chiral superconductivity in twisted bilayer transition metal dichalcogenides
Yi-Ming Wu, Zhengzhi Wu, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 126001 (2023)
28.Discrete time crystal enabled by Stark many-body localization
Shuo Liu, Shi-Xin Zhang*, Chang-Yu Hsieh, Shengyu Zhang, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 120403 (2023)
27.Interplay between Pair Density Wave and a Nested Fermi Surface
Jin-Tao Jin, Kun Jiang*, Hong Yao*, and Yi Zhou*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 167001 (2022)
26. Variational Quantum-Neural Hybrid Eigensolver
Shi-Xin Zhang, Zhou-Quan Wan, Chee-Kong Lee, Chang-Yu Hsieh*, Shengyu Zhang, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 120502 (2022)
25. Antiferromagnetism Induced by Bond Su-Schrieffer-Heeger Electron-Phonon Coupling: A Quantum Monte Carlo Study
Xun Cai, Zi-Xiang Li, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 247203 (2021)
24. Charge-4e Superconductivity from Nematic Superconductors in Two and Three Dimensions
Shao-Kai Jian, Yingyi Huang, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 227001 (2021)
23. Possible superconductivity with a Bogoliubov Fermi surface in a lightly doped kagome U(1) spin liquid
Yi-Fan Jiang, Hong Yao*, and Fan Yang*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 187003 (2021)
22. Strong Coupling Limit of the Holstein-Hubbard Model
Zhaoyu Han, Steven A. Kivelson*, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 167001 (2020)
21. Sign-Problem-Free Fermionic Quantum Monte Carlo: Developments and Applications
Zi-Xiang Li,Hong Yao
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics 10, 337 (2019)
20. Observation of Emergent Spacetime Supersymmetry at Superconducting Quantum Criticality
Zi-Xiang Li, Abolhassan Vaezi*, Christian B. Mendl, and Hong Yao*
Science Advances 4, eaau1463 (2018)
19. Universal properties of many-body localization transitions in quasiperiodic systems
Shi-Xin Zhang and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 206601 (2018)
18. Possible Three-Dimensional Nematic Odd-Parity Superconductivity in Sr2RuO4
Wen Huang and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 157002 (2018)
17. Chiral tricritical point: a new universality class in Dirac systems
Shuai Yin, Shao-Kai Jian*, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett.120, 215702 (2018)
16. Solvable SYK models in higher dimensions: a new type of many-body localization transition
Shao-Kai Jian and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett.119, 206602 (2017)
15. Fermion-induced quantum critical points
Zi-Xiang Li, Yi-Fan Jiang, Shao-Kai Jian, and Hong Yao*
Nature Communications8, 314 (2017)
14. Edge quantum criticality and emergent supersymmetry in topological phases
Zi-Xiang Li, Yi-Fan Jiang, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett.119, 107202 (2017)
13. Emergence of supersymmetric quantum electrodynamics
Shao-Kai Jian, Chien-Hung Lin, Joseph Maciejko*, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett.118, 166802 (2017)
12. Majorana-time-reversal symmetries: a fundamental principle for sign-problem-free quantum Monte Carlo simulations
Zi-Xiang Li, Yi-Fan Jiang, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett.117, 267002 (2016)
11. Symmetry-protected ideal Weyl semimetal in HgTe-class materials
Jiawei Ruan, Shao-Kai Jian, Hong Yao*, Haijun Zhang*, Shou-Cheng Zhang, and Dingyu Xing
Nature Communications7, 11136 (2016);Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science in 2018
10. Ideal Weyl semimetals in the chalcopyrites CuTlSe2, AgTlTe2, AuTlTe2 and ZnPbAs2
Jiawei Ruan, Shao-Kai Jian, D. Zhang, Hong Yao*, Haijun Zhang*, Shou-Cheng Zhang, and Dingyu Xing
Phys. Rev. Lett.116, 226801 (2016)
9. Quantum Monte Carlo study of the Tc enhancement mechanism in FeSe on SrTiO3
Zi-Xiang Li, Fa Wang, Hong Yao*, and Dung-Hai Lee*
Science Bulletin61, 925 (2016);Selected as a cover story;Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science in 2017
8. Emergent space-time supersymmetry in 3+1D Weyl and 2+1D Dirac semimetals
Shao-Kai Jian, Yi-Fan Jiang, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett.114, 237001 (2015);Editors’ Suggestion;Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science in 2016
7. Solving fermion sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo by Majorana representation,
Zi-Xiang Li, Yi-Fan Jiang, and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communication)91, 241117 (2015);Editors’ Suggestion; Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science in 2016
6. Topological Odd-Parity Superconductivity at Type-II 2D Van Hove Singularities
Hong Yao*and Fan Yang
Phys. Rev. B92, 035132 (2015)
5. Classification of topological insulators and superconductors in the presence of reflection symmetry
Ching-Kai Chiu, Hong Yao, and Shinsei Ryu
Phys. Rev. B88, 075142 (2013);Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science in 2018
4. Interaction effect on topological classification of superconductors in two dimensions
Hong Yao* and Shinsei Ryu
Phys. Rev. B88, 064507 (2013)
3. Frustrated RVB states in 2D: classifications and short-range correlations
Fan Yang and Hong Yao*
Phys. Rev. Lett.109, 147209 (2012)
2. Spin Liquid Ground State of the Spin-1/2 Square J1-J2 Heisenberg Model
Hong-Chen Jiang, Hong Yao, and Leon Balents
Phys. Rev. B86, 024424 (2012);Editor’s Suggestion; Highly Cited Paper in Web of Science in 2018
1. Exact spin liquid ground states of the quantum dimer model on the square and honeycomb lattices
Hong Yao and Steven A. Kivelson
Phys. Rev. Lett.108, 247206 (2012)
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