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Last updated on April 8, 2026.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jesse Berezovsky<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(last <\/em>updated before 5\/6\/2019 <\/em>): <\/span>A Condensed Matter Experimentalist,<\/span> much of my work is motivated by possible quantum computing and primarily concerns the behavior of optically excited spins near defects and in quantum nano-structures. I am also interested in acoustics.<\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By confining an electron within a nanoscale semiconductor structure, we can study its quantum behavior in a controlled environment, which may lead to new types of computing based on quantum phenomena.\u00a0 We are currently planning several experiments to understand and control the coherent dynamics of electron spins in these types of systems, and to explore the interaction of these spins with photons.\u00a0 Possible projects would include: 1. Controlling the spin\/photon interaction with optical resonators; 2. Developing new techniques for measuring the coherent dynamics of electron spins; 3. Studying the coupling of confined spins with a magnetic environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Robert Brown<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span>(last updated 4\/8\/2026 <\/em>): An imaging \/ industrial \/ medical \/ particle physicist, focusing next year on advancing human immunotherapy.<\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In a collaboration of physicists and molecular biologists, we are developing a small instrument for a potentially significant breakthrough in human T Cell immunotherapy. In immunotherapy, a cancer patient\u2019s T Cells are captured, modified, amplified and reintroduced to fight the disease more efficiently. Understanding and engineering magnetic particle\/magnetic field technology are keys to making a new and major reduction in system cost. With important contributions from two senior physics students, we have successfully carried out the first stage for small blood volumes, and we are publishing this progress. The final stage will address larger volumes, and new student(s) can collaborate on advancing\u00a0the science, prototyping and publishing as targets in the next year. Summer support is available. Note that the two graduating students have just been accepted with financial aid in top-ranked physics\/healthcare graduate schools.<\/p>\n

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Ed<\/strong> Caner<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(last <\/em>updated 5\/1\/2023 <\/em>):\u00a0<\/span>An Entrepreneurial Physicist, I direct the Physics Entrepreneurship Program Master’s program in our department. I advise (or more usually co-advise) students on projects that have innovation and\/or entrepreneurship components, including opportunity analysis, market analysis, technology development forecasting, patenting, and early stage business strategy and funding.<\/p>\n

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Corbin Covault<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(last <\/em>updated before 5\/6\/2019 <\/em>): An Astrophysics Experimentalist, my primary interests are in high energy cosmic rays including the Pierre-Auger Observatory<\/a>\u00a0that detects them.<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Our group is active in experimental research in High Energy Astrophysics. Our major experimental effort is on the Pierre Auger Observatory which includes data collection from the completed Auger South (in Argentina) and R&D in anticipation of Auger North (to be deployed in southeastern Colorado) We are also active in two minor projects (XOSS and OSETI). Information can be found on the HEA group web page:\u00a0http:\/\/hea.case.edu\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0. What all these efforts have in common is (a) they involve looking for rapid flashes of light with photomultiplier tubes, and (b) each involves extensive collaboration with scientists and students within our group and among other groups. Senior projects in our group will be developed around one of these five efforts, typically with both instrumentation and software (analysis or simulation) components.<\/p>\n

Possible senior projects include optical calibration studies, timing measurements with GPS equipment, cosmic ray shower simulations, and detector prototyping. Our group attracts a number of undergraduates with at least eight senior projects in the past four years. There are also some opportunities for projects in distributed computing and physics education research.<\/p>\n

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Pavel Fileviez<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (last <\/em>updated 3<\/em>\/22\/2024<\/em>): Particle Physics and Cosmology, Physics beyond the Standard Model, Dark Matter and Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry in the Universe, New Physics at Colliders, Unification of Fundamental Forces, Supersymmetric Theories and others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

– Dark Matter: the study of different dark matter candidates, axions, weakly interacting massive particles and others.<\/p>\n

– Neutrino Physics: Investigate the origin of neutrino masses, the study of new neutrino interactions and others<\/p>\n

– Baryon Asymmetry in the Universe: Investigate different mechanisms to explain the baryon asymmetry in the Universe<\/p>\n

