Physics Faculty

Research Interests

• Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials (2D atomically thin layers, graphene, carbon nanotubes, and related materials)
• Hetero bilayers and moiré engineering
• Raman spectroscopy

Research Interests

• Emerging quantum phenomena in correlated and topological quantum materials
• Scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy

Research Interests

• Condensed matter physics
• interfacial phenomena

Research Interests

• Nanophotonics and Integrated Photonics
• Complex and Chaotic Photonics
• Light-Matter Interactions
• Non-Hermitian Physics

Research Interests

• Computational condensed matter physics
• Design of superconducting, topological and battery materials
• Machine learning and evolutionary optimization

Research Interests

• Condensed matter physics

Research Interests

• Condensed matter theory
• Non-perturbative approaches for correlated materials
• Quantum criticality

Research Interests

• Biophysics and Nanofluidics

Research Interests

• Materials modelling
• First-principles calculations
• Phonon-limited superconductivity
• Carrier transport
• Sustainable software development

Research Interests

• Experimental condensed matter physics and materials physics
• Quantum materials with layered structures

Research Interests

• Organic Electronics and Solar Cells
• Nanomaterials
• Nanoscale Electrical Property Mapping

Research Interests

• Experimental research on high intensity, ultrashort laser-matter interactions; (harmonic generation and laser filamentation)
• Theoretical research on laser-matter interactions using numerical simulations; (nonlinear Schrodinger equation, carrier-resolved unidirectional pulse propagation equation, and nonlinear envelope equation)

• Research on laser microfabrication of energy storage devices

Teaching Interests

• Physics
• Applied physics and astronomy - specializes in:
  • Plasma
  • Laser physics
  • Nonlinear optics

Research Interests

• Computational materials physics
• Beyond Li-ion batteries
• Molecular and nano-electronics
• Mechanical properties of alloys
• Photovoltaics

Teaching Interests

• Secondary (rechargeable) batteries utilizing multivalent ions
• Molecular and nano-electronics and spintronics
• Surface adsorption properties of materials
• Structural and electronic properties of materials

Research Interests

• Experimental solid state physics
• properties of semimetals
• graphite intercalation compounds
• high-tc superconductors and low-dimensional magnetic systems

Research Interests

• Condensed matter physics

Research Interests

• Theoretical attosecond and strong-field physics
• Ultrafast electron dynamics in condensed matter and gases
• Theory and method development for strong laser-matter interaction

Research Interests

• Ultrafast nonlinear optical spectroscopy
• Light–matter interactions
• Low-dimensional materials
• Energy transfer dynamics