Chun Ning Lau

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Jeanie (Chun Ning) Lau
Alma mater Harvard University
University of Chicago
Scientific career
Institutions Hewlett-Packard
Ohio State University
University of California, Riverside
Thesis Quantum phase slips in superconducting nanowires  (2001)
Doctoral advisor Michael Tinkham

Chun Ning "Jeanie" Lau is an American physicist currently working as a Professor of Quantum Materials at Ohio State University. Her research considers materials for quantum technologies, including van der Waals materials and superconductors. She was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2017.

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Early life and education

Lau studied physics at the University of Chicago, receiving her bachelor's degree in 1994. She moved to Harvard University for graduate research where she would earn her master's in 1997. [1] Continuing at Harvard, Lau went on to complete her Ph.D. in physics with Michael Tinkham as her doctoral advisor. [2] Lau received her Ph.D. and her thesis was published in 2001. [3] After completing her doctorate, Lau joined Hewlett Packard Labs, where she worked as a research associate. [4]

Research and career

Lau joined the University of California, Riverside as a professor in 2004 and would remain at the university until 2016. [5] Whilst at Riverside, she accidentally realized that when stacking three layers of graphene, depending on how the layers were stacked, the structure would behave as either a conductor or an insulator. [6] She made use of Raman spectroscopy to understand the precise stacking orders, and predicted that enhanced electronic interactions between layers with specific geometries were responsible for the formation of a band gap. [6]

Lau moved to Ohio State University as a professor in 2017. She studies how quantum confinement impacts the electronic properties and works on topological superconductors and the fabrication of 2D materials with Moiré patterns. [7]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ "Quantum Research Lab | Different are the Small, More, and Moire". u.osu.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Harvard PhD Theses in Physics, 2001-". www.physics.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Harvard PhD Theses in Physics, 2001- | Department of Physics". www.physics.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Colloquium: Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau | Department of Mechanical Engineering". www.me.ucr.edu. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  5. ↑ "Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau". University of California Research. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  6. 1 2 "How graphene's electrical properties can be tuned". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  7. ↑ Interview With Dr. Jeanie Lau, 25 May 2017, retrieved 2023-02-13
  8. ↑ "UC Riverside physicist receives Presidential Early Career Award" . Physics Today (7). 2009-07-08. doi:10.1063/PT.4.1295.
  9. 1 2 "UC Riverside graphene specialist Jeanie Lau receives national honor at White House". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  10. ↑ "Fostering critical and creative thinking" , More Quick Hits, Indiana University Press, pp. 40–57, doi:10.2307/j.ctt2005xr8.7 , retrieved 2023-02-13
  11. ↑ "Two Physics professors named 2017 American Physical Society Fellows | Institute for Materials Research". 14 October 2017. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
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