Dr. Daniel Rhodes

Biography

Daniel Rhodes is an Affiliated Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working primarily in the field of Materials Science Engineering. His research focuses on the processing and synthesis of novel two-dimensional (2D) bulk materials that exhibit interesting correlated phenomena, including superconducting and multiferroic characteristics. Rhodes’s work involves handling a variety of elements across the periodic table and aims to understand how changes in crystal symmetry can enable unique electrical transport phenomena and the coexistence of phenomena typically forbidden in bulk materials. His group explores the growth parameters of a subclass of 2D materials known as transition metal dichalcogenides using scanning probe microscopy methods. They systematically study the parameters that determine nucleation and growth processes, as well as defect formation. Rhodes earned his PhD in physics from Florida State University, where he primarily worked at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory synthesizing topological superconducting bulk single crystals and measuring Fermiology. He previously served as a postdoctoral research scientist at Columbia University, focusing on 2D materials. In 2024, he received the NSF Career Award.

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