Tsung-Cheng Lu

Education

B.S. National Tsing Hua University (2014)

Ph.D. University of California San Diego (2021)

Bio

I am a theoretical physicist interested in quantum matter and quantum information science. My research explores how novel quantum phenomena emerge from interactions among many degrees of freedom, and how quantum information can provide new perspectives on these phenomena in many-body systems. My research topics include many-body entanglement, topological phases, quantum dynamics, open quantum systems, and state-preparation protocols for near-term quantum devices.

I received my PhD in Physics from the University of California San Diego in 2021. I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics from 2021 to 2024 and an RQS (Robust Quantum Simulation) Postdoctoral Fellow from 2024 to 2026. I joined the University of Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor in August 2026.

Featured Publications

• "Holographic Duality Between Bulk Topological Order and Boundary Mixed-State Order", Tsung-Cheng Lu et al., PRX Quantum 7, 033041 (2026)


• “Measurement as a Shortcut to Long-Range Entangled Quantum Matter”, Tsung-Cheng Lu et al., PRX Quantum 3, 040337 (2022)


• "Detecting Topological Order at Finite Temperature Using Entanglement Negativity”, Tsung-Cheng Lu, Timothy H. Hsieh, and Tarun Grover, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 116801 (2020)