Zibo Wang

30 Starbuck Dr.,
Apt 211,
Green Island, NY
Tel: (812) 223-4908
wangz57@rpi.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY (expected graduate in 2026).
  Major: Physics.

• M.S. Miami University, OH (2021).
  Major: Physics.
  Dissertation: Quantum Optical Models of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: A Quantum Heat Engine Perspective
  Research Background: Quantum optics and quantum information.
  Working in Mirza Research Group.
  GPA: 4.00/4.00

• B.S. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, IN (2019).
  Majors: Physics and Mathematics;
  Minors: Astronomy and Computational Science.
  GPA: 3.82/4.00. Magna Cum Laude.

Research Experience

Master Projects

• Quantum Heat Engine (QHE) Model of Photosynthetic Reaction Center (2021)
  Modeled photosynthetic reaction center as a QHE to explain its high efficiency.

• Coherent Perfect Absorption (CPA) in Cavity QED (2021)
  Investigated the conditions for CPA in an optical cavity coupled with atoms.

Undergraduate Project

• Asteroid Photometry (2018)
  Measured light curves for minor planets (Arthurmiller, Gantrisch, Mikawa, Oishi, Rubtsov, 1990 US4, and 1999 JX37).

Class Projects

• Multi-atom Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics (2020, PHY651 - Quantum Optics)
  Studied the dynamics of multiple atoms interacting with a multi-mode ring cavity.
  Project Report Link

• Mathematics Behind the Standard Model (2019, MA498 - Thesis)
  Derived Klein-Gordon, Dirac, and Proca Equation form symmetries and groups, and studied particles interactions and the origin of mass.
  Project Report Link

• Modeling Different Physical Process Using MATLAB (2019, MA342 - Computational Modeling)
  Modeled 2D Coutte Flows, Ising Model, 2D heat equation, simulation of three-body problem, and etc.
  Project Report Link: I, II, III, IV, V, VI.

• Hydrogen Wave Equation (2018, MA436 - Intro to Partial Differential Equation)
  Studied partial differential equation arising from quantum theory of hydrogen atom, and examined the well posedness of the solution.
  Project Report Link

• Quantum Game Theory (2018, MA490 - Quantum Computation)
  Researched quantum games, specifically on quantum prisoner’s dilemma.
  Project Report Link

• Quantum Entanglement and Applications (2018, PH402 - Intro to Atomic Physics)
  Researched entanglement and applications such as quantum teleportation and superdense coding.
  Project Report Link

• Determination of Orbital Elements of an Asteroid (2017, PH332 - Celestial Mechanics)
  Determined orbital elements of an asteroid by analyzing visual data using Maple and MATLAB.

• Determination of the Band-gap of Semiconductors (2017, PH325 - Advanced Lab I)
  Used an op-amp circuit with an Arduino board to determine the Band-gap of different semiconductors.
  Project Report Link

• Numerical Method for Electric Potential (2016, MA373 - Applied Linear Algebra)
  Applied finite element methods to study electric static potential.
  Project Report Link

Teaching Experience

• 2019 - present, Miami University
  Teaching Assistant for PHY 191 General Physics with Laboratory I, 192 General Physics with Laboratory II.
  Instructor for PHY 103, Concepts in Physics Laboratory.

• 2016 - 2019, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  Grader for PH 113, Physics III; PH 292, Physical Optics; PH 332, Celestial Mech.; PH 405, Semiconductor Material and App.; PH 410, Intro. to Quantum Mech.

• 2020 - present, Maki-Lab Online Education
  Tutor, web developer.

Publications

• Z Wang, et al. "Coherent Perfect Absorption in Tavis-Cummings Models." arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.05917 (2021).
  URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05917

• Z Wang. "Quantum Optical Models of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: A Quantum Heat Engine Perspective" Diss. Miami University (2021).
  URL: https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_olink/r/1501/10?clear=10&p10_accession_num=miami1626968994170585

• Z Wang, I Mirza. "Dissipative Five-level Quantum Systems: A Quantum Model of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers", Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, B. Lee, C. Mazzali, K. Corwin, and R. Jason Jones, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2020), paper JM6B.26.
  URL: https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=LS-2020-JM6B.26

• R Ditteon, D Johnson, W Lin, Z Wang, B Zhao (equally contributed). "Lightcurve Analysis of Minor Planets Observed at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory:2018 August - September", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Volume 46-4, pages 280-282 (2019).
  URL: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?2019MPBu...46..280D&data_type=PDF_HIGH&whole_paper=YES&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf

Conferences and Presentations

• Oral presentation "Non-Markovian Models for Photosynthetic Reaction Center", OSAPS Spring meeting 2021.
  URL for the Abstract: https://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/OSS21/Session/B03.3
  PDF version: http://absimage.aps.org/image/OSS21/MWS_OSS21-2021-000014.pdf

• Poster presentation "https://science.sciencemag.org/content/316/5830/1462.abstract", APS March meeting 2021.
  URL for the Abstract: http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR21/Session/H71.273

• Oral presentation "Do Plants Know How to Behave Like a Quantum Computer While Performing Photosynthesis?", Miami University Graduate Research Forum. (2020)
  URL for the Video : https://youtu.be/4UcIQHB6WKg

• Oral presentation "Quantum Coherence in Photosynthetic Reaction Centers: A Quantum Heat Engine Perspective", OSAPS Fall meeting 2020.
  URL for the Abstract: http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/OSF20/Session/C02.7
  PDF version: http://absimage.aps.org/image/OSF20/MWS_OSF20-2020-000005.pdf

• Poster presentation "Dissipative Five-level Quantum Systems: A Quantum Model of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers", Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (Fio + LS). (2020)
  URL for the Abstract: https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=fio-2020-JM6B.26

• Oral presentation "Coherent Perfect Absorption in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics", Miami University Physics Seminar Series. (2020)
  Seminar Flyer

• Attended Midwest Cold Atom Workshop (MCAW). (2019)

Honors and Memberships

• Member; Sigma Pi Sigma (The physics honor society)

• Member; American Physical Society (APS)

• 2019
  John W. Rhee Memorial Award to the Outstanding Senior Physics Major

• 2016
  C. Leroy Mason Physics Award to the Outstanding Sophomore Physics Major

Certificates and Other Skills

Certificate

Certification in miniMBA, Miami University

Software

Adobe Photoshop, Eclipse, Logger Pro, Maple, Microsoft Office, Solidworks, and Visual Studio.

Programing/Markup Language

Arduino, HTML, LaTeX, MATLAB (certificate: basic, machine learning), and R.