Foundations of physics, nonequilibrium statistical physics, condensed-matter theory, strongly correlated quantum many-body theory, and numerical simulations
First to unveil the nonequilibrium criticality of fermions (critical relaxation and driven dynamics), discovering finite-time scaling beyond the Kibble-Zurek mechanism
Proposed a theoretical framework that overcomes fermion sign problems through nonequilibrium methods
Currently focuses on nonequilibrium critical dynamics with emergent supersymmetry and on sign problems in frustrated bosonic/spin systems
Cong Zhang, Yin-Kai Yu, Shao-Hang Shi, Zi-Xiang Li. Magnetic order and novel quantum criticality in the strongly interacting quasicrystals. 2025., arXiv:2512.13546