Zheng-Tian Lu
Yan Ji Ci Professor of Physics
University Distinguished Professor
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
Phone: +86-551-6360-6834
Email: ztlu@ustc.edu.cn
Research Interests
- Test fundamental symmetries of space and time, between matter and anti-matter, and search for new physics beyond the Standard Model
- Develop novel methods for ultrasensitive trace isotope analysis, and apply these methods in earth and environmental sciences
- Study exotic nuclei, atoms and molecules with precision measurements
Degrees attained
| Ph.D. | 1994 | University of California at Berkeley |
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| M.S. | 1991 | The University of Chicago |
| B.S. | 1987 | University of Science and Technology of China |
Employment history
| 2019 – Present | Dean | School of the Gifted Young, University of Science and Technology of China |
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| 2015 – Present | Professor | University of Science and Technology of China |
| 2007 – 2015 | Senior Physicist | Argonne National Laboratory |
| 2004 – 2015 | Professor (part-time) | The University of Chicago |
| 2000 – 2007 | Physicist | Argonne National Laboratory |
| 1997 – 2000 | Assistant Physicist | Argonne National Laboratory |
| 1994 – 1997 | Research Associate | JILA, University of Colorado |
Awards and Honors
2022 University Distinguished Professor, University of Science and Technology of China2020 Yan Ji Ci Professor of Physics, School of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
2014 Distinguished Lecturer, University of Science and Technology of China
2009 Francis M. Pipkin Award, American Physical Society
2006 Fellow, American Physical Society
2000 U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
2000 U.S. DOE Office of Science Early Career Scientist and Engineer Award
Recent Professional Service and Association
2017-2021 Member, Advisory Committee, National Institute of Metrology, China
2015-2024 Member, International Advisory Board, The Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
2013-2016 Vice Chair – Chair Elect – Chair, Topical Group of Precision Measurement and Fundamental Constants, American Physical Society
2014-2015 Member, U.S. nuclear physics long range plan group
2014-2016 Member, Program committee, Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, American Physical Society
2014 Member, NSAC Subcommittee on Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
2014 March Member, NSF program review panel
2011-2013 Member, U.S. Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC)
2012 June Organizer, The First International Workshop on Tracer Applications of Noble Gas Radionuclides (TANGR 2012), Argonne National Laboratory
2011 Nov Co-convenor (on EDM), Fundamental Physics at the Intensity Frontier Workshop, Washington DC
2011-2013 Member, ORNL/LANL Neutron EDM Technical Review Committee
2011 Member, NSAC Subcommittee on Neutron Physics
2009 Aug Co-organizer / Scientific Secretary, The 6th Joint Meeting of Chinese Physicists Worldwide, Lanzhou, China
2007-2009 Member and Councilor-at-large, Overseas Chinese Physics Association
Selected Publications
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Search for spin-dependent gravitational interactions at the Earth range
S.-B. Zhang, Z.-L. Ba, D.-H. Ning, N.-F. Zhai, Z.-T. Lu, and D. Sheng
Physical Review Letters 130, 201401 (2023) -
Atom-Trap Trace Analysis of 41Ca/Ca down to the 10-17 level
T.-Y. Xia, W.-W. Sun, S. Ebser, W. Jiang, G.-M. Yang, H.-M. Zhu, Yun-Chong Fu, F. Huang, G.-D. Ming, T. Xia, and Z.-T. Lu
Nature Physics 19, 904-908 (2023) -
A Tibetan ice core covering the past 1,300 years radiometrically dated with 39Ar
F. Ritterbusch, L. Tian, A-M. Tong, J.-Q. Gu, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, L. Shao, M.-X. Tang, G.-M. Yang, M.-J. Zhang, and L. Zhao
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119, e2200835119 (2022) -
Measurement of the electric dipole moment of 171Yb atoms in an optical trap
