Hao Zhang joined the College of Semiconductors at Southern University of Science and Technology as a full professor in 2026. He received his B.S. degree in Physics from Peking University in 2010, M.S. in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Physics from Duke University in 2014. During 2014-2018, he was a postdoc researcher in Delft University of Technology. Then he became an associate professor in Tsinghua University. His research focuses quantum devices and quantum computation. His group aims at the realization of Majorana zero modes and topological quantum computations based on semiconductor-superconductor hybrid nanowires.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1734-6051

Research Interests:

Semiconductor nanowires, Semiconductor-superconductor hybrid devices

Quantum devices, Topological quantum computation

Quantum transport, circuit quantum electrodynamics

Education:

2010-2014 Duke University, PhD in Physics

2010-2014 Duke University, M.S. in Electrical Engineering

2006-2010 Peking University, B.S. in Physics

Work experience:

2026-present Southern University of Science and Technology, Professor

2018-2026 Tsinghua University, Associate professor

2014-2018 Delft University of Technology, Postdoc

Selected Publications:

1. Z. Wang, H. Song*, D. Pan, Z. Zhang, W. Miao, R. Li, Z. Cao, G. Zhang, L. Liu, L. Wen, R. Zhuo, D. E. Liu, K. He, R. Shang, J. Zhao*, H. Zhang*, Plateau regions for zero-bias peaks within 5% of the quantized conductance value 2e2/h, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 167702 (2022)

2. S. Zhang, Z. Wang, D. Pan, H. Li, S. Lu, Z. Li, G. Zhang, D. Liu, Z. Cao, L. Liu, L. Wen, D. Liao, R. Zhuo, R. Shang, D. E. Liu*, J. Zhao*, H. Zhang*, Suppressing Andreev bound state zero bias peaks using a strongly dissipative lead, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 076803 (2022)

3. Y. Wang, W. Song, Z. Cao, Z. Yu, S. Yang, Z. Li, Y. Gao, R. Li, F. Chen, Z. Geng, L. Yang, J. Xu, Z. Wang, S. Zhang, X. Feng, T. Wang, Y. Zang, L. Li, R. Shang, Q.-K. Xue, D. E. Liu, K. He*, H. Zhang*, Gate-tunable subband degeneracy in semiconductor nanowires, PNAS 121, e2406884121 (2024)

4. W. Song, Z. Yu, Y. Wang, Y. Gao, Z. Li, S. Yang, S. Zhang, Z. Geng, R. Li, Z. Wang, F. Chen, L. Yang, W. Miao, J. Xu, X. Feng, T. Wang, Y. Zang, L. Li, R. Shang, Q.-K. Xue, K. He*, H. Zhang*, Reducing disorder in PbTe nanowires for Majorana research, Nano Letters (Cover) 25, 2350 (2025)

5. H. Zhang*, D. E. Liu, M. Wimmer, L. Kouwenhoven, Next steps of quantum transport in Majorana nanowire devices, Nature Communications 10, 5128 (2019)

6. J. Bommer*, H. Zhang*, O. Gul, B. Nijholt, M. Wimmer, F. Rybakov, J. Garaud, D. Rodic, E. Babaev, M. Troyer, D. Car, S. Plissard, E. Bakkers, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. Kouwenhoven, Spin-orbit protection of induced superconductivity in Majorana nanowires, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 187702 (2019)

7. D. Liu, G. Zhang, Z. Cao, H. Zhang, D. E. Liu, Universal conductance scaling of Andreev reflections using a dissipative probe, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 076802 (2022)

8. Z. Cao, H. Zhang, H. Lu, W.-X. He, H.-Z. Lu, X. C. Xie, Decays of Majorana or Andreev oscillations induced by steplike spin-orbit coupling, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 147701 (2019)

9. O. Gul*, H. Zhang*, J. Bommer, M. de Moor, D. Car, S. Plissard, E. Bakkers, A. Geresdi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and L. Kouwenhoven*, Ballistic Majorana nanowire devices. Nature Nanotechnology 13, 192 (2018)

10. H. Zhang*, O. Gul*, S. Conesa-Boj, M. Nowak, M. Wimmer, F. de Vries, J. van Veen, M. de Moor, J. Bommer, D. van Woerkom, D. Car, S. Plissard, E. Bakkers, M. Quintero-Perez, M. Cassidy, S. Koelling, S. Goswami, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, L. Kouwenhoven*, Ballistic superconductivity in semiconductor nanowires. Nature Communications 8, 16025 (2017)