Janet Zhong is an applied physics PhD researcher at Stanford studying computational photonics, non-Hermitian and topological physics, optimization, machine learning, and quantum optics. Her work includes a co-first-authored 2025 Physical Review Letters paper on edge-state topology, alongside engineering and optics internships at Bolus, Apple, and Blackbird.
Janet Zhong is an applied physics PhD researcher at Stanford studying computational photonics, non-Hermitian and topological physics, optimization, machine learning, and quantum optics. Her work includes a co-first-authored 2025 Physical Review Letters paper on edge-state topology, alongside engineering and optics internships at Bolus, Apple, and Blackbird.
Career
BFull-Stack Engineer at Bolus from 2023-01 to Present
Graduate Research Assistant and Applied Physics PhD researcher at Stanford from 2021-01 to Present
Intern at Blackbird Ventures until PresentJPFounder and Event Photographer at Jz Photography from 2018-01 to 2020-12
NTInternational Intern at Nanyang Technological University from 2019-11 to 2020-02
ASPhysics Program Staff at Australian Science Innovations from 2016-01 to 2020-01