Curriculum Vitae LIH-KING LIM

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Name: LIM Lih-King Office Address: Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Graduate School 2, avenue Augustin Fresnel, F-91127 Palaiseau cedex, France Phone: (work) 01 64 53 33 55 (home) 06 59 23 67 96 Email Address: [email protected] Born: 29/04/1980 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Nationality: Malaysian Marital Status: Single Employment 1/10/2012 - present Postdoc in the theory section (led by Laurent Sanchez-Palencia) of the op- tique atomique group, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique Gradu- ate School, University Paris-Sud, CNRS, Palaiseau, France 1/10/2010 - 30/9/2012 Postdoc in the theory group (led by Gilles Montambaux) of Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, University Paris-Sud, CNRS, Orsay, France 16/1/2010 - 31/8/2010 Postdoc in the group of Cristiane Morais Smith, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

Education 2006 - 2010 PhD in Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Thesis: Ultracold Gases in Two Dimensions: Novel Superfluid Phases for Bosons and Fermions (promotor: Cristiane Morais Smith, committee: Andreas Hemmerich, Jan Zaanen, Karel- jan Schoutens, Henk T.C. Stoof, Peter van der Straten, Gerard ’t Hooft) 2004 - 2006 M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics, Utrecht Excellence Scholarship Thesis: Technicolor Model (advisor: Gerard ’t Hooft) Utrecht University, the Netherlands 2002 - 2003 Certificate of Advanced Studies in Mathematics, with Honours (Quantum Field Theory, Advanced Quantum Field Theory, Statistical Field Theory, Gen- eral Relativity, String Theory, Applications of Differential Geometry to Physics) University of Cambridge, UK 1999 - 2002 B.Sc. in Physics, with 1st Class Honors Thesis: Quantum Entanglement in 1D Ising Mode (advisor: Vlatko Vedral) Imperial College, UK

Research interests Dirac cone in condensed matter systems. Berry phase physics and artificial gauge fields with ultracold gases. Topological optical lattice. Disordered quantum gases. Mesoscopic physics in graphene or artificial graphene, e.g., Landau-Zener transitions, superconductor-graphene interface. St¨uckelberg interferometry. Integer and fractional quantum Hall effects.

Publications [ 1 ] Samuel Lellouch, L.-K. Lim, and Laurent Sanchez-Palencia, “Propagation of collective pair exci- tations in disordered many-body Bose fluids”, in preparation [ 2 ] L.-K. Lim, Jean-No¨elFuchs, and Gilles Montambaux, “Mass and chirality inversion of a Dirac cone pair in St¨uckelberg interferometry”, submitted to Physical Review Letters, arXiv:1308.0281 [ 3 ] Jean-No¨elFuchs, L.-K. Lim, and Gilles Montambaux, “Inter-band tunneling near the merging transition of Dirac cones”, Physical Review A 86, 063613 (2012) [ 4 ] L.-K. Lim, Jean-No¨elFuchs, and Gilles Montambaux, “Bloch-Zener oscillations across a merging transition of Dirac points”, Physical Review Letters 108, 175303 (2012) [ 5 ] Selma Koghee, L.-K. Lim, M.O. Goerbig, and C. Morais Smith, “Merging and alignment of Dirac points in a shaken honeycomb optical lattice”, Physical Review A 85, 023637 (2012) [ 6 ] Ralph van Gelderen, L.-K. Lim and C. Morais Smith, “Spin and band ferromagnetism in trilayer graphene”, Physical Review B 84, 155446 (2011) [ 7 ] L.-K. Lim, M.O. Goerbig and Cristina Bena, “Theoretical analysis of the density of states of graphene at high magnetic field using Haldane pseudopotentials”, Physical Review B 84, 115404 (2011) [ 8 ] L.-K. Lim, T. Troppenz and C. Morais Smith, “Internal Josephson oscillations for distinct momenta Bose-Einstein condensates”, Physical Review A 84, 053609 (2011) [ 9 ] L.-K. Lim, Achilleas Lazarides, Andreas Hemmerich and C. Morais Smith, “Competing super- conducting states for ultracold atoms in optical lattices with artificial staggered magnetic field”, Physical Review A 82, 013616 (2010) [ 10 ] L.-K. Lim, Andreas Hemmerich and C. Morais Smith, “Artificial staggered magnetic field for ultracold atoms in optical lattices”, Physical Review A 81, 023404 (2010) [ 11 ] L.-K. Lim, Achilleas Lazarides, Andreas Hemmerich and C. Morais Smith, “Strongly interacting two-dimensional Dirac fermions”, EPL 88, 36001 (2009) [ 12 ] L.-K. Lim, C. Morais Smith and H. T. C. Stoof, “Correlation effects in ultracold two-dimensional Bose gases”, Physical Review A 78, 013634 (2008) [ 13 ] L.-K. Lim, C. Morais Smith and Andreas Hemmerich, “Staggered-vortex superfluid of ultracold bosons in an optical lattice”, Physical Review Letters 100, 130402 (2008)

