FEATURED RESEARCH
Terahertz-Assisted Multiband High-Harmonic Spectroscopy
Two-color midinfrared–terahertz fields turn high-harmonic emission into a probe of crystal-momentum-resolved dipole vectors and ultrafast multiband dynamics in ZnO (Yue group, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2026).
Atomically-Thin Magnets Exhibit Tunable Domains and Exchange Bias
Even-odd CrPS₄ interfaces enable tunable lateral exchange bias (Lin group, Nature Materials 2025)
Wannier functions have fostered the development of a software ecosystem for materials
simulations
Wannier functions have fostered the development of a software ecosystem for materials simulations (Margine, Rev. Mod. Phys. 2024)
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy Degree Programs
Research Grants & Awards
- Sam Olin wins the 2025 Distinguished Dissertation Award for his dissertation titled 'On Controllable Electronic Properties In Correlated and Topological Quantum Materials'
- Ana Laura Elías Arriaga wins NSF CAREER Award for materials fabrication research
- Margine receives NSF CSSI award to advance electronic structure modeling infrastructure
- Margine is recognized among the top 2% scientists worldwide
- Bonggu Shim receives NSF award for investigating intense laser plasma interactions
- Pegor Aynajian receives NSF award for nanoscale exploration of magnetic topological quantum matter
- Mativetsky and Elias Arriaga receive NSF award to support training and clean energy research experiences for undergraduates
- Margine receives collaboration DOE award with Feliciano Giustino (PI, UT Austin) and Emmanouil Kioupakis (Co-PI, U Michigen) on exascale computing of electron-phonon couplings for finite-temperature materials design
- Smeu receives NSF award to develop single-molecule electronics and spintronics with collaborators at the University of Arizona
- Kolmogorov and Margine receive NSF award to design high-Tc superconductors
- Margine receives NSF award to create an advanced electronic structure modeling infrastructure
- Margine receives NSF award to develop methods for superconductivity modeling
- Liu, Piper, and Smeu receive NSF award to study Li-ion Batteries
- Shim's group receive NSF grant for studying laser plasma interactions