News
Updates on publications, awards, talks, and group activities.
2026
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Prof. Tong Zhou was invited as a featured speaker to The Innovation Conference on Materials 2026 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, where his invited presentation highlighted the Zhou Group's recent progress in quantum materials and emergent spin phenomena.
- Our work titled "Non-Hermitian higher-order topological insulators enabled by altermagnet engineering" has been published in Physical Review B. This work establishes altermagnets as a versatile platform for engineering and controlling non-Hermitian higher-order topological phases. Congratulations!
- Prof. JianTian Ye visited our group and delivered an insightful invited talk titled "Quantum Oscillations and Finite-momentum Superconductivity in Layered Metal Chalcogenides". We greatly appreciate his wonderful sharing!
- Prof. Dongdong Lin visited our group and delivered an insightful invited talk titled "Precise Control of Microdroplets: From Topological Wetting to Programmable Liquid Crystals". We greatly appreciate his wonderful sharing!
- Prof. Xiaobing Chen visited our group and delivered an insightful invited talk. We greatly appreciate his wonderful sharing!
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Prof. Tong Zhou was invited as a featured speaker to the 21st National Conference on Magnetism Theory, where his invited presentation showcased the Zhou Group's recent advances in altermagnetism and related quantum phenomena.
- Prof. Wei Li visited our group and delivered an insightful invited talk. We greatly appreciate his wonderful sharing!
- Prof. Wei Chen visited our group and delivered an insightful invited talk titled "Transport Signatures of Altermagnets". We greatly appreciate he wonderful sharing!
- Our work titled "Altermagnetic Proximity Effect" has been officially published in Physical Review Letters. We are incredibly proud that it was selected as an "Editors’ Suggestion" and highlighted in "Featured in Physics". Huge congratulations to the team!
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Prof. Tong Zhou was invited to the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute in Shanghai, China, where he delivered an invited talk titled "Towards Majorana Non-Abelian Statistics in Planar Josephson Junctions", reflecting his continued contributions to topological quantum computing.
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Prof. Tong Zhou was invited to the School of Physics "Boyue Academic Forum" No. 569 at Beijing Institute of Technology, where his invited talk, "Altermagnetism: A New Frontier for Multiferroics, Topotronics, and Quantum Computing", presented a broad vision for multiferroics, topotronics, and quantum computing.
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Prof. Tong Zhou was invited as a featured speaker to the Workshop on Frontiers in Condensed Matter Physics in Yangzhou, China, where his invited presentation shared new perspectives from the Zhou Group on quantum materials and condensed matter physics.
- Our work titled "Symmetry-Driven Unconventional Magnetoelectric Coupling in Perovskite Altermagnets: From Bulk to the Two-Dimensional Limit" has been published in Advanced Science. This work reveals how crystal symmetry governs unconventional magnetoelectric coupling in perovskite altermagnets from bulk crystals to the two-dimensional limit, opening new opportunities for electrically controlled spintronic and multiferroic devices. Congratulations to Zhou Cui and the team!
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Prof. Tong Zhou Delivers Invited Talk titled "Towards Topological Quantum Computingin Semiconductor Planar Josephson Junctions"at QCDAC 2026.
- Xunkai Duan received the Outstanding Academic Presentation Award at the 2026 Spring Graduate Academic Activity Day of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Congratulations!
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Prof. Tong Zhou delivered an invited talk titled “Altermagnetism: Advancing Multiferroics, Topotronics, and Quantum Computing” at the APS Global Physics Summit 2026, Hong Kong, China.
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Richang Huang delivered an oral presentation titled “Towards Scalable Majorana Brading in Planar Josephson Junctions with Reduced Magnetic-Field Constraints” at the APS Global Physics Summit 2026, Hong Kong, China.
- Prof. Yee Sin Ang visited our group and delivered an insightful invited talk titled "Computational design of 2D semiconductor devices for next-generation computing". We greatly appreciate his profound insights and wonderful sharing!
- Prof. Rui Peng visited our group and delivered an inspiring invited talk titled "From layer-spintronics to ferroelastic altermagnetism: new frontiers in spin manipulation". We greatly appreciate her wonderful sharing!
- Our work titled "altermagnetic proximity effect" has been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters. Congrats!
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Prof. Tong Zhou was invited as a featured speaker to the 2nd Spin Science and Technology Forum in Chongqing, China, where his invited presentation underscored the Zhou Group's growing impact in spin science and quantum materials.
- Our work titled "Antiferroelectric altermagnets: Antiferroelectricity alters magnets" has been selected as to Physical Review Letters collection of the year 2025. Congrats!
- Prof. Tong Zhou was invited as a featured speaker to the Second Brainstorming Workshop on Altermagnetism: Experimental Advances and Theory Explained to Experimentalists at NJIT, Newark, NJ, USA, where he delivered an invited talk and joined leading theorists and experimentalists shaping the emerging field of altermagnetism.
- Our collaborative work with Prof. Xiong Yao's group, titled "Interface-Enhanced Superconductivity in Ultrathin TiN Proximitized by Topological Insulators", has been officially published in ACS Nano. . Congrats!
- Dr. Chenghao Shen and Dr. Ziye Zhu have been awarded the prestigious EIT Excellent Postdoctoral Fellowship. Congrats!
