Biography
Dr. Qi Zhao is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
His research interests include quantum simulation, quanutm computing, resource theory, self-testing quantum information, and entanglement detection.
He is interested in any fundamental problem in quantum information, and the practical applications of quantum computers.
He received his bachelor’s and PhD degrees from Tsinghua University in 2014 and 2018, respectively.
Then he became a postdoctoral researcher in University of Science and Technology, China from Jan. 2019 to Oct. 2019.
In Dec. 2019, he joined University Of Maryland QuICS as a Hartree Postdoctoral Fellow in quantum information science.
News
Oct, 2025Our work “Lindbladian Simulation with Logarithmic Precision Scaling via Two Ancillas” in collaboration with Dr. Xiaogang Li and Prof. Xiao Yuan from Peking University, has been published in Physical Review Letters.
Sept, 2025Our work “Designing a Nearly Optimal Quantum Algorithm for Linear Differential Equations via Lindbladian” in collaboration with Naixu Guo from National University of Singapore, Prof. Dong An from Peking University, has been published in Physical Review Letters.
Sept, 2025In collaboration with Sirui Peng, Prof. Xiaoming Sun, and Prof. Hongyi Zhou from Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, our work “Quantum-trajectory-inspired Lindbladian simulation” has been published in PRX Quantum.
Sept, 2025Shen Cao and Chenyang Wang join the group as Phd students from Central South University and Oxford University.
Sept, 2025Xiangran Zhang join the group as a Phd student from Tsinghua University with a HKU Presidential PhD Scholarship (HKU-PS).
Aug, 2025Our project has been awarded 2025 CCF-Tencent Rhino-Bird Fund.
Aug, 2025Our collaborative works " Exponentially Reduced Circuit Depths in Lindbladian Simulation" and " Entanglement accelerates quantum simulation " have been presented as AQIS 2025 long talks.
Aug, 2025Our collaborative works "Entanglement Detection Length of Multipartite Quantum States" and "Design nearly optimal quantum algorithm for linear differential equations via Lindbladians " have been presented as AQIS 2025 contributed talks.
July, 2025
Our work "Entanglement accelerates quantum simulation", in collaboration with Prof. Andrew M. Childs from the University of Maryland and Prof. You Zhou from Fudan University, has been published in Nature Physics as a cover article.
Our work "Quantum Differential Equation Solvers: Limitations and Fast-Forwarding" in collaboration with Prof. Dong An from Peking University, Prof. Jin-Peng Liu from Tsinghua University, and Prof. Daochen Wang from University of British Columbia , has been published in Communications in Mathematical Physics.