Peter J. Lu
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Quasicrystalline Medieval Islamic Architectural Tilings
Colloidal Gelation
Earliest Use of Diamond
Colloids on the Space Station
Earliest Compound Machine
Low-cost detection of contamination and disease
Drying Complex Suspensions
Natural Quasicrystals
Confocal Differential Dynamic Microscopy

Featured Publications

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    1. “Gelation of particles with short-range attraction” Nature. 453, 499–503 (2008). [pdf]
    2. “Decagonal and Quasi-crystalline Tilings in Medieval Islamic Architecture” Science. 315, 1106–1110 (2007). [pdf] [Supp. Info]
    3. “Early Precision Compound Machine from Ancient China” Science. 304, 1638 (2004). [pdf] [Supp. Info]
    4. “The blossoming of Japanese mathematics” Nature. 454, 1050 (2008). [pdf]
    5. “Natural Quasicrystals” Science. 324, 1306–1309 (2009). [pdf]
    6. “Colloidal Particles: Crystals, Glasses, and Gels” Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics. 4, 9.1–9.17 (2013). [pdf]
    7. “Characterizing Concentrated, Multiply Scattering, and Actively Driven Fluorescent Systems with Confocal Differential Dynamic Microscopy” Physical Review Letters. 108, 218103 (2012). [pdf] [Supp. Info]
    8. “Identifying and Indexing Icosahedral Quasicrystals from Powder Diffraction Patterns” Physical Review Letters. 87, 275507 (2001). [pdf]
    9. “Fluids of Clusters in Attractive Colloids” Physical Review Letters. 96, 028306 (2006). [pdf]
    10. “Phanerozoic marine biodiversity dynamics in light of the incompleteness of the fossil record” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103, 2736–2739 (2006). [pdf]
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    Broadcast Media Coverage

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      1. “Advanced Stone-Polishing Techniques Employed Earlier Than Thought” All Things Considered. National Public Radio (2005).
      2. “Advanced geometry of Islamic art” The World Today. British Broadcasting Corporation (2007).
      3. “Medieval Mosques Illuminated by Math” All Things Considered. National Public Radio (2007).

      Print Media Coverage

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        1. “Top 100 Science Stories of 2007: 59. Medieval Mosque Shows Amazing Math Discovery” Discover (2008).
        2. “In Medieval Architecture, Signs of Advanced Math” The New York Times (2007).
        3. “Earliest use of diamonds by Chinese found” China Daily (2005).
        4. “Puzzle der Unendlichkeit” Die Zeit [Germany] (2007).
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        Peter J. Lu  |  Harvard University  |  Cambridge, MA 02138 USA |  plu@fas.harvard.edu