Short Bio

Hi, I am a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University working within the Ultra-Quantum Matter collaboration. I'm also affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder. I am based in Boston. I received my Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California San Diego in 2024, working in condensed matter theory under Prof. Yi-Zhuang You. I received my B.S. in Physics from Nanjing University in 2018.

My research focuses on condensed matter systems, where complex phenomena emerge from simple underlying principles. These structures often exhibit deep connections to high energy theory and mathematics.

E-mail: dclu137 at gmail dot com

Research Interests

• Generalized Symmetry & Non-Invertible Symmetry
• Duality in QFT and Lattice model
• Topological Order
• Exotic Quantum Phase Transitions
• Quantum Information

Recent Events

• Jan 2025 - KITP Program: Generalized Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory: High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter, and Quantum Gravity
• Fall 2024 - SCGP Program: Applications of Generalized Symmetries and Topological Defects to Quantum Matter
• Summer 2024 - PiTP 2024: Quantum Matter Summer School
• Summer 2024 - SCGP Program: Symmetric Mass Generation, Topological Phases and Lattice Chiral Gauge Theories
• Spring 2024 - KITP Program: Correlated Gapless Quantum Matter
• 2023 - PSSCMP 2023: Fractionalization, criticality and unconventional quantum materials
• 2023 - TASI 2023: Aspects of Symmetry
• 2023 - KITP Conference: Topology, Symmetry and Interactions in Crystals

Recent Talks

• 2024 - SCGP: Realizing triality and p-ality by lattice twisted gauging in (1+1)d quantum spin systems
• 2023 - UCSD: Self-duality under gauging a non-invertible symmetry in 2d CFT
• 2023 - Yale, Perimeter Institute: Fermi surface symmetric mass generation and its application in nickelate superconductor
• 2023 - Stanford: Fermi Surface Anomaly and Symmetric Mass Generation
• 2022 - UCSD: Fermi Surface Symmetric Mass Generation