Basic Information
- byzhou (at) tsinghua.edu.cn
- Office
- Shuangqing Complex Building C552
Benjamin Zhou
Postdoctoral Fellow, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University
Research Areas
Enumerative geometry, mathematical physics, mirror symmetry, and algebraic geometry.
Education
- 2018.09-2024.07, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Northwestern University.
- 2016.06-2017.06, M.S. in Computer Science, Stanford University.
- 2012.09-2016.06, Honors B.S. in Mathematics, Stanford University.
Research Summary
Benjamin Zhou works in enumerative geometry and mirror symmetry, with an emphasis on structures that are natural from string-theoretic geometry. His recent papers use quantum periods, log Calabi-Yau pairs, projective bundles, and higher-genus Gromov-Witten theory to understand how enumerative invariants are encoded in mirror-symmetric data. The central theme is to turn the geometric input of a Calabi-Yau or log Calabi-Yau problem into computable invariants, while keeping track of the structures expected from topological strings and mirror symmetry.
Recent Work
- “Higher genus Gromov-Witten invariants from projective bundles on smooth log Calabi-Yau pairs,” work in progress.
- “An all genus open-closed correspondence for toric Calabi-Yau threefolds,” work in progress.
- T. Grafnitz, H. Ruddat, E. Zaslow, B. Zhou, “Enumerative Geometry of Quantum Periods,” work in progress.