Prof. Gregory MacDougall is Looking for Students in Experimental Condensed Matter

Prof. Gregory MacDougall is currently looking for students to join his experimental condensed matter physics group.

Professor MacDougall is interested in magnetism and the novel magnetic properties of materials with frustrated interactions, competing ground states and/or strong electron correlations. His research involves neutron scattering and muon spin rotation (μSR) investigations of novel materials performed at national laboratories, as well as a significant local effort toward the growth of large single crystals of scientific interest. Crystal growth will be performed in the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory and employ traveling solvent float zone, chemical vapor transport and high-temperature solution growth techniques. Current projects in Professor MacDougall's group include the study of unusual ground state properties in spinel and other frustrated materials, of the interplay between magnetism and high-temperature superconductivity in correlated electron systems, and of the nature of spin-liquid ground states and magnetic excitations in quasi-1D or quasi-2D materials.

For additional information about Prof. MacDougall and his research, please see his departmental website. If you're interested in discussing possible research opportunities with Prof. MacDougall, please contact him at gmacdoug@illinois.edu