About:
This faculty member is associated with the Penn State Intercollege Graduate Degree Program (IGDP) in Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) where a multitude of perspectives and cross-disciplinary collaboration within research is highly valued. Graduate students in the IGDP in MatSE may work with faculty members from across Penn State.
Recent Activities:
- National Science Foundation: "MRSEC: Center for Nanoscale Science."
- National Science Foundation: "MIP: 2D Crystal Consortium."
- Department of Energy/Johns Hopkins University: "EFRC: Institute for Quantum Matter"
- University of Chicago: "Quantum state creation and control in scalable two-dimensional systems for information processing and sensing"
- National Science Foundation/Semiconductor Research Corporation/NIST/Univ. Minnesota: "Center for Spintronic Materials in Advanced Information Technologies (SMART)"
Research Projects:
- National Science Foundation: "MRSEC: Center for Nanoscale Science."
- National Science Foundation: "MIP: 2D Crystal Consortium."
- University of Chicago: "Quantum State Creation and Control in Scalable Two-dimensional Systems for Information Processing and Sensing"
- Department of Energy/University of Chicago/Argonne National Lab: "Next Generation Quantum Science & Engineering: Q-NEXT"
Awards:
- Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics, Penn State University (2023 - present).
- Vice-chair, APS March Meeting, American Physical Society (2023)
- George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Department Head of Physics, Penn State (2011-2023).
- Past-Chair, Division of Materials Physics, American Physical Society (2020)
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2019)
- Chair, Division of Materials Physics, American Physical Society (2019)
- Chair-elect, Division of Materials Physics, American Physical Society (2018)
- Vice-chair, Division of Materials Physics, American Physical Society (2017)
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013).
- Outstanding Alumnus Award, Physics Dept., Purdue University (2008).
- Faculty Scholar Medal in the Physical Sciences, Penn State (2008).
- George W. Atherton Award for Teaching Excellence, Penn State (2007).
- Fellow of the American Physical Society (2003).
- Society of Physics Students Annual Award for Excellence in Physics Teaching, Penn State (1993).