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Name Yuxuan (Vincent) Zhang
Label Incoming Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Email zhangyx@comp.nus.edu.sg
Url https://yuxuanzhang1995.github.io/
Summary A China-born theoretical quantum scientist, enjoyer of classical music, poetry, and nature. From December 2026, Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore, jointly appointed in Computer Science and Physics, working towards verifiable and practical quantum advantage.

Work

  • 2026.12 - onwards
    Assistant Professor (incoming)
    National University of Singapore
    Joint appointment: Department of Computer Science (primary) and Department of Physics.
    • Starting a group at the interface of quantum information, quantum many-body physics, and AI
    • Recruiting postdocs, PhD students, and visiting researchers
  • 2025.12 - Present
    Research Scientist (part-time)
    BlueQubit Inc.
    Quantum algorithm development.
  • 2025.12 - Present
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    EPFL & Princeton University
    Host: Dmitry Abanin. Supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant.
  • 2023.09 - 2025.12
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    University of Toronto & Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence
    Synergy between quantum information, quantum matter, and artificial intelligence.
    • Supported by the CQIQC Fellowship (2023–2025) and the Quantum Software Consortium Grant (2025)
    • Hosts: Yong-Baek Kim, Juan Felipe Carrasquilla Álvarez, and Dvira Segal

Visits

  • 2026.03 - 2026.03
    Lecturer
    School for Near-Term Quantum Computing, Benasque
    Lectured on quantum complexity and quantum supremacy.
  • 2024.11 - 2025.12
    Academic guest
    ETH Zürich
    Nov.–Dec. 2024; Dec. 2025.
  • 2024.04 - 2025.11
    Program participant
    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
    Apr. 2024; Nov. 2025.
  • 2023.08 - 2025.10
    Visitor
    Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
    Aug. 2023; Mar., May, Jul. 2024; May, Oct. 2025.
  • 2022.05 - 2022.08
    PhD intern
    Cisco Research
    Benchmarking photonic quantum processors.

Education

  • 2017.08 - 2023.08
    Ph.D.
    The University of Texas at Austin
    Physics — advised by Scott Aaronson and Andrew C. Potter. Thesis: Exploring quantum matter in the era of quantum computers.
  • 2013.09 - 2016.06
    B.S.
    University of California, Santa Barbara
    Physics

Awards

Volunteer

  • 2023.03 - 2023.03
    Session Chair
    APS March Meeting
  • 2021.03 - Present
    Referee
    Journals and conferences
    Reviewing for the following venues, listed by first invitation.
    • Nature Communications (2026)
    • Quantum (2025)
    • npj Quantum Information (2025)
    • PRX Quantum (2025)
    • EPJ Quantum Technology (2024)
    • Physical Review A (2024)
    • Scientific Reports (2024)
    • Quantum Machine Intelligence (2024)
    • Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication and Cryptography (2024)
    • Physical Review Research (2023)
    • Physical Review Letters (2023)
    • Physical Review B (2023)
    • Neural Networks (2023)
    • International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (2023)
    • Quantum Information Processing (2021)

Mentorship

  • 2022.01 - Present
    Mentorship and collaboration
    Students and junior researchers I have supervised, co-supervised, or worked closely with — listed with their seniority at the time, where they went next, and the resulting output.
    • Shuyi Liang — master's at NUS · research paper, 2026
    • Brandon Barton — PhD at ETH Zürich · research paper, 2026
    • Jakub Garwola — PhD at University of Toronto · research paper, 2025
    • Xiang Zou — PhD at University of Toronto · research paper, 2025
    • Michelle Ding — undergraduate at UT Austin → PhD at UT Austin · honors thesis, 2025
    • Ruize Ma — master's at ETH Zürich → PhD at EPFL · research paper, 2025
    • Matteo D'Anna — PhD at ETH Zürich · research paper, 2025
    • Massimo Solinas — master's at ETH Zürich → PhD at Regensburg University · research paper, 2025
    • Yifan Zhang — PhD at Princeton · research paper, 2024
    • Adam Martinez — undergraduate at University of Toronto → PhD at Oxford · honors thesis, 2024
    • Xiaoxiao (Alice) Xiong — undergraduate at UBC → Caltech · honors thesis, 2023
    • Michelle Gelman — undergraduate at UT Austin → PhD at USC · honors thesis, 2023
    • Shahin Jahanbani — undergraduate at UT Austin → PhD at UC Berkeley · research paper, 2022

Skills

Research theme
toward verifiable and practical quantum advantage
quantum computation
quantum many-body physics
artificial intelligence
algorithm development & verification
quantum simulation
Quantum information and complexity
verifiable quantum advantage
peaked circuits
classical simulability
stabilizer and magic resources
Quantum many-body physics
tensor networks
non-Hermitian dynamics
open systems and mixed-state phases
holographic simulation
Machine learning
neural quantum states
variational circuit compilation
learning noise and control
Hardware and software
trapped-ion processors
cirq / qsim
quimb
GPU tensor-network simulation

Languages

Chinese
Native speaker
English
Fluent
Python
Fluent in writing, not as much in speaking
C++
Familiar

Interests

Outside research
travel
photography
classical music
real-time strategy games