Ji Zou

Assistant Professor

Department Department of Physics, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Brief Research Interests

 Theory at the interface of quantum information and computation, magnetism, and topology.

Research Areas

 Condensed Matter Theory and Quantum Computing

Lab(s): Not applicable (theoretical research group)

Affiliated Center(s): Quantum Center, KFUPM

Research Interests

We focus on quantum spin dynamics and quantum computation. Our research explores the fundamental physics of magnetism, nonequilibrium and open quantum systems, and topological phenomena, and applies it to spin qubits, correlated noise, and quantum information processing in emerging technologies.

Biographical Sketch

A graduate of the University of Science and Technology of China (B.Sc. 2015) and UCLA (Ph.D. 2022), Professor Zou joined the KFUPM faculty in January 2026, after a Georg H. Endress Fellowship at the University of Basel.

AWARDS & HONORS

NCCR Spin International Mobility Grant, Swiss National Science Foundation (2024).

Georg H. Endress Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Basel, Switzerland (2022).

Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA (2021).

Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award, UCLA (2021).

CQSE Graduate Fellowship, Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, UCLA (2020).

First Prize, Final Round, National College Student Mathematics Competition, Chinese Mathematical Society (2013)

KEY PUBLICATIONS

1. Ji Zou, S. Bosco, E. Thingstad, J. Klinovaja, and D. Loss, “Dissipative spin-wave diode and nonreciprocal magnonic amplifier,” Physical Review Letters 132, 036701 (2024).

2. Ji Zou, S. Bosco, and D. Loss, “Spatially correlated classical and quantum noise in driven qubits,” npj Quantum Information 10, 46 (2024).

3. Ji Zou, S. Bosco, B. Pal, S. S. P. Parkin, J. Klinovaja, and D. Loss, “Quantum computing on magnetic racetracks with flying domain wall qubits,” Physical Review Research 5, 033166 (2023).

4. Ji Zou, S. Zhang, and Y. Tserkovnyak, “Bell-state generation for spin qubits via dissipative coupling,” Physical Review B 106, L180406 (2022). [Letter and Editors’ Suggestion]

5. Ji Zou, S. Zhang, and Y. Tserkovnyak, “Topological transport of deconfined hedgehogs in magnets,” Physical Review Letters 125, 267201 (2020). [Editors’ Suggestion]

6. Ji Zou, S. K. Kim, and Y. Tserkovnyak, “Tuning entanglement by squeezing magnons in anisotropic magnets,” Physical Review B 101, 014416 (2020). [Editors’ Suggestion]

7. T. Yu, Ji Zou, B. Zeng, J. W. Rao, and K. Xia, “Non-Hermitian topological magnonics,” Physics Reports 1062, 1 (2024). [Review article]

8. A. Rana, C.-T. Liao, E. Iacocca, Ji Zou, et al., “Three-dimensional topological magnetic monopoles and their interactions in a ferromagnetic meta-lattice,” Nature Nanotechnology 18, 227 (2023). [Highlighted in Nature Physics News & Views]