Yehao Zhou

Bio

Yehao Zhou is an Assistant Professor at the Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SIMIS). He obtained his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in 2022. Before joining SIMIS, he was a postdoc at Kavli IPMU, The University of Tokyo.

Professor Zhou’s current research focuses on: geometric representation theory and enumerative geometry; BPS algebras and their representations; vertex algebras and their relations to supersymmetric gauge theories.

Education Experience

• 2017.9-2022.9 PhD in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
• 2016.9-2017.6 MSc in Theoretical Physics at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
• 2012.9-2016.6 BSc in Physics at University of Science and Technology of China

Work Experience

• 2025.1-present Assistant Professor at the Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SIMIS)
• 2022.10-2025.1 Postdoctoral Fellow at Kavli IPMU, The University of Tokyo

Honors and Awards

• 2022 Kavli Fellowship. Kavli IPMU, The University of Tokyo
• 2021 John Brodie Memorial Award. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Publications

• On the Hilbert Space of the Chern-Simons Matrix Model, Deformed Double Current Algebra Action, and the Conformal Limit. Sen Hu, Si Li, Dongheng Ye, Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2409.12486
• R-matrices and Miura operators in 5d Chern-Simons theory. Nafiz Ishtiaque, Saebyeok Jeong, Yehao Zhou. SciPost Phys. Core 8, 003 (2025). arXiv:2408.15712
• Affine W-algebras and Miura maps from 3d N=4 non-Abelian quiver gauge theories. Ioana Coman, Myungbo Shim, Masahito Yamazaki, Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2312.13363
• Deformed Double Current Algebras, Matrix Extended W-infinity Algebras, Coproducts, and Intertwiners from the M2-M5 Intersection. Davide Gaiotto, Miroslav Rapčák, Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2309.16929
• Quantum Algebra of Chern-Simons Matrix Model and Large N Limit. Sen Hu, Si Li, Dongheng Ye, Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2308.14046
• Elliptic Stable Envelopes for Certain Non-Symplectic Varieties and Dynamical R-Matrices for Superspin Chains from The Bethe/Gauge Correspondence. Seyed Faroogh Moosavian, Nafiz Ishtiaque, Yehao Zhou. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications 20 (2024), 099. arXiv:2308.12333
• Decomposition of N=1 superconformal minimal models and their fractional quantum Hall wavefunctions. Yichen Hu, Sirui Ning, Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2303.10107
• Line Operators in 4d Chern-Simons Theory and Cherkis Bows. Nafiz Ishtiaque, Yehao Zhou. SciPost Phys. 16, 052 (2024). arXiv:2211.00049
• Evidence for an algebra of G2 instantons II. Jihwan Oh, Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2208.09442
• On the Reducedness of Quiver Schemes. Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2201.09838
• Towards the Finite-N Twisted Holography from the Geometry of Phase Space. Seyed Faroogh Moosavian, Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2111.06876
• Evidence for the Algebra of G2 Instantons. Michele del Zotto, Jihwan Oh, Yehao Zhou. Journal of High Energy Physics 2022.8 (2022): 1-58. arXiv:2109.01110
• A domain wall in twisted M-theory. Jihwan Oh, Yehao Zhou. SciPost Phys. 11, 077 (2021). arXiv:2105.09537
• Twisted holography of defect fusions. Jihwan Oh, Yehao Zhou. SciPost Phys. 10, 105 (2021). arXiv:2103.00963
• Note on some properties of generalized affine Grassmannian slices. Yehao Zhou. Preprint. arXiv:2011.04109
• Feynman diagrams and Omega-deformed M-theory. Jihwan Oh, Yehao Zhou. SciPost Phys. 10, 029 (2021). arXiv:2002.07343 
• On the Existence of Heterotic-String and Type-II-Superstring Field Theory Vertices. Seyed Faroogh Moosavian, Yehao Zhou. Journal of Geometry and Physics 205 (2024) 105307. arXiv:1911.04343
• Topological Holography: The Example of The D2-D4 Brane System. Nafiz Ishtiaque, Seyed Faroogh Moosavian, Yehao Zhou. SciPost Phys. 9, 017 (2020). arXiv:1809.00372 
• Subspace controllability of symmetric spin networks. Jiahui Chen, Yehao Zhou, Ji Bian, Jun Li, Xinhua Peng. Phys. Rev. A 102.3 (2020), 032602 
• No Particle Production in Two Dimensions: Recursion Relations and Multi-Regge Limit. Barak Gabai, Dalimil Mazáč, Andrei Shieber, Pedro Vieira, Yehao Zhou. Journal of High Energy Physics 2019.2 (2019): 1-20. arXiv:1803.03578
• Note on Green Function Formalism and Topological Invariants. Junyu Liu, Yehao Zhou. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (2020) 033101. arXiv:1712.08775 
• On thermalization in the SYK and supersymmetric SYK models. Nicholas Hunter-Jones, Junyu Liu, Yehao Zhou. Journal of High Energy Physics 2018.2 (2018): 142. arXiv:1710.03012
• Supersymmetric SYK model and random matrix theory. Tianlin Li, Junyu Liu, Yuan Xin, Yehao Zhou. Journal of High Energy Physics 2017.6 (2017): 111. arXiv:1702.01738
• Syzygies probing scattering amplitudes. Gang Chen, Junyu Liu, Ruofei Xie, Hao Zhang, Yehao Zhou. Journal of High Energy Physics 2016.9 (2016): 75. arXiv:1511.01058