nLab Qi Zhu

I am a PhD student at the Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn under the supervision of Markus Hausmann. Previously, I’ve studied at the University of Bonn, the University of Minnesota and the Technical University of Munich.

My research interests include structured ring spectra and structured orientations, particularly in the equivariant setting.

See JourneyInMath and JourneysOfMathematicians for my blogs and QiZhuMath for my website.

Selected writings

On fractured $\infty$-toposes in condensed mathematics (cf. condensed local contractibility):

• Qi Zhu, Fractured Structure on Condensed Anima, MSc thesis (2023) [pdf, pdf]

• Nima Rasekh, Qi Zhu, Fractured Structures in Condensed Mathematics [arXiv:2603.09618]

exposition:

• Qi Zhu, Fractured structure on condensed spaces, talk notes (2023) [pdf, pdf]

On multiplicative (equivariant) Thom spectra and Real orientations:

• Ryan Quinn, Qi Zhu, Multiplicative Equivariant Thom Spectra & Structured Real Orientations (2025) [arXiv:2512.15573]

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