Andrew Lucas
Department of Physics
University of Colorado Boulder
I am an associate professor of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder. My group's work spans multiple disciplines of theoretical and mathematical physics, including condensed matter, hydrodynamics, statistical physics, high energy physics, atomic physics and quantum information.
Phases where thermal fluctuations lead to order -- rather than disorder -- exhibit entropic order. We discovered simple and explicit classical lattice models in statistical mechanics that exhibit entropic order at arbitrarily high temperature. These models avoid classic no-go theorems on ordered phases of matter existing at sufficiently high temperature.
The Lucas theory group in September 2024. From left to right: Bottom row: Jack, Aaron, Xiaoyang, Andy (me), Ben M, Tianhao, Chao. Top row: Sergio, Yun, Yiqiu, Ben B, Akshay, Quintin, Jinkang, Umang, Amit, Oliver, Isabella
Recent News
05/25: Chao gets PhD and moves to Stanford; Xiaoyang gets PhD and moves to Perimeter; Quintin gets BA and moves to Cambridge!
05/24: I am promoted to associate professor!
05/24: Many students graduate! PhD student Yifan graduates and moves to Maryland; PhD student Marvin graduates and moves to Chicago; PhD student Andrew graduates and moves to Princeton; undergrad Andrew graduates and moves to Yale; REU undergrad Elijah graduates and moves to MIT!
03/24: I am part of a $3M collaborative effort to explore quantum gravity using holographic models realizable with cold atoms, funded by the Heising-Simons Foundation!
12/23: I won an AFOSR Young Investigator Award to investigate connections between quantum error correction and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics!
09/23: With PhD student Chao and alumnus Chi-Fang (Anthony) Chen, we have published a comprehensive review article on Lieb-Robinson and locality bounds on quantum information dynamics.
07/23: I am awarded $1.2M from DOE's Quantum Testbed Pathfinder for quantum computing research, as part of a collaboration with University of Maryland!
04/23: Koushik successfully defends his PhD, and Henry successfully defends his honors thesis. Congrats!
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