Dr. Ian Fisher

Biography

Ian Fisher is a Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at Stanford University, serving as the Chair of the department since 2022. He also holds a courtesy appointment in Materials Science Engineering and is a Principal Investigator at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences. His research focuses on quantum materials, including unconventional magnetic and electronic ground states and phase transitions, emphasizing the design and discovery of new materials. Recently, his work has concentrated on utilizing strain to probe and tune the parameters of various electronic states. Fisher’s interests encompass unconventional superconductivity, quantum phase transitions, nematicity, multipolar order, instabilities in low-dimensional materials, and quantum magnetism.

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