– Formal aspects of field theory.<\/p>\n

– Higgs Physics at the Large Hadron Collider<\/p>\n

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Krista Freeman<\/u><\/b><\/a> (last updated 3\/27\/2025<\/em>):\u00a0 An experimental biophysicist, her research focuses on bacteriophages – viruses that infect bacteria.\u00a0 Phage therapy is the use of these viruses to infect and kill antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Our lab will use physical, biological, and engineering approaches to investigate how phage structure influences therapeutic utility.\u00a0\u00a0On the physics side, cryo-electron microscopy is used to generate high-resolution structural maps of phages. On the more biological side, mice are used as a model system to study the immune responses to phage administration. Data from these efforts are brought together to map the structural determinants of phage immunogenicity, and these insights help steer engineering projects to improve phages for therapeutic applications.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Although the wet lab is expected to be under construction through 2025, senior projects focused primarily on cryo-EM reconstructions of phage capsids are available. If you are interested in joining the group, please get in touch via email or (after July 1, 2025) come talk to me on campus.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Xuan Gao<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (last <\/em>updated 3\/4\/2020<\/em>): A Condensed Matter Experimentalist, I am interested in the synthesis and characterization of a variety of nanoscopic materials, including transparent conductors, semiconductors, topological insulators and 2D materials for nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, energy conversion, and sensing. <\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

New 2D Semiconductor Transistors with High-Performance<\/strong>
\nTwo-dimensional (2D) semiconductors similar to graphene, a single atomic sheet of carbon atoms, have received much interest for the development of next-generation nanoelectronics (e.g. nanoscale transistors). We will explore new 2D semiconductors (e.g. using van der Waals materials beyond transition metal dichalcogenides) or device modality (e.g. tunneling transistor instead of conventional field-effect transistor) to establish novel transistors with atomic thickness and high-performance.<\/p>\n

Optoelectronics with Atomic Thickness<\/strong>
\nThe extraction of atomically thin graphene from bulk graphite has inspired the broad pursuit of 2D materials with atomic thickness. In addition to their electronic properties, 2D materials’ optoelectronic behavior is of high interest for the development of nanoscale optoelectronics. We will explore the separation of ultra-thin nanoflakes of novel optoelectronic materials (e.g. hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites that have shown great promise in solar cells) and study their optoelectronic characteristics for photodetectors or photo-transistors. <\/p>\n

Hetero-interfaces of 2D Materials<\/strong>
\nThere are a variety of graphene-like 2D materials with unique physical properties or phases. For example, a 2D material can be metal, semi-metal, semiconductor, insulator, ferromagnet, superconductor, or even host more exotic quantum phases with topological protection. Interfacing a material with another one with different quantum phases offers the opportunity to introduce new phases or functionality in a material. In this project, we aim to build hetero-structures of 2D materials and introduce controllable ferromagnetism or superconductivity in a 2D semiconductor via the proximity effect.<\/p>\n

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Michael Hinczewski<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (last <\/em>updated before 5\/6\/2019<\/em><\/span>)<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0A Biophysics and Soft Condensed Matter Theorist, I am interested in the interactions of biopolymers such as proteins and force microscopy as a probe thereof.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Kathleen Kash<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (last <\/em>updated 3\/27\/2025 <\/em>): In my lab, we try to grow new semiconductor materials with the potential for new applications. We are particularly interested in materials that include only abundant, nontoxic elements, and materials that have applications in environmental sustainability. We do a lot of characterization to evaluate their properties, from x-ray diffraction to scanning electron microscopy to optical measurements and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Potential projects might include synthesizing materials that have been predicted but not realized yet, or developing new methods for synthesis of materials with improved properties. Potential projects might also include computational work or building instruments.<\/p>\n

