Qiao Zhou (Elaine)
I am a Mathematical Physics postdoctoral researcher at Perimeter Institute for
Theoretical Physics.
email: first letter of first name last name at perimeterinstitute dot ca
Research
In broad terms, I study the mathematics of symmetries, especially the
symmetries underlying quantum physics.
My research areas are geometric and combinatorial representation
theory, as well as mathematical physics.
These days I am also interested in the interplay between representation
theory and other disciplines, including
quantum information/quantum computing, quantum field theory, and data
analysis.
Papers:
Jornal reference: Advances in Mathematics 348 (2019) 541-582
arXiv:1604.08641, Convex Polytopes for the Central Degeneration of the Affine
Grassmannian.
Education
Mathematics Ph.D. 2017, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Thesis title: Applications of toric geometry to geometric representation theory
Thesis advisor: Professor David Nadler, University of California Berkeley
Honours Bachelor of Science, Mathematics Specialist, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
High School (Cambridge-Singapore GCE A-Level), Raffles Institution, Singapore
Teaching
From Aug 2012 to May 2017, I taught various undergraduate mathematics
classes at University of California Berkeley, and mentored a wide
range of students, from science and engineering students, to students
in business and public policies.