Sara Haravifard | Scholars@Duke

Sara Haravifard
William M. Fairbank Assistant Professor of Physics

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Current Research Interests

Exploring novel collective phenomena in quantum materials by means of neutron and x-ray scattering techniques; Investigating quantum critical phenomena at extreme environmental conditions of ultra-low temperature, high magnetic field, and high pressure; Materials by Design: synthesis, single crystal growth and characterization of correlated electron systems, quantum magnets, topological systems, metal-organic frameworks, and high-temperature superconductors.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

William M. Fairbank Assistant Professor of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015 - 2022
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015
Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering 2017
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2018

Contact Information

099 Physics Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708-0305
haravifard@phy.duke.edu (919) 613-6821
Research Group Webpage

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., McMaster University 2010
- M.S., McMaster University 2005
- B.S., McMaster University 2003
Duke Appointment History
- Scholar In Residence in the Department of Physics, Physics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2015
Recognition
In the News
- JUN 12, 2017 Duke Research Blog
  
  Cooking Up Frustrated Magnets in Search of Superconductivity
- FEB 17, 2017 Fields Magazine, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
  
  From Frustration to Discovery
- OCT 8, 2015
  
  Sara Haravifard: Physicist Learning About Magnetic Moments
Awards & Honors
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award. ORAU. May 2017
Expertise
Subject Headings
Research
Selected Grants
- Unlocking the Mystery of Novel States of Matter in Quantum Materials awarded by Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2017 - 2018
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- NSERC PGS D3 Prestigious Scholarship awarded by National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2007 - 2010
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship awarded by Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universitie, Canada 2006
- The Eugene D. Bolotkin Prestigious Scholarship awarded by McMaster University, ON, Canada 2005
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Book Sections
  - Haravifard, S, Yamani, Z, and Gaulin, BD. "Quantum Phase Transitions." In Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences, 43-144. January 1, 2015. Full Text
- Journal Articles
  - Haravifard, S, Graf, D, Feiguin, AE, Batista, CD, Lang, JC, Silevitch, DM, Srajer, G, Gaulin, BD, Dabkowska, HA, and Rosenbaum, TF. "Crystallization of spin superlattices with pressure and field in the layered magnet SrCu2(BO3)2." Nature Communications 7 (June 20, 2016): 11956-null. Full Text
  - Haravifard, S, Banerjee, A, van Wezel, J, Silevitch, DM, dos Santos, AM, Lang, JC, Kermarrec, E, Srajer, G, Gaulin, BD, Molaison, JJ, Dabkowska, HA, and Rosenbaum, TF. "Reply to Zayed: Interplay of magnetism and structure in the Shastry-Sutherland model." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, no. 5 (February 2015): E383-E384. Full Text
  - Haravifard, S, Banerjee, A, van Wezel, J, Silevitch, DM, dos Santos, AM, Lang, JC, Kermarrec, E, Srajer, G, Gaulin, BD, Molaison, JJ, Dabkowska, HA, and Rosenbaum, TF. "Emergence of long-range order in sheets of magnetic dimers." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111, no. 40 (October 2014): 14372-14377. Full Text
  - Feng, Y, Wang, J, Jaramillo, R, van Wezel, J, Haravifard, S, Srajer, G, Liu, Y, Xu, Z-A, Littlewood, PB, and Rosenbaum, TF. "Order parameter fluctuations at a buried quantum critical point." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, no. 19 (May 2012): 7224-7229. Full Text
  - Haravifard, S, Gaulin, BD, Yamani, Z, Dunsiger, SR, and Dabkowska, HA. "Neutron scattering from the static and dynamic lattice of SrCu (BO ) in its Shastry-Sutherland singlet ground state." Physical Review B 85, no. 13 (April 2012). Full Text
  - Haravifard, S, Banerjee, A, Lang, JC, Srajer, G, Silevitch, DM, Gaulin, BD, Dabkowska, HA, and Rosenbaum, TF. "Continuous and discontinuous quantum phase transitions in a model two-dimensional magnet." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109, no. 7 (February 2012): 2286-2289. Full Text
  - Asano, T, Nishimura, T, Ichimura, S, Inagaki, Y, Kawae, T, Fukui, T, Narumi, Y, Kindo, K, Ito, T, Haravifard, S, and D. Gaulin, B. "Erratum: “Magnetic Ordering and Tunable Structural Phase Transition in the Chromic Compound CuMoO 4 ”." Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 80, no. 11 (November 15, 2011): 118001-118001. Full Text
  - Asano, T, Nishimura, T, Ichimura, S, Inagaki, Y, Kawae, T, Fukui, T, Narumi, Y, Kindo, K, Ito, T, Haravifard, S, and D. Gaulin, B. "Magnetic Ordering and Tunable Structural Phase Transition in the Chromic Compound CuMoO 4." Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 80, no. 9 (September 15, 2011): 093708-093708. Full Text
  - Haravifard, S, Fritsch, K, Asano, T, Clancy, JP, Yamani, Z, Ehlers, G, Nishimura, T, Inagaki, Y, Kawae, T, Swainson, I, and Gaulin, BD. "Coexistence of singlet and ordered moments in the ground state of the triclinic quantum magnet CuMoO." Physical Review B 84, no. 9 (September 2011). Full Text
  - Haravifard, S, Rule, KC, Dabkowska, HA, Gaulin, BD, Yamani, Z, and Buyers, WJL. "Neutron and x-ray scattering studies of the lightly doped spin–Peierls system Cu 1− Cd GeO 3." Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 19, no. 43 (October 31, 2007): 436222-436222. Full Text
  - Dabkowska, HA, Dabkowski, AB, Luke, GM, Dunsiger, SR, Haravifard, S, Cecchinel, M, and Gaulin, BD. "Crystal growth and magnetic behaviour of pure and doped SrCu2(¹¹BO3)2." Journal of Crystal Growth 306, no. 1 (August 1, 2007): 123-128. Full Text
  - Haravifard, S, Dunsiger, SR, El Shawish, S, Gaulin, BD, Dabkowska, HA, Telling, MT, Perring, TG, and Bonca, J. "In-gap spin excitations and finite triplet lifetimes in the dilute singlet ground state system SrCu(2-x)Mgx(BO3)2." Physical review letters 97, no. 24 (December 14, 2006): 247206-. Full Text
  - Gaulin, BD, Lee, SH, Haravifard, S, Castellan, JP, Berlinsky, AJ, Dabkowska, HA, Qiu, Y, and Copley, JR. "High-resolution study of spin excitations in the singlet ground state of SrCu2(BO3)2." Physical review letters 93, no. 26 Pt 1 (December 21, 2004): 267202-. Full Text
Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
Advising & Mentoring
- Post-Doctoral Research Associates: Zhenzhong Shi, Hongcheng Lu, Sachith Dissanayakse
  
