Yingmei Liu

Dr. Yingmei Liu is a professor of physics and a Noble Foundation Endowed Chair in laser research at OSU. Her experimental quantum physics research group has generated highly-programmable quantum simulators using ultra-cold quantum gases and investigated their novel applications in quantum information science. Possessing spin degrees of freedom and exhibiting magnetic order and superfluidity, these quantum simulators consisting of ultracold sodium and rubidium Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) present a remarkable degree of control over many parameters, such as temperature, density, spin, and dimensionality. The main research focus of her sodium BEC lab is to investigate novel non-equilibrium dynamics and develop quantum-enhanced precise magnetic sensors with massively entangled atoms, while her rubidium BEC lab has focused on realizing a topological phase quantum simulator with discrete-time quantum walks in momentum space. These research goals are both of fundamental interest for advancing our understanding on quantum physics and of technological significance.

Liu's quantum physics research group welcomes motivated students and postdocs in physics, photonics, and applied physics. More details of her research group can be found at Liu Quantum Physics Lab

Liu is the director of the NSF-funded QIS-AI Graduate Research Training program and the QIS Graduate Certificate program at OSU. Details of these two graduate programs can be found at aigis | Oklahoma State University and Quantum Information Science (QIS) | Oklahoma State University