FIELD-QM
Faculty
Dario Arena
Prof. Areana is an Associate Professor at USF Physics. His research emphasis is on magnetic materials and spin dynamics, spintronics, correlated electron systems, ferromagnetic resonance, and synchrotron-based spectroscopy and scattering.
Sanjukta Bhanja
Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja holds the position of Executive Associate Dean at the College of Engineering, University of South Florida. Her research delves into the realm of Physics-inspired Computing, particularly emerging memory, as well as processing in memory using techniques like spintronics and straintronics. Additionally, she has explored probabilistic graph model analyses for quantum-dot cellular automata. Dr. Bhanja's expertise spans the entire spectrum of computing, from materials and devices to circuits, architecture, and algorithms.
Jacob Gayles
Prof. Gayles is an Assistant Professor at USF. He specializes in theoretical and computational modeling and prediction of magnetic and topological materials.
Humberto Rodriguez Gutierrez
Prof. Humberto is an Associate Professor at USF Physics. His research focuses on low-dimensional systems, nanostructures, 2D materials, Raman Spectroscopy, and Transmission Electron Microscopy.
Manh-Huong Phan
Prof. Phan is a Full Professor and Research Faculty Member at USF Physics. His research interests span a wide spectrum of topics in nanomagnetism and nanospintronics, biosensors and ML-guided healthcare monitoring technologies, energy-efficient multicaloric materials for solid cooling technologies, magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications, multiferroics, helimagnetism and magnetic skyrmions, 2D van der Waals magnets, and quantum materials for communication and computation. He leads a dynamic group that focuses on the development of advanced materials and sensor technologies.
Director - Hariharan Srikanth
Prof. Hari Srikanth is a Distinguished University Professor and has been in the Physics department since 2000. His research focuses on magnetic nanostructures (fabrication, properties, applications), nanomagnetism in medicine, magnetocaloric effect and magnetic refrigeration materials, spincaloric effects in heterostructures, spin-heat coupling, interface physics, multiferroic materials, physics of spin and charge frustrated materials, complex oxides with multiple phases, and strongly correlated electron systems.
Ioannis D. Spanopoulos
Prof. Spanopoulos is an Assistant Professor at USF Chemistry. Research at the Spanopoulos Group focuses on utilizing molecular and crystal engineering to design and synthesize next-generation, multi-functional materials for energy and environmental-related applications. Some representative examples are the new families of Porous Metal Halide Semiconductors (PMHS), Crystalline Fullerene Metal Halide Semiconductors (FMHS), next-generation Antibacterial/Viral agents and Chiral/Magnetic Semiconductors.
Sarath Witanachchi
Prof. Witanachchi is the chair of Physics department and has been at USF since 1990. His research focuses on: solid state & materials physics, laser ablation, laser-assisted materials processing, dynamic optical diagnostics, plasma processes for thin film growth, nanostructures and nanocomposites, materials for energy, and multiferroics.
Michael Cai Wang
Prof. Michael Cai Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at USF and affiliated with the Department of Medical Engineering and the Department of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering. His research focuses on interface/surface phenomena, nanomanufacturing, 2D materials, and self-assembly.
Lilia Woods
Prof. Woods is a Full Professor at USF Physics. She works in the broad area of theoretical and computational condensed matter physics. The scientific problems explored in her group are inspired by novel materials for optical, magnetic, and transport applications. Her group develops new theoretical and computational methods for the prediction of properties and phenomena validated by experimental collaborators.