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Overview

Jianfeng Zhang is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Physics and Astronomy, with a notable focus on Materials Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Their work also touches on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as interdisciplinary applications in Finance.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Iron-based superconductors research
  • Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
  • 2D Materials and Applications

Jianfeng Zhang has contributed to a number of recent papers, including:

  • Pressure-induced superconductivity at 32 K in MoB2, 2023, National Science Review
  • Superconductivity in nickelate and cuprate superconductors with strong bilayer coupling, 2024, Physical Review B
  • Viscosity solutions to parabolic master equations and McKean-Vlasov SDEs with closed-loop controls, 2020, The Annals of Applied Probability
  • First-principles study of the double-dome superconductivity in the kagome material CsV3Sb5 under pressure, 2021, Physical Review B
  • Distinct superconducting behaviors of pressurized WB2 and ReB2 with different local B layers, 2022, Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Kai Liu
  • Zhong-Yi Lu
  • Tao Xiang
  • Pei-Han Sun
  • Hongxiong Liu

Jianfeng Zhang's work is regularly published in venues such as Physical Review B, arXiv (Cornell University), Chinese Physics B, Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy, and The Annals of Applied Probability.

Best Publications

  • A numerical scheme for BSDEs

    Jianfeng Zhang

  • Wellposedness of Second Order Backward SDEs

    H. Mete Soner;Nizar Touzi;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Contract Theory in Continuous-Time Models

    Jakša Cvitanić;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Martingale Representation Theorem for the G-expectation

    H. Mete Soner;H. Mete Soner;Nizar Touzi;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear parabolic path dependent PDEs: Part II

    Ibrahim Ekren;Nizar Touzi;Jianfeng Zhang

  • On viscosity solutions of path dependent PDEs

    Ibrahim Ekren;Christian Keller;Nizar Touzi;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Quasi-sure Stochastic Analysis through Aggregation

    Mete H Soner;Nizar Touzi;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Time discretization and Markovian iteration for coupled FBSDEs

    Christian Bender;Jianfeng Zhang

  • On well-posedness of forward–backward SDEs—A unified approach

    Jin Ma;Zhen Wu;Detao Zhang;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Representation theorems for backward stochastic differential equations

    Jin Ma;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Dual Formulation of Second Order Target Problems

    H. Mete Soner;Nizar Touzi;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Two Person Zero-Sum Game in Weak Formulation and Path Dependent Bellman--Isaacs Equation

    Triet Pham;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Switching problem and related system of reflected backward SDEs

    Said Hamadène;Jianfeng Zhang

  • The Continuous Time Nonzero-Sum Dynkin Game Problem and Application in Game Options

    Said Hamadène;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Backward SDEs with constrained jumps and quasi-variational inequalities

    Idris Kharroubi;Jin Ma;Huyên Pham;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Optimal Compensation with Hidden Action and Lump-Sum Payment in a Continuous-Time Model

    Jakša Cvitanić;Xuhu Wan;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Optimal stopping under adverse nonlinear expectation and related games

    Marcel Nutz;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Mean field games master equations with nonseparable Hamiltonians and displacement monotonicity

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  • Backward Stochastic Differential Equations: From Linear to Fully Nonlinear Theory

    Jianfeng Zhang

  • On non-Markovian forward–backward SDEs and backward stochastic PDEs

    Jin Ma;Hong Yin;Jianfeng Zhang

  • Optimal stopping under nonlinear expectation

    Ibrahim Ekren;Nizar Touzi;Jianfeng Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Nizar Touzi
Nizar Touzi École Polytechnique
Jakša Cvitanić
Jakša Cvitanić California Institute of Technology
H. Mete Soner
H. Mete Soner Princeton University
Jiongmin Yong
Jiongmin Yong University of Central Florida
Philip Protter
Philip Protter Columbia University
Shige Peng
Shige Peng Shandong University
Huyên Pham
Huyên Pham École Polytechnique
Frederi Viens
Frederi Viens Rice University
Wilfrid Gangbo
Wilfrid Gangbo University of California, Los Angeles

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