Name: Zhian Jia
Professional Title: Distinguished Associate Professor
Administrative Position: PI in Mathematical/Theoretical Physics
Name (Pinyin): Zhian Jia
School/Department: School of Physics
Alma Mater: University of Science and Technology of China
Discipline: Physics
Enrollment Disciplines: Physics、Mathematics

I conduct research in mathematical and theoretical physics, mainly focusing on the mathematical structures underlying quantum theory and their applications in quantum field theory, string theory, quantum phases of matter, quantum information, and quantum computation. My recent research centers on topological field theories and their lattice realizations (topological order), as well as generalized symmetries in both field-theoretic and lattice settings.
Having started my research career in quantum information and computation theory, I also maintain active research in traditional topics of quantum information and computation. I have a broad interest in the interdisciplinary intersections of high-energy physics, quantum matter, and quantum information science, and I am particularly dedicated to applying quantum information approaches to the study of quantum field theory and condensed matter systems.
For more details, see: https://polyidoit.github.io/jia
My publication list could be found on google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oOd5cjEAAAAJ&hl=en or Inspire HEP: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1810314
Link for group page: https://team.csu.edu.cn/quantum/en/index.htm
If you are interested in my research, feel free to contact me via email: giannjia@foxmail.com or jia.quantum@csu.edu.cn


›Zhian Jia, Weak Hopf non-invertible symmetry-protected topological spin liquid and lattice realization of (1+1)D symmetry topological field theory.Journal of High Energy Physics, 2026, 2026 (154): 1-66.
›Zhian Jia, Generalized cluster states from Hopf algebras: non-invertible symmetry and Hopf tensor network representation[期刊论文].JHEP, 2024, 09: 147.
›Zhian Jia, Sheng Tan, Dagomir Kaszlikowski, Liang Chang.On Weak Hopf Symmetry and Weak Hopf Quantum Double Model[期刊论文].Commun. Math. Phys., 2023, 402 (3) : 3045--3107.
›Zhian Jia, Dagomir Kaszlikowski, Sheng Tan.Boundary and domain wall theories of 2d generalized quantum double model[期刊论文].JHEP, 2023, 07: 160.
›Zhian Jia, Sheng Tan.Weak Hopf tube algebra for domain walls between 2d gapped phases of Turaev-Viro TQFTs[期刊论文].JHEP, 2025, 11: 018.
›Qiang Jia, Zhian Jia.Subsystem symmetry-protected topological phases from subsystem SymTFT of 2-foliated exotic tensor gauge theory[期刊论文].JHEP, 2025, 09: 170.
›Zhian Jia, Dagomir Kaszlikowski, Sheng Tan.Electric-magnetic duality and symmetry enriched Abelian lattice gauge theory[期刊论文].J. Phys. A, 2024, 57 (25) : 255203.
›Zhih-Ahn Jia, Lu Wei, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo.Quantum Advantages of Communication Complexity from Bell Nonlocality[期刊论文].Entropy, 2021, 23 (6) : 744.
›Huan Cao, Ning-Ning Wang, Zhian Jia, Chao Zhang, Yu Guo, Bi-Heng Liu, Yun-Feng Huang, Chuan-Feng Li, Guang-Can Guo.Quantum simulation of indefinite causal order induced quantum refrigeration[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. Res., 2022, 4 (3) : L032029.
›Yu Meng, Shang Yu, Zhih-Ahn Jia, others.Environment-induced sudden change of coherence in quantum systems[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. A, 2020, 102 (4) : 042415.
›Zhih-Ahn Jia, Lu Wei, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo, Guo-Ping Guo.Entanglement area law for shallow and deep quantum neural network states[期刊论文].New J. Phys., 2020, 22 (5) : 053022.
›Zhih-Ahn Jia, Yi-Biao Zhai, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo, Guo-Ping Guo.Quantum Neural Network States: A Brief Review of Methods and Applications[期刊论文].Adv. Quantum Technol., 2019, 2 (7-8) : 1800077.
›Bai-Chu Yu, Zhih-Ahn Jia, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo.Geometric Steering Criterion for Two-qubit States[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. A, 2018, 97: 012130.
›Bai-Chu Yu, Zhih-Ahn Jia, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo.Geometric Local Hidden State Model for Some Two-qubit States[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. A, 2018, 98: 052345.
›Yuan-Hang Zhang, Zhian Jia, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo.An Efficient Algorithmic Way to Construct Boltzmann Machine Representations for Arbitrary Stabilizer Code[期刊论文].Entropy, 2025, 27 (6) : 627.
›Zhih-Ahn Jia, Rui Zhai, Bai-Chu Yu, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo.Entropic No-Disturbance as a Physical Principle[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. A, 2018, 97: 052128.
›Zhih-Ahn Jia, Yuan-Hang Zhang, Yu-Chun Wu, Liang Kong, Guang-Can Guo, Guo-Ping Guo.Efficient machine-learning representations of a surface code with boundaries, defects, domain walls, and twists[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. A, 2019, 99 (1) : 012307.
›Shang Yu, others.Experimentally detecting a quantum change point via Bayesian inference[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. A, 2018, 98: 040301.
›Zhih-Ahn Jia, Rui Zhai, Shang Yu, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo.Hierarchy of genuine multipartite quantum correlations[期刊论文].Quant. Inf. Proc., 2020, 19 (12) : 419.
›Zhih-Ahn Jia, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo.Characterizing Nonlocal Correlations via Universal Uncertainty Relations[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. A, 2017, 96: 032122.
›Zhih-Ahn Jia, Yu-Chun Wu, Guang-Can Guo.Monogamy Relation in No-disturbance Theories[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. A, 2016, 94: 012111.
›Qiang Jia, Zhian Jia.Subsystem symmetry-protected topological phases from subsystem SymTFT of 2-foliated exotic tensor gauge theory[期刊论文].JHEP (Journal of High Energy Physics), 2025, 09: 170.
›Lu Wei, Zhian Jia, Yufeng Wang, Dagomir Kaszlikowski, Haibin Ling.Variational transformer ansatz for the density operator of steady states in dissipative quantum many-body systems[期刊论文].Phys. Rev. B, 2025, 112 (6) : 064303.
›Xiangjing Liu, Zhian Jia, Yixian Qiu, Fei Li, Oscar Dahlsten.Unification of spatiotemporal quantum formalisms: mapping between process and pseudo-density matrices via multiple-time states.New J. Phys., 2024, 26 (3) : 033008.
›Zhian Jia, Dagomir Kaszlikowski.The Spatiotemporal Doubled-Density Operator: A Unified Framework for Analyzing Spatial and Temporal Quantum Processes[期刊论文].Adv. Quantum Technol., 2024, 7 (11) : 2400102.
›Zhian Jia, Minjeong Song, Dagomir Kaszlikowski.Quantum space-time marginal problem: global causal structure from local causal information[期刊论文].New J. Phys., 2023, 25 (12) : 123038.

