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Members of the Bi Group at Penn State.
Zhen Bi
Assistant Professor of Physics, Penn State
I am a theoretical condensed matter physicist. My research uses quantum field theory and topology to understand quantum many-body systems — phases of matter, phase transitions, and emergent phenomena in strongly correlated and topological systems.
Background
- Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara (2012–2017) — advisor: Cenke Xu
- Pappalardo Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2017–2020) — mentors: T. Senthil, Liang Fu
- B.Sc., Physics, Peking University (2008–2012)
Selected Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2024)
- C.-N. Yang Visiting Fellow, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2022)
- Pappalardo Fellowship, MIT (2017–2020)
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UCSB (2017)
- Gold Medal, 39th International Physics Olympiad (2008)
Links
Postdoctoral Researchers
- Linhao Li Postdoctoral Researcher (since Oct 2025)
- Jacopo Gliozzi Incoming Postdoctoral Researcher, Aug 2026 · CTEQ Fellow
Graduate Students
- Amogh Anakru dipolar symmetry, non-Fermi liquids, composite-fermion metals · Boulder School 2025, KITP Graduate Fellow 2026
- Sarvesh Srinivasan crystalline & modulated-symmetry topological phases · Princeton Summer School
- Adrian Fedorko moiré kagome superlattices in twisted TMDs
- Anubhav Anilkumar fractional Chern insulators in moiré systems
- Jinfei Zhou
Alumni & placements
- Jian-Hao Zhang former Postdoctoral Researcher (2022–2024) · CTQM Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder; incoming faculty, Westlake University
- Claire Schubert former Undergraduate Researcher · continuing to the Ph.D. program at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center
- Paul John Balderston former Undergraduate Researcher · now Theoretical Physics MSc student, University of Amsterdam & Visiting Academic, NYU CCPP