QMO Lab

Featured Research Topics

data intensive methodology

Data intensive measurements allow us to efficiently explore the complex behavior of novel nanoscale systems (and more).

atomic layer materials

They are an exciting new class of materials that come in stacked sheets of atoms with very strong in-plane bonds, but much weaker out-of-plane bonds.

hot electrons

Energizing graphene with a laser creates a hot bath of electrons, giving us insight into graphene’s thermal and electronic properties.

microbial photophysics

Through data intensive measurements we are bridging the gap between photosynthetic bacteria, quantum materials, and optoelectronics

biological design principles

Photosynthetic networks transform noisy energetic inputs into regulated power.

Additional Research Topics

natural energy regulation

Our research group has uncovered a way to build regulation into a quantum system making it robust against external fluctuations.

ultrafast measurements

In the QMO Lab, we study how electrons move, which means most of the interesting stuff is happening over the course of just trillionths of a second.

electron-hole condensation

By their very nature, ALMs confine the motion of electrons, allowing for the observation of novel electronic phenomena, such as the condensation of electrons and holes from a non-interacting gas phase to a highly interacting liquid phase.

carrier multiplication

Carrier multiplication is a phenomenon in which a single, high-energy excited electron can promote multiple additional electrons into the conduction band of a semiconductor.