Yuan-Ming Lu

Yuan-Ming Lu is a **Professor of Physics** at **The Ohio State University (OSU)**, where he leads a theoretical condensed matter physics group. His research focuses on **topological phases of matter**, **quantum spin liquids**, and **strongly correlated systems**, combining analytical and numerical methods. He holds visiting professorships at the **Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (Kyoto University)** and the **Institute for Solid State Physics (University of Tokyo)**. Lu earned his PhD in Physics from **Boston College (2011)** and BSc from **Tsinghua University (2007)**. His work is funded by the **National Science Foundation (NSF)** and the **Center for Emergent Materials (CEM)**. Key research areas include topological magnons, symmetry-enriched topological (SET) orders, and quantum phase transitions. His group explores material realizations of topological phases and their experimental signatures, with recent highlights in high-throughput materials discovery and magnon classification. Lu advises graduate students and collaborates with experimental groups, such as the **Vidya Madhavan Lab (UIUC)**.

• Education:
  • PhD, Physics, Boston College, 2011 (Advised by Ziqiang Wang)
  • BSc, Tsinghua University, 2007
• Research Interests:
  • Topological phases (magnons, crystalline materials, superconductors)
  • Quantum spin liquids and fractionalization
  • Symmetry constraints on topology (LSM theorems)
  • Entanglement in topological orders

His articles explore topics like **magnon topology in honeycomb Kitaev magnets**, **anyon condensation-driven phase transitions**, and **symmetry-enforced chiral hinge states**. Recent work emphasizes **high-throughput discovery of topological materials** and **ultrafast laser-driven dynamics**. Lu’s lab includes postdocs and students working on **topological bootstrap mechanisms**, **quantum criticality**, and **gapped boundary theories** of topological orders.

Grants & Collaborations: NSF-funded projects on Floquet topological states and CEM-supported research on emergent materials. Cross-disciplinary collaborations with mathematicians (e.g., Dave Penneys) and experimentalists (e.g., Vidya Madhavan) drive theoretical-experimental synergy.

Labs/Teams: The Lu Group at OSU focuses on computational and theoretical tools for classifying topological phases, with emphasis on **magneto-Raman spectroscopy signatures** and **entanglement entropy diagnostics**.