Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Di Xiao
The Xiao lab works on theoretical condensed matter physics with applications in energy-efficient quantum electronics and quantum computing. Di's reseach areas focus on developing novel ways to probe and control magnetism in van der Waals materials. He investigates novel phenomena, including transport and optical signatures of topological phases and heterostructure engineering of novel quantum states.
Juan Carlos Idrobo
Juan Carlos Idrobo is an Associate Professor in the Materials Science & Engineering Department. His research consists in applying analytical techniques in electron spectroscopy within monochromated and aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy to study the structure, electronic, magnetic, thermal, optical and topological properties of materials.
Arthur Barnard
Arthur Barnard is an Assistant Professor of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering leading an experimental research group that builds and implements novel scanning probe techniques to investigate 2D quantum materials and nanomechanical systems. With these tools, the Barnard lab electrically and optically measures 2D quantum materials devices while tuning their properties via in situ modifications of twist angle, shear deformation and electrostatic screening.
Ting Cao
Ting Cao is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and the UW Associate Vice Provost for Research Cyberinfrastructure. MEM-C research in the Cao group primary focuses on the electronic structures, excited-state properties, and light-matter interactions of one- and two-dimensional material systems.
Xiaodong Xu
Xiaodong Xu is Boeing Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Physics, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Washington. His group is interested in understanding the optical, electronic, and quantum properties of novel solid state nanostructures by device design, optical spectroscopy, electrical transport, and scanning photocurrent microscopy/spectroscopy measurements.
Peter Pauzauskie
Jihui Yang
Jihui Yang is a Kyocera Professor in MSE and Vice Dean of the College of Engineering. His research focuses on thermoelectric and energy storage materials with an emphasis on the design, synthesis, testing, and understanding of advanced thermoelectric materials and Li-ion battery materials for energy conversion and storage.
James DeYoreo
Jim De Yoreo is an Affiliate Professor of Chemistry and of Materials Science and Engineering. Research in the De Yoreo lab focuses on understanding the pathways of nanoscale and solution-processed materials synthesis, including 2D materials synthesis using materials characterization methods of spectroscopy and microscopy. In particular his lab investigates the dynamics of nucleation, growth, transformation and self-assembly of nano materials. Insights into the underlying mechanisms are obtained by using in situ microscopy and spectroscopy tools to directly probe the organization of atomic, molecular and nanoparticle species.
