Yu-jung Lu

Professor Yu-jung Lu serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at National Taiwan University and Associate Research Fellow at Academia Sinica's Research Center for Applied Sciences, specializing in plasmonics and nanophotonics for next-generation optoelectronic devices.

Her academic foundation includes:

• Ph.D. in Physics, National Tsing-Hua University (2013)
• Postdoctoral Scholar, Atwater Group, Caltech (2015-2017)

Research focuses on:

• Room-temperature plasmonic nanolasers using semiconductor nanostructures
• Exciton dynamics in quasi-2D perovskites
• III-nitride optical/electrical property engineering
• Low-threshold lasing mechanisms
• Plasmon-enhanced light-matter interactions

Her work bridges fundamental nanophotonics with practical applications in energy-efficient photonic devices.

Publication trends reveal progressive innovation from semiconductor nanostructure studies to breakthrough room-temperature perovskite plasmonic lasers, demonstrating mastery in material synthesis, plasmonic cavity design, and exciton management across ACS Photonics, Nature Communications, and Science Advances.

Award recognition includes:

• Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science—Chui-Chu Mon Fellowship
• Chien-Shiung Wu Fellowship
• President's Scholarship of NTHU
• Phi-Tau-Phi Scholastic Honor Society
• OPTICA Senior Membership (2025)

Mentorship includes master's student Guo Xingyou who defended his thesis and won SPP11 Best Student Poster Award. Current research is supported by grants enabling plasmonic lasing advancements, with active recruitment for:

• Advising: Graduate students in nanophotonics
• Projects: Perovskite exciton relocalization, room-temperature nanolasers
• Openings: Postdocs, Research Assistants, Graduate Students

Laboratory operations span multiple facilities at Academia Sinica (R5B06, 5B14, 5C05, 6C05), fostering collaborations with National Taiwan University's Chemical Engineering department and international partners including Caltech's Atwater group.