Major : Physics
Bachelor's degreeMajor : Mathematics
Major : Physics
Doctoral degree
Central South University › Physics Department › Associate Professor
National University of Singapore › Centre for Quantum Technologies › Research Fellow
University of California, Santa Barbara › Department of Mathematics and Station Q › Visiting Scholar

I am also a (guest) editor for the following journals: Intelligent Computing, special issue "Quantum Computation & Simulation"; Entropy, special issue "Quantum Information and Quantum Computation".
I serve as a reviewer for several journals, including AMS Mathematical Reviews, Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), Quantum, SciPost Physics, Physical Review series, Journal of Physics A/B, Advanced Quantum Technologies, Physica Scripta, Communications Physics, Proceedings of the Royal Society A, International Journal of Quantum Information, and Annalen der Physik, etc.

Name of Research Group: Quantum Information and Quantum Computation/Mathematical and Theoretical Physics
Description of Research Group:
Our research group accepts undergraduate and graduate applicants all year long. Group members focus on quantum information and quantum computation research, with research themes ranging from quantum correlations and quantum error correction codes to quantum stochastic processes and foundational quantum mechanics. Students passionate about this field are warmly invited to email us for more information.
Students with solid math-physics skills and prior training in quantum field theory, general relativity or quantum information may also select cross-disciplinary frontier projects in high-energy theoretical physics, quantum field theory, string theory, quantum matter and quantum information for further study.

