Overview
Experimental Condensed Matter / Quantum Materials
Current Appointments & Affiliations
William M. Fairbank Associate Professor of Physics
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2024 - Present
Physics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of Physics
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2024 - Present
Physics,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
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2022 - Present
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
Pratt School of Engineering
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
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2018 - Present
Duke Science & Society,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Recent Publications
Realization of two-sublattice exchange physics in the triangular lattice compound Ba3 Er(BO3 )3
Journal Article
Communications Physics
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December 1, 2024
Geometric frustration commonly occurs in materials where magnetic rare-earth ions are arranged on a two-dimensional triangular lattice. These compounds have been gaining significant attention lately, as they hold the promise of revealing unique quantum sta ...
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Synthesis and characterization of the novel breathing pyrochlore compound Ba3Tm2Zn5 O11
Journal Article Physical Review Materials · December 1, 2024 In this study, a novel material from the rare-earth based breathing pyrochlore family, Ba3Tm2Zn5O11, was successfully synthesized. Powder x-ray diffraction and high-resolution powder neutron diffraction confirmed phase purity and the F4¯3m breathing pyroch ... Full text CiteEvidence of Dirac Quantum Spin Liquid in YbZn_{2}GaO_{5}.
Journal Article Physical review letters · December 2024 The emergence of a quantum spin liquid (QSL), a state of matter that can result when electron spins are highly correlated but do not become ordered, has been the subject of a considerable body of research in condensed matter physics [1,2]. Spin liquid stat ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
McMaster University (Canada) ·
2010
Ph.D.
McMaster University (Canada) ·
2005
M.S.
McMaster University (Canada) ·
2003
B.S.