Prof. Yu-Jung Lu

Dr. Yu-Jung Lu is an Associate Research Fellow at the Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at National Taiwan University. She earned her Ph.D. in Physics from National Tsing Hua University in 2013 and later joined Caltech as a postdoctoral researcher from 2015 to 2017. Dr. Lu is a renowned materials physicist specializing in active plasmonics, nanophotonics, and metasurfaces. Her recent research has focused on developing novel ceramic plasmonic materials based on conductive nitrides. She has systematically explored their plasmonic behavior and engineered nanostructures to enhance light–matter interactions at the nanoscale, leading to significant advancements in energy conversion, sensing, and quantum photonic applications. The relevant research is currently conducted in collaboration with TSMC.
She has chaired, co-chaired, and served on committees for international symposiums. She has delivered over 60 invited talks at international nanophotonics conferences. As a mentor, she has guided more than 65 graduate students, research assistants, and postdocs, cultivating the next generation of researchers. She currently serves as an Associate Editor for APL Quantum, Advanced Photonics, and the Journal of Lightwave Technology. Her contributions have earned her numerous honors, including the Career Development Award (2018), the Youth Optical Engineering Medal (2020), SPIE Senior Member (2023), MRS Early Career Distinguished Presenters (2024), Future Tech Award (2024), IEEE/OPTICA Senior Member (2025), and iSPN Young Researcher Award (2025). Her research is widely published in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications, Science Advances, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, ACS Photonics, Nature Nanotechnology, and Science.