If you are interested, please contact Prof. Kash by email, kathleen.kash@case.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lydia Kisley <\/span><\/strong><\/a>(last <\/em>updated 3<\/em>\/22\/2024<\/em>):\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Professor Kisley\u2019s group uses single molecule and high resolution optical microscopy to study (bio\/polymer\/nano) materials at high resolutions. We are looking for scientists and engineers excited about interdisciplinary research to join our team. We welcome motivated undergraduate students to actively participate in the research, scientific communication, and social environment of the research group. Therefore, undergraduate group members are expected to attend and participate in weekly group and subgroup meetings if they are available.<\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Prof. Kisley typically mentors students who have already been working in her lab prior to their senior year. Occasionally there are shorter term projects available. If you are interested in learning about a potential project, please refer to\u00a0https:\/\/www.kisleylab.science\/join-us<\/a>. Send your resume and a description of your interests in the group.<\/div>\n
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Walter Lambrecht <\/span><\/strong><\/a>(last <\/em>updated 3\/22\/2024 <\/em>):<\/strong> A Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physicist, I am interested in modeling\u00a0 a variety of materials and materials properties using quantum mechanical approaches, ranging from semiconductors and defects to magnetic materials. Some projects focus on specific materials, others on methods development. <\/span>
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Wide band gap semiconductor modeling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wide band gap semiconductors extend the functionality of current semiconductors. In collaboration with K. Kash, the Lambrecht group has been studying the family of II-IV-N2 semiconductors. Some outstanding problems remain unanswered: for example why are the Si based ZnSiN2 and MgSiN2 semiconductors indirect gap while the Ge and Sn based ones are direct gap? Our current hypothesis is that this is related to the distortion from the idealized wurtzite like structure, which is in turn related to the relative size of Si vs. Ge, Zn. Mg \u00a0cations.\u00a0\u00a0 In this project you would learn how to use realistic density functional theory and many-body-perturbation theory based band structure methods \u00a0to explore how the structural distortions affect the band structure aspects such as direct vs. indirect band gap.\u00a0 We can also study how these changes affect defect levels and doping opportunities in these materials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Mhlambululi Mafu<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(last updated 4\/3\/2025<\/em>): <\/span>A theoretical physicist focused on developing novel or improving existing methods to enhance the security of quantum communication protocols. These are techniques that exploit the principles of quantum mechanics to securely transmit information. These quantum protocols leverage phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to enable tasks that are impossible with classical communication methods. Some well-known quantum communication protocols that I work on include quantum key distribution, multiparty key agreement, and quantum secret sharing. Please take a look at some similar potential areas that you might find interesting\u00a0here<\/a>. However, one of the active projects involves designing processes of a measurement device-independent quantum key agreement protocol based on GHZ states.<\/p>\n

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Michael A. Martens<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(last updated 8\/18\/2023<\/em>): Primarily a Medical Imaging Physicist, I am interested in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and a variety of other magnetic imaging modalities.\u00a0 I have also worked in Experimental Particle Physics and will consider supervising a range of projects in experimental physics.\u00a0 I also co-advise projects with other faculty members interested in Magnetic Resonance<\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Please come talk to me.\u00a0 I have wide interests in Experimental Physics and particularly Magnetic Resonance techniques.<\/p>\n

Simplifying Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) using Machine Learning<\/b><\/div>\n
Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (MRF) is a technique for generating MRI images that employs a look-up-table for reconstructing an image from the raw data collected during a scan. The look-up-table is very large and sorting through the table for each measurement is time consuming. The structure of the measurement data and look-up-table are complex and attempts to understand and simplify this process have not been fruitful. The goal of this project is to apply the principles of Neural Nets (NN) and Machine Learning (ML) to extract simpler sub-structures within this complex landscape of data.\u00a0No understanding of MRI is needed.\u00a0 Programming experience (especially in Python) will be helpful, but not essential.<\/div>\n
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Harsh Mathur<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(last <\/em>updated 3\/31\/2022<\/em>):\u00a0<\/span>A theoretical physicist, I work on condensed matter physics, gravitation and cosmology and interdisciplinary problems.<\/p>\n

