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Grigory Tarnopolskiy is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of Physics. He specializes in theoretical condensed matter physics and high energy physics, having earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University in 2017. Tarnopolskiy's research interests include Twistronics, where he examines the physical properties of Moiré superlattices, particularly focusing on twisted bilayer and multilayer graphene. His work studies critical phenomena, the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model, and systems demonstrating unique non-Fermi liquid behaviors and maximal chaos. Tarnopolskiy has published multiple articles in prominent physics journals discussing various topics including excitation spectra of quantum matter and fractional Chern insulator states. He is an active member of the American Physical Society and has contributed significantly to the understanding of quantum materials.
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