Research Areas

Geometric representation theory

Education

2018-2023 Ph.D. University of Utah

2016-2018 M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison

2013-2017 B.S. Sun Yat-sen University

Work Experience

2026-current Assistant professor Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University

2023-2026 Postdoc Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University

Publications

[1] Taiwang Deng, Chang Huang, Bin Xu, and Qixian Zhao, Relating Arthur packets of real unitary groups and p-adic symplectic and orthogonal groups, 2026. arXiv: 2603.16314.

[2] Peng Shan, Wenbin Yan, and Qixian Zhao, Associated varieties of simple affine vertex algebras at rational levels, 2026. arXiv: 2606.08990.

[3] Taiwang Deng, Chang Huang, Bin Xu, and Qixian Zhao, On a geometric comparison of representations of complex and p-adic GLn, 2025. arXiv: 2504.15653.

[4] Peng Shan, Wenbin Yan, and Qixian Zhao, Cyclotomic level maps and associated varieties of simple affine vertex algebras, 2025. arXiv: 2507.09254.

[5] Qixian Zhao, Kazhdan-Lusztig algorithm for Whittaker modules with arbitrary infinitesimal characters, Algebras and Representation Theory, 2023, ISSN: 1572-9079. DOI: 10.1007/s10468-023-10222-0.