A selection of past projects with undergraduates are listed below. Future projects would be on similar subjects.<\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n[1] “Symmetry breaking, strain solitons and mechanical edge modes in monolayer antimony”, Joshua Chiel, Harsh Mathur and Onuttom Narayan (submitted to Physical Review B, Dec 2019; arXiv:1912.05791<\/a>).<\/p>\n[2] “The Effect of Forcing on Vacuum Radiation”, Katherine Brown, Harsh Mathur and Ashton Lowenstein, Physical Review A99, 022504 (2019) (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n[3] “Contact interactions and Kronig-Penney Models in Hermitian and PT-Symmetric Quantum Mechanics”, Foster Thompson, Katherine Brown, Harsh Mathur and Kristin McKee, Journal of Physics A51, 495204 (2018) (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n[4] “The Radial Acceleration Relation and a Magnetostatic Analogy in Quasilinear MOND”, Katherine Brown, Roshan Abrahahm, Leo Kell and Harsh Mathur, New Journal of Physics 20, 063042 (2018) (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n[5] “An Electrostatic Analogy for Symmetron Gravity”, Lillie Ogden, Katherine Brown, Harsh Mathur and Kevin Rovelli, Physical Review D96, 124029 (2017) (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n[6] “Exploring extra dimensions with scalar waves”, Katherine Brown, Harsh Mathur and Michael Verostek, American Journal of Physics 86, 327 (2018) (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n[7] “An analysis of the LIGO discovery based on Introductory Physics”, Harsh Mathur, Katherine Brown and Ashton Lowenstein, American Journal of Physics 85, 676 (2017) (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n[8] “Particle in a box in PT-Symmetric quantum mechanics and an electromagnetic analog”, Anirudh Dasarathy, Joshua Isaacson, Katherine Jones-Smith, Jason Tabachnik and Harsh Mathur, Physical Review A87, 062111 (2013) (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n[9] “Correlations and Critical Behavior of the q-model”, Alexander St. John and Harsh Mathur, Physical Review E84, 051303 (2011) (link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Monreal <\/strong><\/span><\/a>(last <\/em>updated 5\/3\/2019<\/em>):\u00a0<\/span>a nuclear, particle, and astro experimentalist. My lab is working on new detector technologies for future neutrino and dark-matter detectors; on solving engineering problems of giant optical telescopes; and on miscellaneous astroparticle phenomenology simulations and data analysis.<\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A hands-on lab senior project might involve designing, fabricating (possibly 3D-printing), and testing some new structures which could be used to amplify tiny electron signals in a gas proportional counter; there is a chance that an astronomical optics project is available. An engineering-design-oriented project might involve (if you have MechE interests) design of large telescope hardware components to try to meet thermal, vibration, or strain specifications; electrical, civil, or aerospace-centric design projects can also be imagined. A software\/simulation\/data-analysis-oriented project might be writing a GEANT simulation of a large particle detector; or running an optical simulation package to analyze a telescope’s adaptive optics limitations; or possibly astronomical data analysis.<\/p>\n

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Johanna Nagy<\/span><\/strong><\/a> (last updated 5\/1\/2023): An astrophysics experimentalist, Her group studies the Cosmic Microwave Background by building balloon-borne and ground-based instruments and analyzing the resulting data.<\/p>\n

Potential projects<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Hari Padma<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(last updated 4\/8\/2026<\/em>): Our group focuses on using light to probe and manipulate quantum materials. To achieve this, we develop advanced time-resolved optical and x-ray spectroscopic tools, both in the laboratory and at large national facilities. We welcome motivated undergraduate students with an interest in optics, coding, and more generally building things.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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John<\/strong> Ruhl <\/strong><\/span><\/a>(last updated 3\/30\/2022 <\/em>):\u00a0An Astrophysics Experimentalist, I study the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), primarily small angle and polarization (B-mode) correlations in the CMB.\u00a0 I use radiotelescopes, either near the south pole, or carried on balloons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Projects are available related to the development of millimeter-wave cameras and telescopes, and observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation. Please come talk with me.<\/p>\n

