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I am a condensed-matter physicist and Senior Scientist in the Physics Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA USA. I study of how magnetic, electrical, and structural degrees of freedom affect the physical properties of materials. My interests include a wide range of materials from f-electron-bearing materials to "simple," p-block compounds, but the systems that I study generally possess the common attribute that quantum effects (e.g., strong spin-orbit coupling and strong electronic correlations) dominate the emergent properties: these materials can simply be called Quantum Materials.

I often employ high-pressure techniques and characterizations to explore a wide phase space of structural and quantum parameters. High-quality samples are imperative for understanding the physics that drives the behavior of these Quantum Materials, and I obtain materials through sample synthesis capabilities at LLNL or from collaborators across the country. My work has ramifications that cover a broad spectrum related to energy and national security: from structural phase stability in nuclear materials to high-temperature superconductivity in nominally insulating compounds.