Dr. Charles Ahn

Biography

Charles Ahn is the John C. Malone Professor at Yale University, specializing in Applied Physics and Materials Science. His research focuses on the fabrication and characterization of complex oxide materials using advanced growth techniques such as molecular beam epitaxy and synchrotron x-ray scattering. Ahn's current interests include the physics and technology of multifunctional oxides, nanofabrication, and electronic writing using scanning probe microscopies. He is also involved in exploring electronic control of complex order parameters in correlated oxides and the development of nonvolatile logic switches for post-CMOS computing paradigms. Ahn has received several prestigious awards, including the Fellow of the American Physical Society, the AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award, and the David Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. His extensive publication record features significant contributions to the understanding of superconductivity, ferroelectric thin films, and the modulation of orbital occupations in interface-induced polar states.

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