LU Dawei - The Department of Physics at Southern University of Science and Technology

Personal Profile

Dr. Dawei Lu is a tenured Associate Professor and Principal Investigator of the Spin Quantum Computing Lab in Department of Physics at SUSTech. Born in Tengzhou, Shandong Province in 1988, he spent 14 years immersed in the town’s rich environment. In 2003, he entered University of Science and Technology of China, where he earned the B.Sc. (2007) and Ph.D. (2012) degrees under the guidance of Prof. Jiangfeng Du. In 2012, he ventured to the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo, where he commenced his postdoctoral career under the mentorship of Prof. Raymond Laflamme.

In August 2017, Dr. Lu joined SUSTech as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in May 2019. Dr. Lu’s research interests are primarily focused on experimental quantum computing utilizing spins. Notably, he holds the world record for controlling the largest number of qubits (12) using the NMR technology. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, and has disseminated the research findings in more than 20 invited talks and lectures. He serves as an editorial board member for Frontiers of Physics, Chinese Physics Letters, Chineses Physics B, and Acta Physics Sinica.

Beyond academia, Dr. Lu finds solace in leisurely pursuits. During his spare time, he indulges in playing video games and delving into the captivating world of detective novels.

Research Areas

Quantum Computing
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Nitrogen-vacancy Center in Diamond

Educational Background

2012 Ph.D. Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale University of Science and Technology of China

2007 B.Sc. Special Class for Gifted Young University of Science and Technology of China

Professional Experience

2019.05-Present, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology

2017.07-2019.05, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology
2016.09-2017.07, Postdoctoral fellow Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Raymond Laﬂamme and Bei Zeng Group

2012.09-2016.09, Postdoctoral fellow Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Raymond Laﬂamme Group

2007.09-2012.07, PhD candidate Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Jiangfeng Du Group

Honors & Awards

2020 Peng Cheng Professor

2017 Overseas High-Caliber Personnel in Shenzhen (Peacock Plan)

2012 CAS Presidential Scholarship

Selected Publication

(*: equal contributions; †: corresponding author)

1. T. Xin*, L. Y. Che*, C. Xi, A. Singh, X. F. Nie, J. Li†, Y. Dong†, and D. W. Lu†, Experimental Quantum Principal Component Analysis via Parametrized Quantum Circuits, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 110502 (2021).

2. T. Xin*, Y. S. Li*, Y. A. Fan, X. R. Zhu, Y. J. Zhang, X. F. Nie, J. Li†, Q. H. Liu†, and D. W. Lu†, Quantum Phases of Three-Dimensional Chiral Topological Insulators on a Spin Quantum Simulator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 090502 (2020).

3. X. F. Nie*, B. B. Wei*, X. Chen, Z. Zhang, X. Z. Zhao, C. D. Qiu, Y. Tian, Y. L. Ji, X. Tao†, D. W. Lu†, and J. Li†, Experimental Observation of Equilibrium and Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions via Out-of-Time-Ordered Correlators, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 250601 (2020).

4. J. Li†, Z. H. Luo, T. Xin, H. Y. Wang, D. Kribs, D. W. Lu†, B. Zeng†, and R. Laflamme, Experimental Implementation of Efficient Quantum Pseudorandomness on a 12-spin System, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 030502 (2019).

5. K. R. Li, Y. D. Wan, L. Y. Hung, T. Lan, G. L. Long, D. W. Lu† , B. Zeng, and R. Laflamme, Experimental Identification of Non-Abelian Topological Orders on a Quantum Simulator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 080502 (2017).