Lucas Theory Group



Principal Investigator

Andy Lucas

Andrew Lucas


Assistant Professor (2019-2024)
Associate Professor (2024-)
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Contact by e-mail: andrew.j.lucas [at] colorado [dot] edu
Office: Duane D137


Postdoctoral Fellows

Yiqiu Han


postdoctoral fellow (2024-2026), joint with R. Nandkishore
on to: scientist, industry

Amit Vikram


postdoctoral fellow (2024-), joint with C. Akers and A. M. Rey


Graduate Students

Benjamin Bobell


graduate student (2024-), joint with R. Nandkishore
  • No fracton MHD with momentum conservation

Jack Farrell


graduate student (2021-)

Kevin Federico


graduate student (2026-), joint with C. Akers
  • TBA

Jinkang Guo


graduate student (2020-2026)
on to: postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington

Yun Ma


graduate student (2024-)

Ben McDonough


graduate student (2024-), NDSEG fellow

Akshay Pal


graduate student (2024-)
  • Effect of interactions on topology-detecting correlators in Fermi liquids

Isabella Zane


graduate student (2022-)

Shuyan Zhou


graduate student (2025-)
  • Hardness of preparing N-fold cat states with a single qubit and boson


Undergraduate Students

Zachary Hill


REU undergraduate student (University of Texas, Austin 2026)
  • numerical simulations of nonlinear electron hydrodynamics

Colin La


REU undergraduate student (California Institute of Technology 2026)
  • Twisted CSS codes


High School Students

Julia Gao


high school student (2026-)
  • AI-assisted device design for electron hydrodynamics


Alumni

Quintin Babcock


undergraduate student (2024-2025)
on to: master's student, University of Cambridge
  • Lattice models for a chiral anomaly with symplectic torsion

Chi-Fang (Anthony) Chen


undergraduate student (Stanford 2017-2019)
on to: graduate student, California Institute of Technology
now: postdoctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley

Xiao Chen


postdoctoral fellow (2019), joint with R. Nandkishore
on to: professor, Boston College

Caleb Cook


visiting graduate student (Stanford 2017-2022)

Aaron Friedman


postdoctoral fellow (2020-2024), joint with R. Nandkishore
on to: postdoctoral fellow, NIST Boulder

Koushik Ganesan


graduate student (2019-2023)
on to: industry

Oliver Hart


postdoctoral fellow (2021-2025), joint with R. Nandkishore
on to: scientist, Quantinuum

Andrew Hicks


undergraduate student (2022-2024)
on to: graduate student, Yale University
  • Electron hydrodynamics with x-momentum conservation

Yifan Hong


graduate student (2019-2024)
on to: postdoctoral fellow, University of Maryland and NIST
now: scientist, NVIDIA

Xiaoyang Huang


graduate student (2020-2025), KITP Grad Fellow (2024)
on to: postdoctoral fellow, Perimeter Institute

Jason Iaconis


postdoctoral fellow (2020-2021), joint with R. Nandkishore, L. Radzihovsky
on to: industry

Elijah Lew-Smith


REU undergraduate student (Brown 2023)
on to: graduate student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Hertz fellow
  • Spin convection without long-range order

Tianhao Liu


master's student (2024-2026)
on to: industry
  • Entropic order and quantum codes

Umang Mehta


postdoctoral fellow (2023-2025)
on to: postdoctoral fellow, University of Minnesota

Andrew Osborne


graduate student (2020-2024)
on to: postdoctoral fellow, Princeton University

Marvin Qi


graduate student (2020-2024), NDSEG fellow, joint with M. Hermele
on to: postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago

Henry Waldstreicher


undergraduate student (2021-2023)
on to: industry
  • Numerical simulations of fracton fluids

Chao Yin


graduate student (2020-2025)
on to: postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University

Jian-Hao (Sergio) Zhang


postdoctoral fellow (2024-2026)
on to: professor, Westlake University