  Graduate Students: William Steinhardt, Brodie Popovic
  
  Undergraduate Students: Will Smith, Olivia Liu (Huang Fellow)
  
  International Student Interns: Yinying Zhang (University of Science & Technology China), Qiaochu Wang (University of Science & Technology China)
  
  Highschool Students: Andrew Jiang
  
  Alumni:
  Stephen Kuhn (Postdoc)
  
  Jeong Min Park (Undergraduate Student)
  James Shackford (Undergraduate Student)
  August Ning (Undergraduate Student)
  Ryan Bichoupan (Undergraduate Student)
  Bingzheng Han (Undergraduate Student)
  Ezra Kalmowitz (Undergraduate Student)
  Eric Seewald (Undergraduate Student)
  Craig Cronin (Undergraduate Student)
  
  Zhican Chen (International Student Intern - University of Science & Technology China)
  Haizhou Liu (International Student Intern - Nanjing University, China)
  Yiliang Lu (International Student Intern - Nanjing University, China)
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
Service to the Profession
Service to Duke
- Member of Course Development and Curriculum Advisory Committee, New Course Instructor. 2017 2017
- Member of the organizing committee for the 1st joint Duke-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Workshop on Neutron Sciences. Duke University. 2016 - 2016 2016

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

In the News

Awards & Honors

Subject Headings

Selected Grants

Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants

Selected Publications

Book Sections

Journal Articles

Recent Courses

Advising & Mentoring

Presentations & Appearances

Service to the Profession

Service to Duke