Education:

• September 2001 - August 2007: Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics (August 2007)
Thesis: Electron correlation and geometric frustration in Na_xCoO₂. (Advisor: Dr. Ziqiang Wang) (Thesis in PDF)
Master of Science in Physics (December 2002)

• September 1995 - July 2001: Xiamen University, Fujian, P. R. China
M.S. candidate in Physics (September 1999 - July 2001)
Bachelor of Science in Physics (July 1999)

Professional Experience:

• December 2017 - Present: Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
• July 2012 - December 2017: Associate Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
• August 2010 - July 2012: Research Associate, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
• September 2009 - July 2010: Research Associate, Rutgers University , Piscataway, NJ, USA
• September 2007 - August 2009: Postdoctoral Associate, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
• September 2001 - August 2007: Research and Teaching Assistant, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
• September 1999 - July 2001: Research Assistant, Xiamen University, Xiamen Fujian, P. R. China

Research Interests:

• Theory of quantum condensed matter, strongly correlated electron systems.
• High temperature superconductors: Iron-pnictides and cuprates.
• Quantum phases and phase transitions of doped Mott insulators.
• Quantum electronic states and topologically ordered phases.
• Numerical methods for quantum many-body systems.

Research Grants:

• Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (01/2016 - 12/2020)
• The 1000 Talents Plan for Young Researchers of China (08/2012 - 12/2016)
• Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (01/2013 - 12/2016)

Journal Publications:

1. K. Jiang, S. Zhou, X. Dai, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 157205 (2018) (also available at arXiv:1710.05035 )
   Antiferromagnetic Chen insulators in non-centrosymmetric systems.
2. S. Zhou, K. Jiang, H. Chen, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. X 7, 041018 (2017) (also available at arXiv:1702.07070 )
   Correlation effects and hidden spin-orbit entangled electronic order in parent and electron-doped iridates Sr₂IrO₄.
3. S. Zhou, L. Liang, and Z. Wang, arXiv:1605.03597
   Doublon-holon binding as origin of Mott transition and fractionalized spin liquid -- Asymptotic solution of the Hubbard model in the limit of large coordination.
4. K. Jiang, Y. Zhang, S. Zhou, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 216402 (2015) (also available at arXiv:1411.6019 )
   Chiral Spin Density Wave Order on the Frustrated Honeycomb and Bilayer Triangle Lattice Hubbard Model at Half-Filling.
5. Z. Liu, Y. Zhao, Y. Li, L. Jia, Y. Cai, S. Zhou, and T. Xia, B. Buchner, S. Borisenko, and S. Wang, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 27, 295501 (2015)
   Orbital characters and electronic correlations in KCo₂Se₂.
6. S. Yu, X. D. Li, S. Q. Wu, Y. H. Wen, S. Zhou, and Z. Z. Zhu, Materials Research Bulletin 50, 268 (2014)
   Novel electronic structures of superlattice composed of grapheme and silicone.
7. K. Jiang, S. Zhou, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 90, 165135 (2014) (also available at arXiv:1309.0518 )
   Textured electronic states of the triangular lattice Hubbard model and Na_xCoO₂ near x=1/3.
8. S. Zhou, Y.-P. Wang, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 89, 195119 (2014) (also available at arXiv:1302.5427 )
   Doublon-holon binding, Mott transition, and fractionalized antiferromagnet in the Hubbard model.
9. X. Li, S. Wu, S. Zhou, and Z. Z. Zhu, Nanoscale Research Letters 9, 110 (2014)
   Structural and electronic properties of germanene/MoS₂ monolayer and silicene/MoS₂ monolayer superlattices.
10. X. D. Li, S. Yu, S. Q. Wu, Y. H. Wen, S. Zhou, and Z. Z. Zhu, J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 14347 (2013)
    Structural and electronic properties of superlattice composed of graphene and monolayer MoS_<\sub>2.
11. S. Zhou, G. Kotliar, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 84, 140505(R) (2011) (also available at arXiv:1106.4552)
    Extended Hubbard model of superconductivity driven by charge fluctuations in iron pnictides.
12. S. Zhou and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 096401 (2010) (also available at arXiv:0910.2707)
    Electron correlation and spin density wave order in iron pnictides.
13. S. Zhou, J. A. Hoyos, V. Dobrosavljevic, and E. Miranda, Europhys. Lett. 87, 27003 (2009) (also available at arXiv:0810.3043)
    Valence-bond theory of highly disordered quantum antiferromagnets.
14. S. Zhou and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 217002 (2008) (also available at arXiv:0712.1042)
    Nodal d+id Pairing and Topological Phases on the Triangular Lattice of Na_xCoO₂.yH₂O: Evidence for an Unconventional Superconducting State.
15. F. C. Niestemski, S. Kunwar, S. Zhou, S. Li, H. Ding, Z. Wang, P. Dai, and V. Madhavan, Nature 450, 1058 (2007) (also available at arXiv:0806.2290)
    A distinct bosonic mode in an electron-doped high-transition-temperature superconductor.
16. M. Gao, S. Zhou and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 76, 180402(R) (2007) (also available at arXiv:0705.0529)
    Itinerant and localized magnetism on the triangular lattice: Sodium-rich phases of Na_xCoO₂.
17. S. Zhou and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 226402 (2007) (also available at arXiv:cond-mat/0608068)
    Charge and spin order on the triangular lattice: Na_xCoO₂ at x=0.5.
18. S. Zhou, H. Ding, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 076401 (2007) (also available at arXiv:cond-mat/0604426)
    Correlating off-stoichiometric doping and nanoscale electronic inhomogeneity in the high-Tc superconductor Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+x.
    Selected for Virtual Journal of Applications of Superconductivity (Volume 12, Issue 4) and Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (Volume 15, Issue 8)
19. C. Li, S. Zhou, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 73, 060501(R) (2006) (also available at arXiv:cond-mat/0510596)
    Inhomogeneous states with checkerboard order in the t-J Model.
20. S. Zhou, M. Gao, H. Ding, P. A. Lee, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 206401 (2005) (also available at arXiv:cond-mat/0503346)
    Electron correlation and Fermi surface topology of Na_xCoO₂.
21. S. Zhou, and Z. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 70, 020501(R) (2004) (also available at arXiv:cond-mat/0401436)
    Pseudogap, competing order and coexistence of staggered flux and d-wave pairing in high temperature superconductors.