TEAM
PI Robert Birgeneau
University of California, Berkeley
Professor Birgeneau's research is primarily concerned with the phases and phase transition behavior of novel states of matter. He uses primarily neutron and x-ray scattering techniques to probe these systems. More can be found in his group website.
PI Chun Ning Lau
The Ohio State University
Professor Lau's group is interested in materials, phenomena, and processes in which quantum mechanics dominates, such as quantum transport of spin, heat, charges and other degrees of freedom, topological phases, electronic correlation, mesoscopic superconductivity and quantum computation, and development of new classes of quantum devices. More can be found in her group website.
PI Bing Lv
University of Texas at Dallas
Professor Lv's group has broad interest in experimental quantum materials physics and energy-related materials research including superconductors, topological materials and high thermal conducting materials. His group is a well outfitted bulk material synthesis & characterization lab with more than 30 different types of furnaces and deposition systems available to meet the stringent synthetic requirements for various single crystal and thin film growth, and cryogenic characterization facilities for low temperature electrical transport, thermal transport, heat capacity and magnetic properties measurements under magnetic field and high pressure. More can be found in his group website.
PI Ming Yi
Rice University
Professor Yi’s group is broadly interested in probing emergent phases in correlated quantum materials using spectroscopy tools such as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. Some of the ongoing projects include unconventional superconductors, nematicity, topological phases and phase transitions and low dimensional magnetism. More can be found on her group website.
PI Fan Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas
Professor Zhang's group has broad interests in condensed matter physics and quantum materials. Their research focuses primarily on topological states of quantum matter and interaction effects in many-body systems. Usually they let the approach fit the problem that is experimentally relevant and conceptually novel. More can be found in his group website.