Research

Our lab investigates how correlated electrons and magnetic order give rise to unconventional transport phenomena in crystalline materials. We focus on systems where interactions between electronic degrees of freedom (charge, spin, and orbital), an underlying crystal lattice, and symmetry lead to behaviors that defy classical expectations—such as anomalous Hall effects, nonlinear responses, and transport signatures of topological or frustrated states. These phenomena often emerge near phase boundaries or in materials with complex magnetic ordering, geometric frustration, or broken inversion symmetry.

To access and tune these states, we employ a range of synthesis strategies to produce high-quality powders and single crystals and compositionally controlled materials. We combine structural and chemical design with low-temperature transport measurements, enabling us to connect microscopic interactions to macroscopic electronic behavior. This work provides insight into the fundamental physics of correlated metals and magnetic conductors, while also identifying materials platforms with potential relevance to spintronics and quantum technologies.

We study materials in which magnetic interactions are inherently frustrated—meaning that the magnetic moments cannot give rise to a long-range magnetically ordered state due to geometric or exchange constraints. This frustration can give rise to exotic ground states such as quantum spin liquids, spin ices, or dynamically fluctuating disordered states. These systems are at the forefront of quantum materials research, offering a platform to study entanglement, fractionalized excitations, and emergent gauge behavior in real materials.

Our group synthesizes and characterizes magnetic materials with frustrated lattice geometries and low-dimensional connectivity. Through low-temperature magnetometry, thermodynamic measurements, and structural analysis, we seek to uncover the organizing principles behind quantum magnetic behavior. By accessing both well-known and chemically underexplored lattice types, we aim to provide new platforms for understanding many-body quantum states and potentially informing the development of quantum information materials.

We investigate materials in which superconductivity arises alongside—or in competition with—other electronic orders such as magnetism, charge density waves, or orbital instabilities. These intertwined phenomena often produce complex phase diagrams, suggesting that subtle shifts in composition, structure, or dimensionality can tip the balance between different ground states. Our interest lies in understanding how these competing interactions manifest in transport, structure, and thermodynamic behavior across different families of correlated materials.

To probe these questions, we synthesize and characterize crystalline materials that exhibit superconductivity near magnetic or electronically ordered phases. Rather than aiming to solve the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity outright, we focus on identifying and tuning the underlying structural and electronic parameters that influence phase stability (and instability). Through this work, we aim to provide model systems for studying competition and coexistence in correlated electron systems and to broaden the materials base for exploring unconventional superconducting phenomena.