Stony Brook University · Department of Physics & Astronomy
We use scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to probe the electronic and structural properties of quantum materials — one atom at a time.
research directions
We combine low-temperature STM/STS with first-principles calculations to understand how electrons behave in correlated and topological quantum materials.
Charge order, Mott physics, and unconventional superconductivity in transition-metal oxides and van der Waals heterostructures — mapped with atomic-resolution STS.
Visualizing quasiparticle interference and edge modes on topological insulators and Weyl semimetals at temperatures from 4 K to room temperature.
Electronic reconstruction, flatband emergence, and local strain fields in twisted bilayer graphene and TMD superlattices, resolved at the moiré unit cell.
Building quantum structures atom by atom to test predictions from tight-binding models — artificial Kondo lattices, magnetic adatom chains, and designer quantum dots.
group members
Ph.D. in Chemistry, UC Berkeley (2016–2021). Postdoctoral researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory (2021–2023). IDEA Fellow, Stony Brook University (2023–2025).
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