Dr. Sirong Lu’s research interests lie in the area of characterization of quantum materials, transmission electron microscopy and ab-initio calculations. He studied the surface structure of several metal oxides as a master student in 2011-2013 at Tsinghua University. He studied two-dimensional electron gas at interface between SrTiO₃ and various nonmagnetic/ferromagnetic/ferroelectric oxides as a Ph.D student under the supervision of Prof. Martha McCartney and Prof. David Smith in 2013-2018 at Arizona State University. His research involved combining several of TEM techniques, such as TEM/STEM imaging, EELS and electron holography, with DFT calculations. A hyperspectral unmixing software “unmixeels”was developed for energy-loss near-edge structure analysis. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the research computing department in Arizona State University in 2018-2019, collaborating with faculty on sponsored projects to provide engineering, mathematical, and statistical support and Co-developing business model for support of this field. He joined SUSTech in 2019.

Research Field

characterization of quantum materials, electron microscopy, ab-initio calculations

Educational Background

2013.8 - 2018.5
Ph.D, Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
2011.8 - 2013.7
M.E., Materials Science and Engineering at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2007.8 - 2011.7
B.E., Materials Science and Engineering at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Working Experience

2019.7 - present
Research Associate in the Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering (SIQSE) at Southern University of Science and Technology
2018.9 - 2019.6
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Research Computing Department in Arizona State University.

Papers and Patents

(1) Lu, Sirong; Smith, David J ; A Hyperspectral Unmixing Framework for Energy-Loss Near-Edge Structure Analysis, Ultramicroscopy, 2020, 218(NA): 0-113096

(2) HsinWei Wu; Sirong Lu; Toshihiro Aoki; Patrick Ponath; Jian Wang; Chadwin Young; John G. Ekerdt; Martha R. McCartney; David J. Smith ; Direct Observation of Large Atomic Polar Displacements in Epitaxial Barium Titanate Thin Films, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2020, 2020(7): 0-2000555

(3) Sirong Lu; Kristy J Kormondy; Alexander A Demkov; David J Smith ; An EELS signal-frombackground separation algorithm for spectral line-scan/image quantification, Ultramicroscopy, 2018, 195: 25-31

(4) Lu Sirong; Kormondy Kristy J; Ngo Thong Q; Aoki Toshihiro; Posadas Agham; Ekerdt John G; Demkov Alexander A; McCartney Martha R; Smith David J ; Spectrum and phase mapping across the epitaxial gamma-Al2O3/SrTiO3 interface, Applied Physics Letters, 2016, 108(5): 0-051606

(5) Lu S R; Yu R; Zhu J ; Atomic steps on the MgO(100) surface, Physical Review B, 2013, 87(16): 0-165436