International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, IEAS

Academician

Yalin LU

Profile:

Elected Academician of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences in 2020, Professor Yalin Lu is a distinguished Chinese materials physicist whose research and professional work have focused on quantum functional materials, synchrotron radiation science, terahertz science, and advanced photon technologies. He was selected in the first batch of the National Overseas High-Level Talent Recruitment Programme and appointed as a National Specially Appointed Expert in 2008. He received the First Prize of the National Natural Science Award in 2006 and the Anhui Provincial Huangshan Friendship Award. He currently serves as Distinguished Chair Professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Distinguished Researcher and Director of the Engineering and Technology Division at Hefei Laboratory, Doctoral Supervisor, and Director of the Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Advanced Photon Science and Technology. He previously served as Special Assistant to the President of USTC, Director of the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, and Leader of the Overall Expert Group for the Ministry of Science and Technology’s National Major Research Programme “Frontier Research Based on Large Scientific Facilities”. He was also elected as one of the first Foreign Members of the Slovenian Academy of Engineering.

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Professor Lu’s research has centred on quantum functional materials, synchrotron radiation, terahertz science, and advanced X-ray imaging, with three principal areas of focus: the development of multi-parameter composite single-phase quantum functional materials; the development of technologies for physical-property characterisation, including terahertz free-electron lasers, high-sensitivity multi-field terahertz near-field scanning microscopy, mid- to far-infrared free-electron lasers, and large-field-of-view phase-contrast imaging computed tomography; and the development and upgrading of large scientific facilities, including the Hefei Light Source, the Hefei Advanced Light Source, and the Air-Ground Integrated Quantum Precision Measurement facility. He has authored more than 550 peer-reviewed publications in journals including Science, Nature Nanotechnology, and PNAS, as well as six English-language monographs or book chapters, and holds more than 80 authorised invention patents in China, the United States, and Japan, with more than 25 additional patent applications. He has delivered more than 130 invited keynote and symposium presentations and chaired nearly 30 international academic conferences and sessions, including those organised by the Materials Research Society (MRS). He also serves as Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of several journals, including Science China Materials. Professor Lu has led 46 research projects in the United States and China, with cumulative funding approaching RMB 1 billion, and has received the Tang Lixin Outstanding Scholar Award twice (2011 and 2018), the Second Prize of the Anhui Provincial Natural Science Award (2018), the Third Prize of the Anhui Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (2024), and the Anhui Provincial Huangshan Friendship Award (2025). Through sustained research, development of major scientific infrastructure, and international collaboration, his work has contributed to connecting materials physics and advanced photon science with applications in quantum technologies, precision measurement, and large-scale scientific research facilities.