Biography

Research Interest

• Theoretical High Energy Physics
• String Theory
• Symmetries and Anomalies

Education Experience

• 2018 - 2023 | University of Pennsylvania | Physics | Ph.D | (Supervisor: Prof. Mirjam Cvetič and Prof. Jonathan J. Heckman)
• 2014 - 2018 | Peking University | Physics | B.Sc.

Work Experience

• 2026 - -- | BIMSA | Assistant Professor
• 2023 - 2026 | Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo | Postdoc

Publications

• [1] J Bao, HY Zhang, Atomic Higgsings of 6D SCFTs. Part II. Induced flows, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025 (2025)
• [2] M Cvetič, M Dierigl, L Lin, E Torres, HY Zhang, Frozen generalized symmetries, Physical Review D, 111(2), 026018 (2025)
• [3] SS Hosseini, Y Tachikawa, HY Zhang, Type I anomaly cancellation revisited, arXiv, 2505.07933 (2025)
• [4] J Bao, HY Zhang, Atomic Higgsings of 6D SCFTs. Part I, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2025(5), 124 (2025)
• [5] X Yu, HY Zhang, Von Neumann subfactors and non-invertible symmetries, arXiv, 2504.05374 (2025)
• [6] C Lawrie, X Yu, HY Zhang, Intermediate defect groups, polarization pairs, and noninvertible duality defects, Physical Review D, 109(2), 026005 (2024)
• [7] HY Zhang, K-theoretic Global Symmetry in String-constructed QFT and T-duality, arXiv, 2404.16097 (2024)
• [8] J Kaidi, Y Tachikawa, HY Zhang, On a class of selection rules without group actions in field theory and string theory, SciPost Physics, 17(6), 169 (2024)
• [9] Y Tachikawa, H Zhang, On a $\mathbb{Z}_3$ -valued discrete topological term in 10d heterotic string theories, SciPost Physics, 17(3), 077 (2024)
• [10] JJ Heckman, M Hübner, E Torres, HY Zhang, The branes behind generalized symmetry operators, Fortschritte der Physik, 71(1), 2200180 (2023)
• [11] H Zhang, Generalized Symmetries in Supergravities and Superconformal Field Theories via String Theory, University of Pennsylvania (2023)
• [12] JJ Heckman, M Hübner, E Torres, X Yu, HY Zhang, Top down approach to topological duality defects, Physical Review D, 108(4), 046015 (2023)
• [13] M Cvetič, M Dierigl, L Lin, HY Zhang, All eight-and nine-dimensional string vacua from junctions, Physical Review D, 106(2), 026007 (2022)
• [14] JJ Heckman, C Lawrie, L Lin, HY Zhang, G Zoccarato, 6D SCFTs, center-flavor symmetries, and Stiefel-Whitney compactifications, Physical Review D, 106(6), 066003 (2022)
• [15] M Del Zotto, JJ Heckman, SN Meynet, R Moscrop, HY Zhang, Higher symmetries of 5D orbifold SCFTs, Physical Review D, 106(4), 046010 (2022)
• [16] JJ Heckman, C Lawrie, TB Rochais, HY Zhang, G Zoccarato, $S$ -folds, string junctions, and 4D $N=2$ SCFTs, Physical Review D, 103(8), 086013 (2021)
• [17] JJ Heckman, S Kundu, HY Zhang, Effective field theory of 6D SUSY RG Flows, Physical Review D, 104(8), 085017 (2021)
• [18] M Cvetič, M Dierigl, L Lin, HY Zhang, Gauge group topology of 8D Chaudhuri-Hockney-Lykken vacua, Physical Review D, 104(8), 086018 (2021)
• [19] M Cvetic, M Dierigl, L Lin, HY Zhang, Higher-Form Symmetries and Their Anomalies in M-/F-Theory Duality, Physical Review D, 104(12) (2021)
• [20] F Hassler, JJ Heckman, TB Rochais, T Rudelius, HY Zhang, $T$ -branes, string junctions, and 6D SCFTs, Physical Review D, 101(8), 086018 (2020)
• [21] F Apruzzi, M Fazzi, JJ Heckman, T Rudelius, HY Zhang, General prescription for global $U(1)$ ’s in 6D SCFTs, Physical Review D, 101(8), 086023 (2020)
• [22] M Cvetič, L Lin, M Liu, HY Zhang, G Zoccarato, Yukawa hierarchies in global F-theory models, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020(1), 37 (2020)
• [23] M Cvetič, M Dierigl, L Lin, HY Zhang, String universality and non-simply-connected gauge groups in 8d, Physical Review Letters, 125(21), 211602 (2020)
• [24] H Zhang, DJ Eisenstein, LH Garrison, DW Ferrer, Testing the Detection Significance on the Large-scale Structure by aDeep Field Survey, The Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), 132 (2019)
• [25] V Varma, D Gerosa, LC Stein, F Hébert, H Zhang, High-accuracy mass, spin, and recoil predictions of generic black-hole merger remnants, Physical Review Letters, 122(1), 011101 (2019)
• [26] H Zhang, R De Grijs, C Li, X Wu, No evidence of chemical abundance variations in the intermediate-age cluster NGC 1783, The Astrophysical Journal, 853(2), 186 (2018)