Dr. Peter Schiffer

Biography

Peter Schiffer is a professor of physics at Princeton University and serves as the Dean for Research. He received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at AT&T Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Schiffer has held faculty positions at the University of Notre Dame, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Yale University, where he was the Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Applied Physics from 2019 to 2023. He has served in various leadership roles, including as a senior fellow at the Association of American Universities from 2020 to 2023. His research interests focus on experimental studies of magnetic materials and nanostructures, particularly in the area of geometrically frustrated magnets and artificial spin ice. Schiffer has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and has held leadership roles within the American Physical Society, including chair of the Topical Group on Magnetism and representative on the Board of Directors.

Research Interests