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Nai Phuan Ong is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton University and the Director of the Princeton Center for Complex Materials. He received his undergraduate education from Columbia University and earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976. His research interests include topological matter, superconductivity, quantum magnetism, candidate spin liquids, quantum shot-noise phenomena, and 2D materials. Ong’s group has made significant contributions, such as establishing the existence of strong fluctuations in the order parameter using Nernst effect torque magnetometry in high-temperature superconductors. He has clarified the central role of Berry curvature in the anomalous Hall effect in magnetic materials. His students have also made key discoveries in the field of topological materials, including Dirac-Weyl semimetals and superconductors like MoTe2, which features unique edge supercurrents. Ong is a recipient of several prestigious awards including the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 1982 and the H. Kamerlingh Onnes Prize in 2006. He is a member of several professional societies, including the American Physical Society and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
Princeton University • Princeton, NJ
Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Director of the Princeton Center for Complex Materials.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.