Minhyea Lee

Minhyea Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Colorado. She can be contacted at minhyea.lee@colorado.edu and is based in office DUAN F517.

Research Interests

Her research focuses on quantum materials—crystalline solids exhibiting unusual physical properties due to quantum mechanical interactions. Key areas include:

• Exotic magnetic phases and their low-energy excitations
• Heat transport mechanisms in quantum systems
• Strong spin-orbit interactions
• Imprints of quantum effects on light-matter interactions

Publication Trends

Recent work spans spin-triplet superconductivity, layered rare-earth compounds with triangular lattices, topological semimetals, and spin-phonon coupling phenomena. Studies emphasize quantum criticality, magnetic frustration, and thermoelectric properties.