Areas of Focus
- Non-equilibrium processes in quantum many-body systems
- Light-matter interaction in condensed matter systems
- Electromagnetic response in solids and quantum optics
Work Experience
- 2018-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher, Columbia University
- 2021-2022 HQI Fellow, Harvard University
- 2022-Present Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2008-2012 Bachelor: University of Science and Technology of China
- 2012-2018 PhD: UC San Diego, Supervisor: Michael M. Fogler
Publications
- Snapshots of a light-induced metastable hidden phase driven by the collapse of charge order, F. Y. Gao, Z. Zhang, Z. Sun, et al., 2022
- Second order Josephson effect in excitonic insulators, Z. Sun, T. Kaneko, D. Golež and A. J. Millis, 2021
- Topological charge pumping in excitonic insulators, Z. Sun and A. J. Millis, 2021
- Nonlinear spectroscopy of collective modes in an excitonic insulator, D. Golež, Z. Sun, Y. Murakami, A. Georges and A. J. Millis, 2020
- Pump induced motion of an interface between competing orders, Z. Sun and A. J. Millis, 2020
- Transient trapping into metastable states in systems with competing orders, Z. Sun and A. J. Millis, 2020
- Photoenhanced metastable c-axis electrodynamics in stripe-ordered cuprate La1.885Ba0.115CuO4, K. A. Cremin, et al., 2019
- Adiabatic amplification of plasmons and demons in 2D systems, Z. Sun, D. N. Basov and M. M. Fogler, 2016
Awards
- 2021: HQI Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University