Teaching Sept. 2013 - Jan. 2013 Travaux dirig´es master ICFP course “Sym´etriesBris´eesen Th´eorieStatis- tique des Champs” taught by Marc Gabay and Pascal Simon, Ecole normale sup´erieure,Paris, France Feb. 2011 - Jun. 2011 Co-supervised (with Cristiane Morais Smith, Mark Goerbig) master thesis project of Selma Koghee, currently a PhD candidate at Antwerpen, Belgium Sept. 2009 - Sept. 2010 Co-supervised (with Cristiane Morais Smith) master thesis project of Thomas Troppenz, currently a PhD candidate at the ITF, Utrecht University Sept. 2007 - Jan. 2008 Teaching assistant theoretical physics master student seminar course “Ul- tracold Quantum Gases” taught by Rembert Duine, Utrecht University Jan. 2007 - Jun. 2007 Teaching assistant master course “Conformal field theory” taught by Jan Ambjørn, Utrecht University Jan. 2006 - Jun. 2006 Teaching assistant master course “Standard model” taught by Eric Laenen, Utrecht University

Presentations and Seminar Mar. 2013 Seminar at Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, The Netherlands “Bloch-Zener oscillations across a merging transition of Dirac points”

2 Dec. 2012 Seminar at European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy, University of Florence, Italy “Bloch-Zener oscillations across a merging transition of Dirac points” Oct. 2012 Invited short talk at GDR Physique Quantique Mesoscopique pl´eni`ere,Aussois, France, Oct. 2012 Jun. 2012 Seminar at Special Theory Seminar, Institute Laue-Langevin, Grenoble “Bloch-Zener oscillations across a merging transition of Dirac points” Jan. 2012 Seminar at Th´eoriede la Mati`ereCondens´eesur le Plateau, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay “Bloch-Zener oscillations across a merging transition of Dirac points” Nov. 2011 Seminar at Laboratoire de Physique et Mod´elisationdes Milieux Condens´es,Grenoble “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Nov. 2011 Seminar at Laboratoire de Physique Th´eoriquede Toulouse, Toulouse “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Oct. 2011 Seminar at Laboratoire de Physique Th´eoriquede la Mati`ereCondens´ee,Paris “Correlation effects in ultracold two-dimensional Bose gases” Oct. 2011 Invited short talk at Lavoisier Discussions, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay “Graphene in high magnetic field” Sept. 2011 Seminar at Friday theorie group meeting, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay “DOS of graphene in high magnetic field with Haldane pseudopotentials” Jun. 2010 Invited speaker at Graduate School Colloquium, University Hamburg, Hamburg, Ger- many “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” May 2010 Short talk at Session on Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases II, APS DAMOP Meeting, USA “Strongly interacting 2D Dirac fermions” May 2010 Invited speaker at Complex Quantum Systems Informal Seminar in the group of Allan MacDonald, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” May 2010 Seminar at Quantum Optics Theory Seminar in the group of Peter Zoller, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Feb. 2010 Invited speaker at Th´eoriede la Mati`ereCondens´eesur le Plateau, Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Orsay “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Feb. 2010 Invited speaker at Quantum Gases Group seminar at University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Jan. 2010 Short talk at Physics@FOM, Veldhoven, the Netherlands “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Dec. 2009 Seminar at BEC Meeting in the group of Henk Stoof, Utrecht, the Netherlands “Wilsonian renormalization group theory for a 2D Bose gas” Nov. 2009 Invited speaker at Group Seminar MPQ in the group of Immanuel Bloch, M¨uchen,

