Lu Chen
Assistant Professor · The Grainger College of Engineering · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Quick answer: Lu Chen is Assistant Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Lu Chen shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ Now, we are actively recruiting highly motivated postdocs with a background in experimental condensed matter physics to join our research group. Postdocs who are interested in our research are encouraged to get in touch via email.
Now, we are actively recruiting highly motivated graduate students to join our research group. Students who are interested can apply to the PhD program in the Department
Research interests
Electrical transport and thermoelectric measurements down to ~mK and 100 T
Torque magnetometry and torque diffential magnetometry measurements down to ~mK and 100 T
Thermal conductivity and thermal Hall conductivity measurements down to ~mK and 14 T
Material synthesis: single crystal growth with chemical vapor transport, flux growth, ...
Quantum materials: unconventional superconductors, topological materials, frustrated magents, altermagnets
Selected publications (since 2023)
Marie-Eve Boulanger*, Lu Chen*, Vincent Oliviero, David Vignolles, Gaël Grissonnanche, Ke-Jun Xu, Zhi-Xun Shen, Cyril Proust, Jordan Baglo, Louis Taillefer, Thermal Hall conductivity of electron-doped cuprates: Electrons and phonons, Phys. Rev. B 113, 094511 (2026)
Lu Chen, Léna Le Roux, Gaël Grissonannche, Marie-Eve Boulanger, Steven Thériault, Ruixing Liang, D. A. Bonn, W. N. Hardy, S. Pyon, T. Takayama, H. Takagi, Kejun Xu, Zhi-Xun Shen, and Louis Taillefer, Planar thermal Hall effect from phonons in cuprates, Physical Review X 14, 041011 (2024)
Lu Chen*, Étienne Lefrançois*, Ashvini Vallipuram, Quentin Barthélemy, Amirreza Ataei, Weiliang Yao, Yuan Li, and Louis Taillefer, Planar thermal Hall effect from phonons in a Kitaev candidate material, Nature Communications 15, 3513 (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lu Chen hiring PhD students at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Lu Chen's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Now, we are actively recruiting highly motivated postdocs with a background in experimental condensed matter physics to join our research group. Postdocs who are interested in our research are encoura.
What does Lu Chen research?
Electrical transport and thermoelectric measurements down to ~mK and 100 T
Torque magnetometry and torque diffential magnetometry measurements down to ~mK and 100 T
Thermal conductivity and thermal Hall conductivity measurements down to ~mK and 14 T
Material synthesis: single crystal growth with che
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