T. A. Zheng, Y. A. Yang, S.-Z. Wang, D. Sheng, J. T. Singh, Z.-X. Xiong, T. Xia, and Z.-T. Lu
Physical Review Letters 129, 083001 (2022) -
Search for monopole-dipole interactions at the sub-millimeter range with a 129Xe-131Xe-Rb comagnetometer
Y.-K. Feng, D.-H. Ning, S.-B. Zhang, Z.-T. Lu, and D. Sheng
Physical Review Letters 128, 231803 (2022) -
Optical Excitation and Trapping of 81Kr
J. S. Wang, F. Ritterbusch, X.-Z. Dong, C. Gao, H. Li, W. Jiang, S.-Y. Liu, Z.-T. Lu, W.-H. Wang, G.-M. Yang, Y.-S. Zhang, and Z.-Y. Zhang
Physical Review Letters 127, 023201 (2021) -
Atmospheric 81Kr as an integrator of cosmic ray flux over the hundred-thousand-year time scale
J. C. Zappala, D. Baggenstos, C. Gerber, W. Jiang, B.M. Kennedy, Z.-T. Lu, J. Masarik, P. Mueller, R. Purtschert, A. Visser
Geophysical Research Letters 47,e2019GL086381 (2020) -
Dual separation of krypton and argon from environmental samples for radioisotope dating
X.-Z. Dong, F. Ritterbusch, Y.-Q. Chu, J.-Q. Gu, S.-M. Hu, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, G.-M. Yang, L. Zhao
Analytical Chemistry 91,13567 – 13581 (2019) -
Radiokrypton unveils dual moisture sources of a deep desert aquifer
R. Yokochi, R. Ram, J. C. Zappala, W. Jiang, E. Adar, R. Bernier, A. Burg, U. Dayan, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, R. Purtschert, Y. Yechieli
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, 16222-16227 (2019) -
81Kr dating at the Guliya ice cap, Tibetan Plateau
L. Tian, F. Ritterbusch, J.-Q. Gu, S.-M. Hu, W. Jiang, Z.-T. Lu, D. Wang, G.-M. Yang
Geophysical Research Letters 46, 6636-6643 (2019) -
First Measurement of the Atomic Electric Dipole Moment of 225Ra
R. H. Parker, M. R. Dietrich, M. R. Kalita, N. D. Lemke, K. G. Bailey, M. Bishof, J. P. Greene, R. J. Holt, W. Korsch, Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, T. P. O’Connor, and J. T. Singh
Physical Review Letter 114, 233002 (2015)See Synopsis: Symmetric Radium Atoms
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Continental degassing of 4He by surficial discharge of deep groundwater
Aggarwal, Pradeep K., Takuya Matsumoto, Neil C. Sturchio, Hung K. Chang, Didier Gastmans, Luis J. Araguas-Araguas, Wei Jiang et al.
Nature Geoscience 8, 35-39, (2015). -
Tracer applications of noble gas radionuclides in the geosciences
Z.-T. Lu, P. Schlosser, N.C. Sturchio, W. Smethie Jr. et al.
Earth-Science Reviews 138, 196, (2014). -
Measurement of the hyperfine quenching rate of the clock transition in 171Yb
Xu, C-Y., J. Singh, J. C. Zappala, K. G. Bailey, M. R. Dietrich, J. P. Greene, W. Jiang et al.
Physical Review Letters 113, 033003, (2014). -
Radiometric 81Kr dating identifies 120,000 year old ice at Taylor Glacier, Antarctica
Buizert, Christo, Daniel Baggenstos, Wei Jiang, Roland Purtschert, Vasilii V. Petrenko, Zheng-Tian Lu, Peter Müller et al.
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 111, 6876, (2014).
See Commentary: Radiokrypton dating finally takes off -
Laser probing of halo nuclei in light atoms
Z.-T. Lu, P. Mueller, G.W.F. Drake, S. Pieper, W. Nortershauser, Z.-C. Yan
Review of Modern Physics 85, 1383, (2013). -
Ar-39 detection at 10-16 isotopic abundance level with atom trap trace analysis
Jiang, W., W. Williams, K. Bailey, A. M. Davis, S-M. Hu, Z-T. Lu, T. P. O’Connor et al.
Physical Review Letters 106, 103001, (2011).
See Synopsis: Clocking the last century -
Nuclear charge radius of 8He
Mueller, P., I. A. Sulai, A. C. C. Villari, J. A. Alcantara-Nunez, R. Alves-Condé, K. Bailey, G. W. F. Drake et al.
Physical Review Letters 99, 252501, (2007). -
Laser spectroscopic determination of the 6He nuclear charge radius
Wang, L-B., P. Mueller, K. Bailey, G. W. F. Drake, J. P. Greene, D. Henderson, R. J. Holt et al.
Physical Review Letters 93, 142501, (2004) -
Ultrasensitive isotope trace analyses with a magneto-optical trap
Chen, C. Y., Y. M. Li, K. Bailey, T. P. O'connor, L. Young, and Z-T. Lu.
Science 286, 1139, (1999).