Biography
Hong Jian Zhao, professor at the International Center for Computational Method & Software, Jilin University, received his B.Eng. (2010) and Ph.D. (2015) from Zhejiang University (Department of Materials Science and Engineering). He then worked at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and University of Arkansas as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2021, he entered Jilin University as a professor.

Education
09/2006 - 06/2010, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (B.Eng.)
09/2010 - 06/2015, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (Ph.D.)
10/2012 - 06/2013, Physics Department, University of Arkansas (visiting student)

Positions
01/2016 - 04/2019, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (postdoctoral researcher)
11/2017, University of Arkansas, short-term visiting scholar
05/2019 - 04/2021, University of Arkansas (postdoctoral researcher)
03/2022 - now, Jilin University (professor)

Research Interest
Designing novel ferroelectric, magnetic and multiferroic materials
Establishing phenomenological theories towards ferroic phenomena
Spin-orbital physics in ferroic semiconductors

Selected Publications
Coauthored over 50 papers in international journals, including Nat. Mater., Nat. Commun., Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. B.
1. H. J. Zhao, X. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Yang, L. Bellaiche, Y. Ma, Zeeman effect in centrosymmetric antiferromagnetic semiconductors controlled by an electric field, Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 187602 (2022).
2. H. J. Zhao, P. Chen, S. Prosandeev, S. Artyukhin, L. Bellaiche, Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya-like interaction in ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics, Nat. Mater. 20, 341-345 (2021).    
3. H. J. Zhao, H. Nakamura, R. Arras, C. Paillard, P. Chen, J. Gosteau, X. Li, Y. Yang, L. Bellaiche, Purely cubic spin splittings with persistent spin textures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 216405 (2020).
4. H. J. Zhao, L. Bellaiche, X. M. Chen, J. Íñiguez, Improper electric polarization in simple perovskite oxides with two magnetic sublattices, Nat. Commun. 8, 14025 (2017).
5. H. J. Zhao, W. Ren, Y. Yang, J. Íñiguez, X. M. Chen, L. Bellaiche, Near room-temperature multiferroic materials with tunable ferromagnetic and electrical properties, Nat. Commun. 5, 4021 (2014).