CV
Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Sep 2024 - present)
Northwestern University, US
Associate Scientist, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences (May 2023 - Aug 2024)
SLAC National Lab and Stanford University, US
Postdoctoral Fellow, Group of Prof. H. Y. Hwang (2021 - 2023)
Department of Applied Physics/Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Stanford University
Postdoctoral Researcher, Group of Prof. J.-M. Triscone (2018 - 2021)
Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Professional Preparation
PhD in Physics, Highest distinction, Department of Quantum Matter Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2018)
Advisor: Jean-Marc Triscone. Thesis title: "Electronic and structural properties of LaNiO3-based heterostructures"
Master of Physics (MPhys) First class with honours, University of St Andrews, Scotland (2013)
Advisor: Andrew P. MacKenzie and Clifford Hicks. Thesis title: "Physics of the itinerant ferromagnet Sr4Ru3O10"
Awards and recognition
Rising Stars in Physics, Heiseing-Simons Foundation (2023)
Institute of Physics Emerging Leader in Condensed Matter Physics (2022)
Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship, (CHF 144,300 ~ USD 163,000) (2020)
Springer Thesis Prize (2018)
Subside Tremplin Prize, University of Geneva (2018)
Winner of FameLab Switzerland and International Finalist (2014)
Masters Thesis Prize, University of St Andrews School of Physics and Astronomy (2013)
Graduating Class Medal, University of St Andrews School of Physics and Astronomy (2013)
Invited seminars/colloquia and invited conference talks
American Physical Society Global Physics Summit - Focus topic 13.01.05, Anaheim, California (Upcoming in March 2025)
American Ceramic Society - Electronic Materials and Applications Symposium 11, Denver, Colorado (Upcoming in February 2025)
Materials Research Society Fall Meeting - Symposium 05 in "Quantum Materials", Boston, Massachusetts (2024)
IEEE Joint Annual Meeting of Magnetics Society and Nanotechnology Council, Chicago, Illinois (2024)
Materials Research Society Spring Meeting - Symposium 06 in "Electronics, Optics and Photonics", Seattle, Washington (2024)
Materials Research Society Spring Meeting - Symposium 05 in "Quantum Materials and Materials Physics", Seattle, Washington (2024)
Brown University, Providence, Materials Science Department Seminar (2024)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Chemistry-Physics Seminar (2024)
Argonne National Lab Materials Science Division, Seminar (2024)
American Ceramic Society - Electronic Materials and Applications Symposium 4, Denver, Colorado (2024)
Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces 49th edition, Santa Fe, New Mexico (2024)
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Seminar, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK (2023)
International Conference on Hyperfine Interactions and their Applications, Nara, Japan (2023)
New Generations in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Lido di Fermo, Italy (2023)
Los Alamos National Lab - Paul Scherrer Institute Workshop on correlated and topological quantum materials, Albuquerque, New Mexico (2023)
IOP Condensed Matter and Quantum Materials, Birmingham, UK (2023)
International Workshop on Complex Oxides, Spetses, Greece (2023)
Oxide superconducting spintronics workshop, Vietri Sul Mare, Italy (2022)
University of St Andrews Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Scotland (2022)
UC Berkeley Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Berkeley, California (2022)
French Physical Society Condensed Matter Days, Lyon, France (2022)
Paul Scherrer Institute 3rd Condensed Matter Summer Camp, Zuoz, Switzerland (2022)
American Physical Society March Meeting, Online (2021)
City University of Hong Kong Physics Department Colloquium (2021)
Summer School on Emergent electronic states confined at interfaces, Les Houches, France (2020) [Recording]
Quantum Oxide Research Online Meeting (QUOROM-1), Online (2020)
26th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics, Kyoto, Japan (2019)
Organisation
31st International Workshop on Oxide Electronics, Banff, Canada – Co-organizer with Ke Zou, Charles Ahn and Ankit Disa
American Physical Society Global Physics Summit Focus Topic 13.01.03, Anaheim, California – Co-organizer with Woo Seok Choi and Eren Suyolcu (2025)
American Ceramic Society Symposium 4 "Oxide Quantum Materials", Denver, Colorado – Co-organizer with Seung Sae Hong, Ho Nyung Lee and Elizabeth Nowadnick (2025)
3rd Quantum Oxide Research Online Meeting (QUOROM-3), Online – Co-organiser with C. Dominguez, B. Mundet and J.-M. Triscone (2021)
25th International Workshop on Oxide Electronics, Les Diablerets, Switzerland – Co-organiser with J.-M. Triscone and S. Gariglio (2018)
Outreach and teaching
MatSci 351-1 "Introductory Physics of Materials", Northwestern University (Fall 2024)
Supervisor of PhD and Masters students, University of Geneva and Stanford University (2018-2024)
Assistant, Intermediate and Advanced Teaching Laboratories, University of Geneva (2016 - 2021)
Mentor, Athéna Programme, University of Geneva (2015)
Narration for a film on the T2K experiment by Scientify (2018)
Judge at the FameLab Switzerland and FameLab CERN competititons (2015 - 2017)
Demonstrator at science festivals e.g. La Nuit de la Science, Switzerland and Fife Science Festival, Scotland (2011 - 2018)
Other professional activities
Peer-reviewer (2017 - present)
Journals: Nature, Nature Physics, Nature Electronics, Nature Communications, Nano Letters, JACS, Advanced Functional Materials, Small, APL Materials, PRX, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Physical Review Materials, Science, Science Advances, ...
Funding: Department of Energy Early Career Award, NSF CAREER panel, NSF ad-hoc reviewer
Other: SSRL SLAC Beamtime proposals
Chairing
"Emergent properties: Synthesis and interfacial effects", American Physical Society March Meeting (2024)
"Metal-insulator transition and vanadates", International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (2023)
"Facilities", Institute of Physics - Condensed Matter and Quantum Materials (2023)
"Nickelates", International Workshop on Complex Oxides (2023)
"Non-equilibrium magnetic and spin-orbit coupled systems", Oxide Superconducting Spintronics Workshop (2022)
"Nickelates/Superconductivity", International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (2022)
"Ruthenates", American Physical Society March Meeting (2022)
"Vanadates and niobates", International Workshop on Oxide Electronics (2021)
"Strain, microstructure and functionality tuning in epitaxial oxide films", Electronic Materials and Applications, American Ceramic Society (2021)
"Metal-insulator transitions and doping, 2DEGS, and electric-field effects at oxide interfaces", American Physical Society March Meeting (2021)
Committees
International Workshop on Oxide Electronics, American Physical Society Young Leaders Forum, Stanford Department of Applied Physics Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee
Memberships
American Physical Society, American Ceramic Society, Materials Research Society