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Karyn Le Hur Group

Coordinates of Karyn Le Hur: 

Center for Theoretical Physics 
Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS 
91128 Palaiseau, France 

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Karyn Le Hur: theoretical physicist aiming to answer fundamental questions in physics-related interdisciplinary research areas engaging many-body systems, condensed matter, quantum information theory, AMO systems and nanoelectronics. 

Special interests on topological systems on quantum systems and light-matter interactions

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Link to Publications on ArXiv 

~150 publications including 12 reviews in 2026; see List of publications

Positions and CV

                    Since 2018: Directrice de Recherches au CNRS (tenured) (DR1) 

                      Since 2024: Member (professor) of Admission Jury Concours Ecole Polytechnique, Filliere PC, ~170 students and PSI since 2026; 2012 - 2025 : Professeure "Chargée de Cours" Ecole Polytechnique (temps partiel)

2012: Directrice de Recherches au CNRS (DR2) 

2006 - 2011: Associate Professor at Yale University , USA 

2004 -: Member of the Canadian Institute of Research 

2002 - 2006: Assistant and Tenure Associate Professor at Sherbrooke University, first woman physics professor 

2000 - 2002: Maître Assistant position at Geneva, group of Prof. Markus Büttiker 

1998 - 2000: Post-doctoral fellow at ETH Zurich with Prof. Thomas Maurice Rice 

1995 - 1998: Ph.D. LPS Orsay, group of Prof. Bernard Coqblin 

Jury: Philippe Nozières (President), Bernard Coqblin, Benoit Douçot, Michele Fabrizio, Thierry Jolicoeur, Heinz Schulz

1995: Diplome D’études Approfondies of Theoretical Physics at ENS Paris, directors Edouard Brezin and Jean Iliopoulos 

Fellowship from Pierre & Marie Curie University/ENS

Research at ESPCI on high-Tc superconductivity

                        Studies at University of Nantes, Special Courses Institut Jean Rouxel, IMN – 

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Members of the Group

Magali Korolev , PhD student since 2024 on Quantum Wires, Quantum Information, DMRG, Topological Phases. Student From Toulouse, Master student from ENS Paris. Two articles are already published. Graduation in 2027.

Han Zhao, Master student M1 in 2026 and M2 2027, Ecole Polytechnique PhD Track and ENS Paris.

Hello: Students, post-doctoral fellows are welcome to send a CV and justification letter.

Link to all members of the group 

Supervision of 23 PhD students, 15 post-doctoral fellows, 31 Master & Bachelor students

Recent Publications 

Spin Response of a Magnetic Monopole and Quantum Hall Response in Topological Lattice

Models through Local Invariants and Light

Karyn Le Hur, Andrea Baldanza, Comptes Rendus de Physique Académie des Sciences 27 (2026) p. 323-351

Free Majorana Modes in Superconducting Quantum Wires

Karyn Le Hur, Comptes Rendus de Physique Académie des Sciences 27 (2026) 307-322

Topological Signatures of Magnetic Phase Transitions with Majorana Fermions through Local

Observables and Quantum Information

Karyn Le Hur, Fan Yang, Magali Korolev, Phys. Rev. B 113, L121106 (2026)

Topological p-wave Superconductors with Disorder and Interactions

Frederick del Pozo, Loic Herviou, Olesia Dmytruk, Karyn Le Hur, Phys. Rev. B 111, 075170 (2025)

Review: Interacting Topological Aspects with Light and Geometrical Functions, Karyn Le Hur

Physics Reports 1104 (2025) 1-42