Ziyang Meng’s research focus on quantum many-body computation and its application to modelling and explanation of quantum materials. He is editorial board member of Reports on Progress in Physics and was a Mercator fellow of DFG. Prior to joining HKU, he was a professor at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He obtained his PhD in Germany and was a postdoctoral fellows in the US and Canada. He writes essays (mainly in Chinese) to express his opinion on physics research and life and struggle as a scientist in cultural and societal landscapes, these essays can be found in his group page https://quantummc.xyz/.