Brief Introduction

My research field is theoretical condensed matter physics, in particular, the quantum transport properties of emergent systems, such as topological matter. A list of publications can be found at:

arXiv 

Google Scholar 

Web of Science

Research Interests

◆ Quantum Transport

◆ Topological Matter

◆ Condensed Matter Field Theory

Professional Experience

◆ 2021-now, Chair Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology

◆2018-2021, Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology

◆ 2015-2018, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology
◆ 2012-2015 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong
◆ 2010-2012 Senior Research Assistant and Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Physics, The University of Hong Kong

Educational Background
◆ 2002-2007, Ph. D. in Physics, Institute for Advanced Study, Tsinghua University, China
◆ 1998-2002, B. Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, Lanzhou University, China

Honors & Awards

◆ 2024, Xplorer Prize, Tencent New Cornerstone Foundation

◆2021, Achievement in Asia Award (AAA Robert T. Poe Prize), International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers (OCPA)

◆ 2018, Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society

Selected Publication

1. "Nonlinear Hall Effects", 

Z. Z. Du, Hai-Zhou Lu*, X. C. Xie, 

Nature Reviews Physics 3, 744 (2021).

2. "Theory for the charge-density-wave mechanism of 3D quantum Hall effect",

Fang Qin, Shuai Li, Z. Z. Du, C. M. Wang, Wenqing Zhang, Dapeng Yu, Hai-Zhou Lu*, X. C. Xie,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 206601 (2020).

3. "3D quantum Hall effect of Fermi arcs in topological semimetals", 

C. M. Wang, Hai-Peng Sun, Hai-Zhou Lu*, and X. C. Xie, 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 136806 (2017).

4. "Competition between weak localization and antilocalization in topological surface states", 

Hai-Zhou Lu, Junren Shi, and Shun-Qing Shen,

Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 076801 (2011).

5. "Massive Dirac fermions and spin physics in an ultrathin film of topological insulator", 

Hai-Zhou Lu, Wen-Yu Shan, Wang Yao, Qian Niu, Shun-Qing Shen,

Phys. Rev. B 81, 115407 (2010).

Academic services
Referee for Nature Journals, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Physical Review Applied, Europhysics Letters, Journal of Physics: Condensed matter, Applied Physics Letters, Solid State Communications, AIP Advance, Scientific Reports, Advanced Materials, Icelandic Research Fund.