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Ankit Disa earned a B.S. in Applied Engineering Physics from Cornell University in 2010 and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Yale University in 2016. His doctoral research focused on manipulating electronic magnetic properties of complex oxides and the synthesis of atomically precise heterostructures. He joined the Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter in Hamburg, Germany as a postdoctoral scientist, where he developed novel methods to control functional properties on ultrafast time scales using THz light. In 2017, he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship. In 2019, he became a fellow at the Max Planck-NYC Center for Non-equilibrium Quantum Phenomena based at Columbia University. He returned to Cornell in July 2022 to join the faculty in Applied Engineering Physics as an Assistant Professor, leading the Disa Lab. His research focuses on understanding and controlling the properties of quantum materials at the smallest lengths and time scales possible. These materials are characterized by strong interactions that couple electron charges, spins, and orbitals to their surrounding atomic lattice, leading to unique emergent phenomena such as high-temperature superconductivity and colossal magnetoresistance.
Cornell University • Ithaca, NY
Leading the Disa Lab in the Department of Applied and Engineering Physics.
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