Sirong LUResearch Associate
email: lusr@sustech.edu.cn
Office：Room 102, Innovation Park 8
Research Field：characterization of quantum materials, electron microscopy, ab-initio calculations



Essential Information
Name： SirongLu
Position：ResearchAssociate
Highest Degree：Doctor of Philosophyin Materials Science & Engineering
Telephone（office）：
Office：Room 102, Innovation Park 8
Email：lusr@sustech.edu.cn
Research Field：characterizationof 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
6. Lu, S., Kormondy, K.J., Demkov, A.A., and Smith, D.J.,(2018). An EELS signal-from-background separation algorithm for spectralline-scan/image quantification. Ultramicroscopy, 195, pp25-31
4. Kormondy, K.J., Gao, L., Li, X., Lu, S., Posadas, A.B., Shen, S., Tsoi,M., McCartney, M.R., Smith, D.J., Zhou, J., Lev, L.L., Husanu, M-A., Strocov,V. and Demkov, A.A., (2018). Large positive linear magnetoresistance in thetwo-dimensional t_2g electron gas at the EuO/SrTiO₃ interface. Scientific Reports, 8.1, 7721.
3. Smith, D.J., Wu, H., Lu, S., Aoki, T., Ponath, P., Fredrickson, K., McDaniel, M.D., Lin,E., Posadas, A.B., Demkov, A.A. and Ekerdt, J., (2017). Recent studies ofoxide-semiconductor heterostructures using aberration-corrected scanningtransmission electron microscopy. Journal of Materials Research, 32(5),pp.912-920.
2. Wu, H., Lu,S., Aoki, T., Ponath, P., Ekerdt, J.G., Demkov, A.A., McCartney, M.R. andSmith, D.J., (2017). Integration of ferroelectric BaTiO₃ with Ge:The role of a SrTiO₃ buffer layer investigated usingaberration-corrected STEM. Applied Physics Letters, 110(25), p.252901.
1. Lu, S., Kormondy, K.J., Ngo, T.Q., Aoki, T., Posadas, A.,Ekerdt, J.G., Demkov, A.A., McCartney, M.R. and Smith, D.J., (2016). Spectrumand phase mapping across the epitaxial γ-Al₂O₃/SrTiO₃ interface. Applied Physics Letters, 108(5), p.051606.
1. Lu,S. R., Yu, R., & Zhu, J. (2013). Atomic steps on theMgO (100) surface. Physical Review B, 87(16), 165436.