2025
- Our collaborative work with Prof. Cheng Zhang’s group and Prof. Lin Miao’s group, titled “Defect Engineering for Stabilizing Magnetic and Topological Properties in Mn(Bi₁₋ₓSbₓ)₂Te₄,” was published in Nature Communications. Congrats!
- Our collaborative work with Prof. Yee Sin Ang’s group and Prof. Junwei Liu’s group, titled “Ferroelastic altermagnetism”, was published in npj Quantum Materials. Congrats!
- Dr. Xianzhang Cheng and Dr. Jiayong Zhang have successfully completed their postdoctoral research. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors!
- Our Ph.D. student, Xunkai Duan, delivered an outstanding presentation and won the Grand Prize at the EIT Doctoral Student Forum. Congratulations!
- Our work titled “One-Dimensional Hydrogen Chains in Li-Hf-H System: A Pathway to High Superconductivity Under High Pressure” was published in Advanced Science. Congrats!
- Our Ph.D. student, Xunkai Duan, has been awarded the prestigious National Scholarship for Doctoral Students at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Congratulations on this remarkable achievement!
- Mr. Xunkai Duan and Dr. Ziye Zhu won the Best Poster Award at the Chinese Physical Society (CPS) Meeting. Congrats!
- Dr. Ziye Zhu and Dr. Chenghao Shen were awarded the NSFC Young Scholar Project Fund. Congrats!
- Our work titled “Emergent Multiferroic Altermagnets and Spin Control via Noncollinear Molecular Polarization” has been published in SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy. It was featured on the cover, selected for the Editor’s Focus, and received Two Research Highlight News respectively by Prof. Xincheng Xie and Prof. E. Tsymbal.
- Mr. Xiyu Chen, Mr. Xiang Ji, and Mr. Linxuan Ji joined our group for the EIT PhD program in the fall of 2025! Welcome aboard!
- Dr. Ziye Zhu was awarded the Postdoctoral General Project. Congrats!
- Our work about Two-dimensional Ferroelectric Altermagnets has been published in Nano Letters. Congrats!
- Our work about Electrically switchable quantum anomalous and spin Hall states has been published in Phys. Rev. B. Congrats!
- Our work about Ferroelectric control of valleytronic has been published in Applied Physics Letters. Congrats!
- Mr. Bowen Hao joined our group as a Research Assistant! Welcome aboard!
- Our work titled "Antiferroelectric Altermagnets: Antiferroelectricity Alters Magnets" has been officially published in Phys. Rev. Lett.. We are incredibly proud that it was selected as an "Editors’ Suggestion" and highlighted in "Featured in Physics". Huge congratulations to the team!
2024
- Prof. Tong Zhou was awarded the prestigious Zhejiang Distinguished Young Scholars Fund. Congrats!
- Dr. Ziye Zhu was awarded the NSFC special fund for theoretical physics. Congrats!
- Our work about the non-Dirac quantum anomalous Hall effect has been published in Phys. Rev. B. Congrats!
- Prof. Tong Zhou was awarded the NSFC General Project Fund. Congrats!
- Our work about the existence of Xe3CO2 compound under high pressure has been published in Phys. Rev. B. Congrats!
- Dr. Ziye Zhu from Westlake Univ. joined our group as a postdoc! Welcome aboard!
- Mr. Shuang Li from Hebei Univ. joined our group for the EIT-USTC PhD program in the fall of 2024! Welcome aboard!
- Mr. Zhou Cui from Fuzhou Univ. joined our group for a postdoc internship (to be a Postdoc in 2025)! Welcome aboard!
- Mr. Wei Tu from Xi’an Tech. Univ. joined our group as a Research Assistant! Welcome aboard!
- Prof. Tong Zhou delivered an invited talk “Towards Majorana Non-Abelian Statistics in Planar Josephson Junctions” at USTC, Hefei, China.
- Ms. Sihui Wu from SUST visited our group for PhD internship! Welcome!
- Ms. Jiahui Qian from Fudan Univ. joined our group for the EIT-SJTU PhD program in the fall of 2024! Welcome aboard!
- Dr. Richang Huang from HKU joined our group as a postdoc! Welcome aboard!
2023
- Dr. Jiayong Zhang and Dr. Xianzhang Chen passed their Postdoctoral thesis proposal defense! Congrats!
- Prof. Tong Zhou delivered an invited talk at Quantum Salon, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Shenzhen, China.
- Prof. Tong Zhou delivered an invited talk at the Conference of Quantum Transport Theory in Nanjing Univ., China.
- Dr. Xianzhang Chen from Lanzhou Univ. joined our group as a postdoc! Welcome aboard!
- Prof. Tong Zhou delivered an invited talk about Topological superconductivity in Planar Josephson Junctions at the International Forum on Micro-Nano Technology & Composites Innovation Development, Zhengzhou, China
- Dr. Jiayong Zhang (Associate Professor in SUST) joined our group as a postdoc! Welcome aboard!
- Prof. Tong Zhou delivered an invited talk about Non-Abelian statistics at the Conference of Condensed Matter Physics 2023, Liyang, China
- A big welcome to Mr. Xunkai Duan, Mr. Yongliang Hu, and Mr. Kang Yang, who joined our group in fall 2023.
- Prof. Tong Zhou established his research group at EIT! Congrats!