3 Germany “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Aug. 2009 Seminar at Informal Condensed Matter Seminar, MIT, USA “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Jul. 2009 Short talk at Summer Workshop Low-D Quantum Condensed Matter, Amsterdam, the Netherlands “Strongly interacting 2D Dirac fermions in a cold atomic system” Mar. 2009 Seminar at BEC Meeting in the group of Henk Stoof, Utrecht, the Netherlands “Emulating 2D interacting Dirac fermions with cold atoms” Nov. 2008 Invited speaker at Workshop on Critical Fluctuations in Spin and Charge Systems, Cambridge, UK “Cold atoms in 2D optical lattices under staggered rotation” Jan. 2008 Seminar at BEC Meeting in the group of Henk Stoof, Utrecht, the Netherlands “Artificial gauge fields for cold atoms”

Workshops, Conferences and Posters Presentations [ 1 ] Poster presented at Workshop on Frontier between atomic and solid state physics, Paris, France, July 2013 [ 2 ] Attended International conference on Disorder in Condensed Matter and Ultracold Atoms, Varenna, Italy, June 2013 [ 3 ] Attended Les Houches Summer School: Strongly Interacting Quantum Systems Out of Equilib- rium, France, August 2012 [ 4 ] Poster presented at Workshop on Theory of Quantum Gases and Quantum Coherence, Lyon, France, June 2012 [ 5 ] Poster presented at GDR Physique Quantique Mesoscopique pl´eni`ere,Aussois, France, Dec. 2011 [ 6 ] Poster presented at 28th Jerusalem Winter School in Theoretical Physics: Topological states in condensed matter physics, Jerusalem, Israel, Jan. 2011 [ 7 ] Poster presented at Theorie de la Matiere Condensee en Ile-de-France, Paris, France, Nov. 2010 [ 8 ] Poster presented at International Conference Spin Manipulation in Cold atoms and Condensed Matter, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Jan. 2010 [ 9 ] Attended Mini-School on Topological Insulators and Quantum Spin Hall Effect, Lyon, France, Dec. 2009 [ 10 ] Poster presented at ICREA Workshop on Quantum Gauge Theories and Ultracold Atoms, Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 2009 [ 11 ] Poster presented at Recent Progress in Many Body Physics 2009, Columbus, Ohio State University, USA, July 2009 [ 12 ] Poster presented at Trends in Theory, Dalfsen, the Netherlands, May 2009 [ 13 ] Poster presented at Physics@FOM, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, Jan. 2009 [ 14 ] Poster presented at 4th International Workshop Theory of Quantum Gases and Quantum Coher- ence, Grenoble, France, June 2008 [ 15 ] Poster presented at Physics@FOM, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, Jan. 2008 [ 16 ] Attended Summer School on Novel Quantum Phases and Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Cold Atomic Gases, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, Aug. 2007

4 [ 17 ] Attended International Conference Strongly Correlated Low Dimensional Systems, Ascona, Switzer- land, July 2006 Professional Duties I have been refereeing for international journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, and EPL since 2010.

Administrative Experience Sept. 2008 - Aug. 2010 Organizer of the condensed matter seminar at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Jan. 2008 - Sept. 2008 Organizer of the weekly BEC meeting (seminars, journal club) at the Insti- tute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Languages Mandarin Chinese (mother tongue); English, Bahasa Malaysia (fluent); Dutch, French (beginner).

References 1. Prof. Dr. Cristiane Morais Smith (PhD thesis advisor)

Address: Institute for Theoretical Physics Utrecht University Leuvenlaan 4 3584 CE Utrecht, The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Phone: +31 30 253 3062

2. Prof. Dr. Gilles Montambaux

Address: Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Universite Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay, France Email: [email protected] Phone: 01 69 15 69 29

3. Prof. Dr. Andreas Hemmerich

Address: Institut f¨urLaserphysik Universit¨atHamburg Luruper Chaussee 149 22761 Hamburg, Germany Email: [email protected] Phone: +49 40 89 98 51 62

4. Dr. Jean-No¨elFuchs

Address: Laboratoire de Physique Theorique de la Matiere Condensee Universite Pierre et Marie Curie 75252 Paris, France Email: [email protected] Phone: 01 44 27 44 19

5 5. Dr. Mark Oliver Goerbig

Address: Laboratoire de Physique des Solides Universite Paris-Sud 91405 Orsay, France Email: [email protected] Phone: 01 69 15 76 65

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