Hi! I am Benedetta Flebus, a condensed matter theory physicist currently working as postdoc in the group of Allan MacDonald at UT Austin. Before moving here, I was a PhD student of Rembert Duine (2013-2017) and a Rubicon postdoctoral fellow in the group of Yaroslav Tserkovnyak at UCLA (2017-2018). In 2018, I have been selected as one of the Rising Stars in Physics.

Starting this 2020 fall, I will be an Assistant Professor at Boston College.

My research interests lie in the theoretical study of collective phenomena in condensed matter systems, and in understanding how new phenomena can be brought to light by using time-periodic drives or by creating layered structures.

My research to-date has focused on:

• Collective spin and heat transport through magnetic insulating systems;

• NV-center relaxometry as a probe of magnetization dynamics and magnetic topological defects;

• Electronic properties of dimensionally-hybrid carbon-based structures;

• Floquet engineering of twisted TMDs bilayers;

• Non-Hermitian topology in magnetic systems.

• Phonon transport in superconducting oxides.