* Member of Users Executive Committee
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Joseph G. Checkelsky
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Physics
77 Massachusetts Ave, Bldg. 13-2074,
Cambridge, MA 02139
Phone: 617-324-7762
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Research Interests: Topological states, correlated electrons, magnetism, and superconductivity. We use a combination of materials synthesis and transport/thermodynamic probes to examine systems of interest. DC and Pulsed high magnetic fields play a crucial role in determining properties of the Fermi surface and studying field induced transitions in our studies.
Term: 1/2019 - 12/2021
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Nat Fortune
Smith College
Department of Physics
Clark Science Center
315 McConnell Hall
Northampton MA 01063
Phone: (413) 585-3980 office, (413) 585-3919 lab
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Research Interests: Small sample calorimetric measurements and thermometry in high magnetic fields, especially at low temperatures and as a function of magnetic field orientation; magnetic-field-induced phase transitions and quantum oscillations in quasi 2D organic superconductors and 2D/3D topological materials.
Term: 1/2020-12/2022
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Madalina Furis*
University of Vermont
Physics Department
82 University Place
A405 Cook Hall
Burlington VT 05405
Phone: 802-656-0817
Fax: 802-656-5177
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Research Interests: Optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures, such as CdSe colloidal quantum dots, in the presence of very high magnetic fields. Currently performing magneto-optical spectroscopy studies of spin polarized electron dynamics in semiconductors and optical Kerr effect measurements of ferromagnetic nano structures.
Term: 1/2015 - 12/2019
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Sara Haravifard*
Duke University
Department of Physics
120 Science Dr. , Physics Building BOX# 90305
Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 919-613-6821
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Research Interests: Design, synthesis and characterization of novel correlated electron spin system and quantum magnets. Single crystal growth using Bridgman furnace and floating zone image furnace. X-ray and Neutron scattering studies of emergent quantum phenomena in model quantum spin systems, particularly in geometrically frustrated magnets, spin dimer compounds, and unconventional superconductors. Experiments at the NHMFL have been focused on field- and pressure-induced phase transitions at ultra-low temperatures, utilizing innovative techniques in order to unveil the underlying physics of quantum critical phenomena.
Term: 1/2017 - 12/2019
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Ben Hunt
Carnegie Mellon
Department of Physics
5000 Forbes Ave.
Wean Hall 6412
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Phone: 412-268-9918
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Research Interests: I am interested in 2D materials and have done a majority of my research on graphene and graphene/boron nitride moire superlattices in the presence of large magnetic fields. Recently, I have been working on 2D transition-metal dichalogenide (TMD) superconductors, and the role that broken inversion symmetry and spin-orbit coupling play in their behavior in large magnetic fields. I am also interested in magnetic 2D materials and the way that proximity effects between magnetic materials and graphene can potentially lead to interesting topological states of matter.
Term: 1/2019 - 12/2021
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Philip Moll
Max Planck Institute for
Chemical Physics of Solids
Noethnitzer Str. 40
D-01187 Dresden
Germany
Phone: +49-351-4646-2243
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Research Interests: Our research group is aimed at understanding correlated electron systems on the microscale, with an emphasis on their behavior in strong magnetic fields. We employ Focused Ion Beam microstructuring to prepare mesoscale structures from single crystals of strongly correlated materials, with a focus on pnictide high-temperature superconductors, heavy fermion systems, unconventional low-temperature superconductors and topological metals. The typical dimensions of the crystalline structures range between 50micron and 100nm, and thus allow to study the interplay between the finite size and the relevant physical length scale of the material, such as a coherence length or domain size. We are also developing new experimental techniques in high magnetic fields based on microstructures, and are regular users of both the dc- and pulsed field facility.
Term: 1/2016 - 12/2021
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Janice L. Musfeldt
University of Tennessee
Department of Chemistry
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865-974-3392
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Research Interests: My program focuses on the spectroscopic properties of novel materials under external stimuli such as magnetic field and pressure, in the limit of small size, and with photochemical activation and chemical substitution.
Term: 1/2019 - 12/2021
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Raivo Stern
Natl Institute of Chemical Physics & Biophysics
Akadeemia tee 23, 12618 Tallinn, ESTONIA
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Research Interests: Properties of low-D quantum magnets, magnetic field induced phases and QCP, BEC, superconductivity. My main technique is still NMR (both static and pulsed fields), also thermodynamic and magnetic (magnetization and torque) measurements at high magnetic fields.
Term: 1/2020-12/2022
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Jairo Velasco
University of California, Santa Cruz
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Research Interests: Strongly correlated physics in two-dimensional (2D) materials such as graphene, multilayers of graphene, and black phosphorus. Recently, I have been working on planar tunneling spectroscopy of 2D materials at low-temperatures and ultra-high magnetic fields. I am interested in performing direct measurements of Landau levels in 2D materials as electron-electron interactions emerge. I am also interested in scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy of 2D materials.
Term: 1/2020-12/2022
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Matt Yankowitz
University of Washington
Department of Physics
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
3910 15th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98195
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Research Interests: Electronic and structural characterization and control of 2D van der Waals materials and heterostructures, in particular those with tunable moiré superlattice bands. Focus on transport and STM characterization of correlated electronic states, superconductivity, magnetism, and the quantum Hall effect. Integration of high-pressure techniques at high magnetic field.
Term: 1/2020-12/2022
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Andrea Young
University of California- Santa Barbara
Department of Physics
Broida Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530
Phone: 805-893-5464
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Research Interests: Low dimensional electron systems, two dimensional materials, quantum Hall effects, strongly correlated physics, low-temperature electronic, magnetic, and thermal measurements, scanned probe microscopy.
Term: 1/2019 - 12/2021
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Haidong Zhou
University of Tennessee
Dep. Physics and Astronomy
407A Nielson Physics Building
1408 Circle Drive, Knoxville TN 37996
Phone: 865-974-6019
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Research Interests: Synthesis and characterization of new quantum magnets combining geometrical frustration, low dimensionality, and low spins. One expertise is single crystal growth using floating zone technique. Experiments at the NHMFL have emphasized the elucidation of quantum spin liquid state and quantum spin state transitions.
Term: 1/2017 - 12/2019
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