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Glenn<\/strong> Starkman<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (last updated before 5\/6\/2019 <\/em>): An Astrophysics \/ Particle Physics Theorist, I have a variety of interests, including theoretical analysis of the Cosmic Microwave Background to understand if the universe is truly infinite or if it has a non-trivial topology.<\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span>
\nI am willing to discuss a variety of projects in theoretical cosmology and particle physics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A list of Professor Starkman’s papers can be found at here<\/a>.\u00a0 Browsing this\u00a0list will give you a good idea of the types of problems on which I might be interested in working\u00a0with you.<\/div>\n
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Giuseppe Strangi<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(last updated 5\/1\/2023 <\/em>):\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Our Research Focuses on Nanophotonic Systems and Metamaterials at the Intersection of Classical and Quantum Realms. We aim to drive progress in the design and application of metamaterials and advanced optical materials by employing cutting-edge techniques and creating novel applications. This process is driven through in-house fabrication in tandem with a diverse array of global collaborations. We harness physical principles to advance knowledge and engineer innovative solutions applicable to a wide variety of fields including: photonic and plasmonic materials, soft matter, and next generation sensing and healthcare technologies.<\/div>\n
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Cyrus Taylor<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(last <\/em>updated 3<\/em>\/30\/2022<\/em>): <\/span>\u00a0I have worked on (and supervised undergraduate senior projects in)\u00a0 a wide variety of physics areas, including aspects of both theoretical and experimental high energy physics, physics entrepreneurship, mathematics of finance, and studies of access and equity issues in physics.\u00a0 Much of my current work is related to aspects of physics and climate change.<\/p>\n

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Idit Zehavi<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0(last <\/em>updated 8<\/em>\/17\/2020 <\/em>): Astrophysics, Cosmology, Large Scale Structure, Observationally-motivated theorist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/b>Large galaxy surveys such as the SDSS have greatly improved our understanding of large-scale structure and enable detailed studies of the clustering of galaxies and their implications for cosmology, galaxy formation and evolution, and the relation between galaxies and dark matter halos. We aim to explore the galaxy-halo connection using simulations of physical models in order to extend the current empirical approach and build better models to describe the data. Related projects at the interface of theory and observations will explore the role of the large-scale environment in shaping the galaxy content of dark matter halos, their physical properties and galaxy clustering.<\/p>\n

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Shulei Zhang<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (last <\/em>updated 3<\/em>\/30\/2022<\/em>): A condensed matter theorist. I am interested in spin and charge dynamics\/transport in magnetic and topological materials including ordinary transition metal ferromagnets, magnetic insulators, topological insulators and semimetals<\/span><\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Spin wave modes in chiral magnets<\/strong>
\nChiral magnets are a class of noncentrosymmetric magnetic materials that are known to host topological spin textures such as skyrmions, meron-antimeron pairs etc. Different types of topological spin textures carry different topological charges (which are characterized by integer numbers -1, +1 etc). It would be interesting to explore how spin wave modes \u2013 collective excitations of magnets \u2013 depend on the topological property of a nontrivial spin texture. This project requires both analytical and numerical methods to solve a set of coupled partial-differential equations (i.e., the Landau-Lifshitz equation).<\/p>\n

Motion of magnetic textures driven by spin waves<\/strong>
\nWhile the motion of a magnetic texture in a nanowire is usually driven by either an electric current or a magnetic field, in principle it can also be driven by propagating spin waves since each spin wave carries an angular momentum which can be transferred to the magnetic texture. The propagating spin waves can be excited by a local alternating magnetic field or a temperature gradient. This project will involve seeking numerical solutions of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation via micromagnetic simulations which are well-established numerical tools for studying multidomain magnetization dynamics.<\/p>\n

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Claire Zukowski<\/strong><\/span><\/a> (last updated 4\/8\/2026<\/em>):\u00a0<\/p>\n

One aspect of my research in quantum gravity involves quantum mechanical descriptions for de Sitter spacetime, which is an approximation of our late-time cosmology. Another avenue describes geometrical aspects of gravity in the language of quantum information. Much of this exploits holography, or dualities between gravitational theories and quantum mechanical theories in a lower dimension. Several of my former undergraduates have worked on holographic entropy inequalities and the holographic entropy cone, which has a lower barrier of entry than many other topics in theoretical physics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last updated on April 8, 2026.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Jesse Berezovsky<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(last <\/em>updated before 5\/6\/2019 <\/em>): A Condensed Matter Experimentalist, much of my work is motivated by possible quantum computing and primarily concerns the behavior of optically excited spins near defects and in quantum nano-structures. I am also interested in acoustics.<\/p>\n

Potential Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

By confining an electron within a nanoscale semiconductor structure, we can study its quantum behavior in a controlled environment, which may lead to new types of computing based on quantum phenomena.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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