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Benjamin M. Hunt is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Carnegie Mellon University, also holding a courtesy appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He earned his PhD from Cornell University in 2009. His research interests are centered around condensed matter physics, focusing on the behavior of electrons under extreme conditions such as ultra-low temperatures and high magnetic fields. He studies phenomena including superconductivity, charge fractionalization, and crystallization in low-dimensional materials, particularly in van der Waals heterostructures. Hunt employs various nanofabrication techniques to create mesoscopic devices, investigating electronic transport, capacitance, tunneling spectroscopy, and shot noise. His significant publications include works on quantum spin Hall edge states and Ising superconductivity in two-dimensional materials. He has been awarded the Kaufman Young Investigator Award in 2016, the DOE Early Career Research Award in 2017, and was named a Cottrell Scholar in 2019.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching and research in Physics and Materials Science & Engineering.
Carnegie Mellon University • Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching and research in Physics.
Columbia University • New York, NY
Research in condensed matter physics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Research in superconductivity and electronic materials.
Admission is extremely competitive with no strict GPA cut-offs; holistic review is used.