About
Zhurun Ji studies quantum materials – ultra-thin systems where electrons can organize into entirely new states of matter with remarkable properties. Zhurun’s group develops new microwave and millimeter-wave tools to see, probe, and control these states on the smallest scales. Instead of only measuring a material’s average behavior, they map how electrons move and interact locally, revealing hidden patterns that conventional methods miss. They also use electrical gates and automated feedback to actively tune and shape quantum behavior in real time. The broader vision is not just to understand quantum matter, but to make it measurable, controllable, and ultimately engineerable. By opening new ways to detect weak signals and design novel quantum functions, this work could help lay the foundation for future quantum technologies, from powerful sensors to new types of electronic and quantum information devices.
Awards
- Panofsky fellowship, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2024
- Quantum creators prize, Chicago Quantum Exchange, 2022
- Stanford Science postdoctoral fellowship, Stanford, 2021 - 2024
- Urbanek-Chodorow postdoctoral fellowship, Stanford, 2021 - 2023
Relevant Publications
- Ji, Z., Zhao, Y., Chen, Y., Zhu, Z., Wang, Y., Liu, W., ... & Agarwal, R. (2024). Opto-twistronic Hall effect in a three-dimensional spiral lattice. Nature, 634(8032), 69-73.
- Ji, Z., Park, H., Barber, M. E., Hu, C., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., ... & Shen, Z. X. (2024). Local probe of bulk and edge states in a fractional Chern insulator. Nature, 635(8039), 578-583.
- Ji, Z., Liu, W., Krylyuk, S., Fan, X., Zhang, Z., Pan, A., ... & Agarwal, R. (2020). Photocurrent detection of the orbital angular momentum of light. Science, 368(6492), 763-767.