S-Q Zhang

Scattering amplitudes · Feynman integrals · Positive geometry

Shun-Qing Zhang

I am a theoretical physicist working on analytic structures in quantum field theory: amplitudes, loop integrals, Wilson loops, correlators, and the geometric ideas that make hard calculations tractable. I am a co-developer of the numerical integration program Trillo.

CV INSPIRE ORCID Google Scholar Trillo Authors: Chen-Yu Wang and Shun-Qing Zhang. Efficient numerical evaluation of finite Feynman integrals in gauge theories (QCD and supersymmetric Yang-Mills) in both Euclidean and Minkowskian kinematic regions.
Current
Max Planck Institute for Physics
Next
Penn State postdoctoral researcher, starting 2026
Publications
17 INSPIRE records 12 published, 3 preprints, 2 theses
Portrait of Shun-Qing Zhang

Research

Geometry and computation for high-energy theory

Feynman integrals

Tropical Monte Carlo methods, Landau analysis, symbol bootstrap, and complete function spaces for multi-loop scattering calculations.

Amplitudes and Wilson loops

Planar five-particle amplitudes, pentagonal Wilson loops with Lagrangian insertion, and pure Yang-Mills amplitude structures.

Positive geometry

Amplituhedra, negative geometries, Grassmannian methods, and ABJM amplitudes in three dimensions.

AdS/CFT correlators

Integrated correlators, Mellin amplitudes, periods, and gravity multiplet correlators in AdS spaces.

Papers

INSPIRE publications

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Presentations

Talks

  • (Upcoming) Seminar talk at National Dong-Hwa University, Hualien, August 12, 2026
  • (Upcoming) Seminar talk at National Taiwan University, Taipei, August 07, 2026
  • LoopFest 2026, Brookhaven
  • Prague Spring Amplitudes 2026, Prague
  • Loop-the-Loop workshop, 10th - 12th, November 2025, Edinburgh, UK (Online)
  • DESY Theory Workshop 2025, Hamburg
  • Eurostrings 2024, Southampton

Teaching

Teaching and service

  • Teaching assistant for string theory, electromagnetism, and general physics courses.
  • Referee for the Journal of High Energy Physics.

CV

Experience and technical toolkit

Postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, with a Penn State postdoctoral position beginning in September 2026. PhD in Physics from Queen Mary University of London.

Mathematica FIRE Kira LiteRed pySecDec FiniteFlow AMFlow DiffExp SOFIA Maple Julia HPC
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