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Ahmedullah Aziz.

Ahmedullah Aziz

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
VLSI & nanoelectronics, emerging memory devices & beyond CMOS technologies, hardware security, cryogenic circuits & quantum computing hardware, artificial intelligence & neuromorphic hardware
Cristian Batista.

Cristian Batista

Lincoln Chair Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Quantum materials synthesis, molecular quantum systems, 2D materials, quantum magnetism, strongly correlated electron systems, quantum theory and simulations, AI, high performance computing, topology, algorithmic development, correlated systems, quantum control and measurement
Adrian Del Maestro.

Adrian Del Maestro

Department Head & Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Thermodynamics and statistical physics, condensed matter physics, quantum physics, quantum entanglement, quantum nanofluidics, quantum phase transitions
Gerd Duscher.

Gerd Duscher

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Electrical activity at interfaces and crystal defects, atomic and electronic structure at interfaces, atomic resolution Z-contrast imaging, atomic resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy, atomic structure calculations with density functional theory
Takeshi Egami.

Takeshi Egami

UT-ORNL Distinguished Scientist & Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Neutron scattering research, x-ray scattering research, high-temperature superconductivity, electronic oxides, structure and dynamics of liquids and glasses, superconducting oxides and chalcogenides
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Adolfo Eguiluz

Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Theoretical condensed matter physics, physical chemistry, nanotechnology
Dustin Gilbert.

Dustin Gilbert

Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Properties of nanostructured materials & nanoscale phenomena; interactions & reversal behavior in hysteric systems
Bin Hu.

Bin Hu

Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Magnetic studies of exciton-exciton and exciton-charge interactions in organic light-emitting and photovoltaic devices, magnetic control of constructive and non-constructive excited state and charge transport processes in organic semiconducting materials, singlet and triplet photovoltaic channels in organic solar cells
Steve Johnston.

Steven Johnston

Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Condensed matter physics, multi-orbital systems, electron-boson interactions, high-temperature superconductivity
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Wonhee Ko

Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Quantum control and measurement, spectroscopy, out-of-equilibrium quantum measurement and sensing, transport, and devices
Joon Sue Lee.

Joon Sue Lee

Assistant Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Epitaxy of quantum materials, hybrid quantum materials systems, quantum transport, majoranas towards quantum computing
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Jian Liu

Associate Professor, Physics & Astronomy
Experimental condensed matter, novel quantum materials for nanotechnologies, correlated electronic materials, transition metal oxides, quantum materials-by-design; systems for metal-insulator transition, high-temperature superconductivity, colossal magnetoresistance, orbital ordering/reconstruction, strong spin-orbit coupling, quantum magnetism, multiferroics, magnetic switching

Institute for Advanced Materials & Manufacturing

2641 Osprey Vista Way
Knoxville, TN 37920
865-974-8428
iamm@utk.edu

Research Areas
Advanced Materials,
Advanced Manufacturing,
Materials for Extremes,
Polymer Science, &
Quantum Materials

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