Dr Jinzhao Sun
Lecturer
School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Quantum computing, Quantum information, Quantum many-body physics
Interests
My research revolves around quantum computing, quantum information, and quantum many-body physics. My research lies in the exploration of quantum computing as a means to address problems that present challenges for classical computing. I aim to uncover the potential power of quantum computing, and examine whether it holds advantages in addressing quantum many-body problems. I am also interested in applying quantum computing or quantum AI to real-world problems like materials and molecules.
I have broad interest in quantum-related topics, such as quantum algorithms for eigenstate and dynamics problems, quantum simulation, quantum error correction and error mitigation, quantum computational chemistry, and foundations in quantum information. Find detailed descriptions of my work on my website.
Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in collaboration or joining the group. We also welcome and support applications for postdoctoral fellowships or PhD scholarships.
Publications

Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Experimental and Applied Physics
2025
A Herculean task: classical simulation of quantum computersXu X Benjamin S Chen J Sun J Yuan X Zhang P
Science Bulletin,
Elsevier vol. 70 (23), 4104-4112.
16-10-2025
Quantum computing quantum Monte Carlo algorithmZhang Y Huang Y Sun J Lv D Yuan X
Physical Review A,
American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 112 (2)
01-08-2025
Quantum Algorithms for Quantum Molecular Systems: A SurveyZhang Y Zhang X Sun J Lin H Huang Y Lv D Yuan X
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science,
Wiley vol. 15 (3)
01-05-2025
Simple and High-Precision Hamiltonian Simulation by Compensating Trotter Error with Linear Combination of Unitary OperationsZeng P Sun J Jiang L Zhao Q
Prx Quantum,
American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 6 (1)
01-03-2025
Probing spectral features of quantum many-body systems with quantum simulatorsSun J Vilchez-Estevez L Vedral V Boothroyd AT Kim MS
Nature Communications,
Springer Nature vol. 16 (1)
06-02-20252024
Ferromagnetic interlayer coupling in FeSe1−xSx superconductors revealed by inelastic neutron scatteringMa M Bourges P Sidis Y Sun J Wang G Iida K Kamazawa K Park JT et al.
Physical Review B,
American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 110 (17)
01-11-2024
Experimental quantum computational chemistry with optimized unitary coupled cluster ansatzGuo S Sun J Qian H Gong M Zhang Y Chen F Ye Y Wu Y et al.
Nature Physics,
Springer Nature vol. 20 (8), 1240-1246.
11-06-2024
Weyl metallic state induced by helical magnetic orderSoh J-R Sánchez-Ramírez I Yang X Sun J Zivkovic I Rodríguez-Velamazán JA Fabelo O Stunault A et al.
Npj Quantum Materials,
Springer Nature vol. 9 (1)
12-01-20242023
Orbital expansion variational quantum eigensolverWu Y Huang Z Sun J Yuan X Wang JB Lv D
Quantum Science and Technology,
Iop Publishing vol. 8 (4)
27-09-2023
Efficient Quantum Imaginary Time Evolution by Drifting Real-Time Evolution: An Approach with Low Gate and Measurement ComplexityHuang Y Shao Y Ren W Sun J Lv D
Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation,
American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 19 (13), 3868-3876.
15-06-2023
Ab initio quantum simulation of strongly correlated materials with quantum embeddingCao C Sun J Yuan X Hu H-S Pham HQ Lv D
Npj Computational Materials,
Springer Nature vol. 9 (1)
24-05-2023
Low-Depth Hamiltonian Simulation by an Adaptive Product FormulaZhang Z-J Sun J Yuan X Yung M-H
Physical Review Letters,
American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 130 (4)
25-01-20232022
Perturbative Quantum SimulationSun J Endo S Lin H Hayden P Vedral V Yuan X
Physical Review Letters,
American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 129 (12)
15-09-20222021
Experimental Quantum State Measurement with Classical ShadowsZhang T Sun J Fang X-X Zhang X-M Yuan X Lu H
Physical Review Letters,
American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 127 (20)
08-11-2021
Quantum Simulation with Hybrid Tensor NetworksYuan X Sun J Liu J Zhao Q Zhou Y
Physical Review Letters,
American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 127 (4)
20-07-2021
Research Group