Zhiyuan Yao

Researcher, School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University

  • Joined September 2025

Names

Zhiyuan Yao (Preferred)

Emails

****@lzu.edu.cn (Confirmed)
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****@icloud.com (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Researcher
School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University (lzu.edu.cn)
2022 – Present
 
Postdoc
Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University (mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)
2018 – 2022
 
PhD student
Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (umass.edu)
2011 – 2018
 
Undergrad student
Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (ustc.edu.cn)
2007 – 2011
 

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Postdoc Advisor
Hui Zhai
2018 – 2022
 
PhD Advisor
2011 – 2018
 

Expertise

large-language model
2025 – Present
 
neural networks
2021 – Present
 
eigenstate-thermalization hypothesis, quantum many-body scars, lattice gauge theory
2020 – Present
 
quantum phase transition, quantum Monte-Carlo method
2011 – Present