My teammates and I have a new paper on arXiv! In this recent work, we demonstrate how to synthesize tunable bulk crystal analogues of 2D moiré materials using the tools of solid-state chemistry. Furthermore, we use these new crystal lattices to coerce electrons to simulate the electronic and magnetic properties of a 4-dimensional metal. I'm excited to share our findings through our new arXiv posting and through this talk!
kpn (at) mit.edu
Hi there! I'm a Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics, working with Prof. Joe Checkelsky and his group at MIT. I received my PhD in physics from Princeton University in 2023, working with Prof. Ali Yazdani and his group. I also received BAs in physics and applied mathematics from UC Berkeley in 2017.
I plan to be on the academic job market in Fall 2025.
I'm an experimental condensed matter physicist studying the electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties of quantum materials.
My long-term goal is to understand the emergent quantum laws of strongly interacting electron systems, with a particular focus on how they produce exotic superconducting states and correlation-driven topological phases in materials.
2024 Pappalardo Fellowship Symposium
I was recently invited to give a public-lecture-style talk at this year's Pappalardo Fellowship Symposium. It was a great chance for me to speak very broadly about the goals and challenges of superconductivity research, and about how my teammates and I are working to answer some open questions in the field at MIT.