Zhenghao Zhong

Bio

Zhenghao Zhong is an Assistant Professor at SIMIS. Prior to joining the group at SIMIS, he was a postdoc at university of Oxford. He completed his BSc, MSc and Ph.D degree at Imperial College London.

Professor Zhong’s research focuses on supersymmetric field theories and string theory. This includes the moduli spaces of vacua (Higgs and Coulomb branches) of supersymmetric gauge theories and superconformal field theories (SCFTs). Particular theories of interest are 3d N=4, 4d N=2, 5d N=1 and 6d N=(1,0) theories. 

More recently, he is also interested in ZX-calculus, a powerful tool that greatly simplifies quantum circuits and how it changes our approach to quantum error correcting codes.

Education Experience

• 2014.10-2017.6 Imperial College London (Bachelor)
• 2017.9-2018.9 Imperial College London (Masters)
• 2018.9-2022.6 Imperial College London (Doctorate)

Work Experience

• 2022.9-2025.8 University of Oxford Postdoc

Publications

[1] H.W Kwok, Z.Zhong, “How to simulate magic state cultivation with around 8 Clifford terms on average,” arXiv:[2509.08658]
[2] H.W Kwok, Z.Zhong, “Cutting stabiliser decompositions of magic state cultivation with ZX-calculus,” arXiv: [2509.01224]
[3] W.Harding, N.Mekareeya, Z.Zhong, “Orthosymplectic Quivers: Indices, Hilbert Series, and Generalised Symmetries,” [2505.03875 ]
[4] H.W Kwok, Z.Zhong, “Pauli webs spun by transversal |Y ⟩ state initialisation,” arXiv: [2502.00957]
[5] H.W Kwok, Z.Zhong, “Pauli web of the |Y ⟩ state surface code injection,” arXiv: [2501.15566 ]
[6] C. Lawrie, L. Mansi, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “A Pathway to Decay and Fission of Orthosymplectic Quiver Theories,” Phys.Rev.D 112 (2025) 2, 026025
[7] Z. Zhong, “A bound on 3d mirror pairs,” [2411.14531]
[8] Z. Zhong, “An exceptionally simple family of Orthosymplectic 3d N = 4 rank-0 SCFTs,” [2411.12802]
[9] A. Dancer, J. F. Grimminger, Johan Martens and Z. Zhong, “Complex Symplectic Contractions and 3d Mirrors,” JHEP 11 (2024) 116
[10] A. Bourget, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “Higgs branch RG flows via decay and fission,” [2401.08757][Phys. Rev. D 109, 126013 ]
[11] A. Bourget, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “Decay and Fission of Magnetic Quivers,” [2312.05304 ][Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 221603]
[12] A. Bourget, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, R. Kalveks, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “A Tale of N Cones,” JHEP 09 (2023) 073
[13] S. Nawata, M. Sperling, H.E Wang and Z. Zhong, “ 3d N = 4 mirror symmetry with 1-form symmetry,” SciPost Phys. 15 (2023) 033 .
[14] A. Bourget, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany and Z. Zhong, “The Hasse diagram of the moduli space of instantons,” JHEP 08 (2022) 283.
[15] A. Bourget, A. Dancer, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, and Z. Zhong, “Partial implosions and quivers,” JHEP 07 (2022) 049
[16] A. Bourget, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, R. Kalveks and Z. Zhong, “Higgs Branches of U/SU Quivers via Brane Locking,” JHEP 08 (2022) 061.
[17] S. Nawata, M. Sperling, H. E. Wang and Z. Zhong, “Magnetic quivers and line defects – On a duality between 3d N=4 unitary and orthosymplectic quivers,” JHEP 02 (2022) 174.
[18] M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “Balanced B and D-type orthosymplectic quivers – Magnetic quivers for product theories,” JHEP 04 (2022) 145.
[19] A. Bourget, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, R. Kalveks, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “Folding Orthosymplectic Quivers,” [JHEP 12 (2021) 070.
[20] A. Bourget, A. Dancer, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, F. Kirwan and Z. Zhong, “Orthosymplectic implosions,” JHEP 08, 012 (2021)
[21] A. Bourget, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “Branes, Quivers, and the Affine Grassmannian,” [Adv.Stud.Pure Math. 88 (2023) 331-435].
[22] A. Bourget, S. Giacomelli, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “S-fold magnetic quivers,” JHEP 02, 054 (2021)
[23] A. Bourget, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, R. Kalveks, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “Magnetic Lattices for Orthosymplectic Quivers,” JHEP 12, 092 (2020)
[24] A. Bourget, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, M. Sperling, G. Zafrir and Z. Zhong, “Magnetic quivers for rank 1 theories,” JHEP 09, 189 (2020)
[25] A. Bourget, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, M. Sperling and Z. Zhong, “Magnetic Quivers from Brane Webs with O5 Planes,” JHEP 07, 204 (2020)
[26] A. Bourget, S. Cabrera, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany and Z. Zhong, “Brane Webs and Magnetic Quivers for SQCD,” JHEP 03, 176 (2020)
[27] A. Bourget, S. Cabrera, J. F. Grimminger, A. Hanany, M. Sperling, A. Zajac and Z. Zhong, “The Higgs mechanism — Hasse diagrams for symplectic singularities,” JHEP 01, 157 (2020)
[28] S. Cabrera, A. Hanany and Z. Zhong, “Nilpotent orbits and the Coulomb branch of T σ(G) theories: special orthogonal vs orthogonal gauge group factors,” JHEP 11, 079 (2017)