Jinchen Zhao

I am a PhD student in Applied Physics at Yale University, advised by Logan Wright. I work on unconventional computing platforms (optical, quantum and thermodynamic) in both theory and experiment. I am also interested in machine learning and using large language models to automate scientific research.

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Publications

  1. How Good Are Frontier Models at Physics? Expert Re-Grading Reveals Broken Evaluations and Near-Saturation of Leading Benchmarks

    Ali Ansari, Haoran Sun, …, Jinchen Zhao, … (51 authors)

    arXiv preprint (2026) arXiv

  2. Nature of granular drag in microgravity

    Tivadar Pongó*, Tianhui Liao*, Jinchen Zhao, Valentin Dichtl, Simeon Völkel, Raúl Cruz Hidalgo, Kai Huang

    arXiv preprint (2026) arXiv

  3. Anomalous criticality with bounded fluctuations and long-range frustration induced by broken time-reversal symmetry

    Jinchen Zhao, Myung-Joong Hwang

    Phys. Rev. Research 5, L042016 (2023) PRRarXiv

  4. Frustrated Superradiant Phase Transition

    Jinchen Zhao, Myung-Joong Hwang

    Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 163601 (2022) PRLarXiv

  5. Embedded Inertial Sensor for Tracking Projectile Impact on Granular Media

    Stefan Köstler, Jinchen Zhao, Chen Lyu, Simeon Völkel, Kai Huang

    EPJ Web Conf. 249, 15007 (2021) EPJ WoC

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