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 Physics F629


Postdoctoral Fellows

Yiqiu Han


postdoctoral fellow (2024-), joint with R. Nandkishore

Amit Vikram


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

Jian-Hao (Sergio) Zhang


postdoctoral fellow (2024-2026)


Graduate Students

Benjamin Bobell


graduate student (2024-), joint with R. Nandkishore
  • Fracton MHD with momentum conservation

Jack Farrell


graduate student (2021-)

Jinkang Guo


graduate student (2020-)

Tianhao Liu


graduate student (2024-)
  • Entropic order and quantum codes

Yun Ma


graduate student (2024-)
  • Cartoon matrix model for Rydberg atom arrays

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-)


Undergraduate Students



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

Xiao Chen


postdoctoral fellow (2019), joint with R. Nandkishore
on to: tenure-track faculty, 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

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

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