David Goldhaber-Gordon

David Goldhaber-Gordon is a physicist whose research studies and manipulates how electrons organize and flow on the nanoscale. In this regime, quantum effects and electron interactions are important, confounding intuitions gleaned from larger-scale electronics. Lately David and his research group have been excited about using a new class of materials called topological insulators to build 1D wires whose resistance does not increase with length; gaining insights into complex materials by designing “quantum simulators” based on electrons in well-controlled nanostructures; and engineering electronic properties by stacking atomically-thin materials. David also explores how nanostructured materials can change our thinking on electronic devices and energy conversion technology. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has been recognized with the National Academy of Science Award for Initiatives in Research, the William McMillan Award, and the George E. Valley Prize of the American Physical Society.