Curriculum Vitae

📄 A PDF version is available here: Download full CV — last updated Sep 2026

Based in Beijing; in Hong Kong from September 2026 to January 2027.

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics, Tsinghua University (2023 – 2028 expected)
  GPA: 4.0/4.0, Rank 1/73
• Junior Research Assistant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Sep 2026 – Jan 2027)
• B.Sc. in Physics, Tsinghua University (2019 – 2023)
  GPA: 3.94/4.0, Rank 1/120
• Shanghai High School (2016 – 2019) — olympiad track in mathematics and physics

Experience

• FieldQuantum — Founding Partner and Head of Quantum Algorithms (Feb 2026 – Aug 2026)
  Built and led the quantum algorithm team at a venture-backed startup of ~50 staff (¥245M raised, backed by Sequoia China and InnoAngel); shipped the open-source fieldqkit SDK and led a 12,000-atom molecular simulation programme. → details
• Optiver — Quantitative Research Intern (offer accepted; summer 2027)
  Offer following the selective PhD QuantFocus programme; placed first in the trading-strategy competition. → details
• Tsinghua University — Doctoral Researcher (2023 – present)
  Tensor-network methods for quantum computation, open quantum systems, and topological matter, combining analytical derivation with large-scale numerical simulation.

Competitions & Honors

• Chinese Physics Olympiad — Gold Medal and National Team (国集), 2018. Top 50 nationally; admitted to Tsinghua ahead of the standard cycle.
• Tsinghua University Special Scholarship (清华特奖), 2022. Highest student honour at Tsinghua; ten recipients university-wide per year.
• National Scholarship for Ph.D. Students (博士生国奖), 2025
• NSFC Young Student Basic Research Project (国自然博士生专项, independent grant), 2025
• Outstanding Graduate of Tsinghua University and Beijing (清华/北京优秀毕业生), 2023
• Outstanding Bachelor Thesis of Tsinghua University and Beijing (清华/北京优秀毕设), 2023

Research Interests

• Tensor-network approaches for quantum computation and open quantum systems
• Topological quantum matter and symmetry-protected phases
• Noise, dissipation, and entanglement in realistic quantum devices
• Rigorous analysis of quantum algorithms, including cryptographic applications

Technical Skills

• Languages: Python (expert)
• Numerical and optimisation: large-scale linear algebra, tensor contraction, MILP (Gurobi), Monte Carlo, stochastic optimisation
• Machine learning and data: PyTorch, NumPy/SciPy, evolutionary search

Research Output

13 journal papers, 12 of them as first or co-first author, in Phys. Rev. X, Phys. Rev. Lett. (×3), PRX Quantum, Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. Research (×2), Rep. Prog. Phys., npj Quantum Information, Communications Physics, Chinese Physics Letters, and EPJ Quantum Technology; plus 3 first-authored preprints under review.

Invited and contributed talks include the APS Global Physics Summit (2025) and the Asia-Pacific Physics Conference (2025).

Selected Publications

• A New Framework for Quantum Phases in Open Systems: Steady State of Imaginary-Time Lindbladian Evolution
  Yuchen Guo, Ke Ding, and Shuo Yang, Rep. Prog. Phys. 88, 118001 (2025).
  
• Locally Purified Density Operators for Symmetry-Protected Topological Phases in Mixed States
  Yuchen Guo^#, Jian-Hao Zhang^#, Hao-Ran Zhang, Shuo Yang, and Zhen Bi, Phys. Rev. X 15, 021060 (2025).
  
• Quantum Error Mitigation via Matrix Product Operators
  Yuchen Guo and Shuo Yang, PRX Quantum 3, 040313 (2022).
  
• Construction of Non-Hermitian Parent Hamiltonian from Matrix Product States
  Ruohan Shen^#, Yuchen Guo^#, and Shuo Yang, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 220401 (2023).
  
• Parent Hamiltonian and Intrinsic Phase Transition in Non-Hermitian Photonic Systems
  Yuntao Xiao^#, Yuchen Guo^#, Xiaojian Huang, Huixia Gao, Dengke Qu, Lei Xiao, Kunkun Wang, Shuo Yang, and Peng Xue, Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 110401 (2026).
  
• Noise effects on purity and quantum entanglement in terms of physical implementability
  Yuchen Guo and Shuo Yang, npj Quantum Inform. 9, 11 (2023).
  
• Strong-to-weak spontaneous symmetry breaking meets average symmetry-protected topological order
  Yuchen Guo and Shuo Yang, Phys. Rev. B 111, L201108 (2025, Editors Suggestion).
  

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Academic Service

• Referee for PRX, PRL, PRX Quantum, PRR, PRA, PRB

Other

• First and corresponding author of a cryptography proofs paper on the Simon dihedral coset problem (ePrint 2026/1714).
• Physics olympiad coach for several years.
• Writes a long-running essay column on science and technology.
• Classical pianist; performs each semester — see Personal Life.