Openings for Postdocs in Quantum Materials and 2D Optoelectronics

Unique Opportunity for a Postdoctoral Fellow at Boston College: The BC physics department is a highly collaborative environment, entirely focused on Condensed Matter Research. The department has 18 active faculty working at the forefront of solid state research in quantum materials, topology, biosensing, superconductivity, plasmonics, 2D materials, magnetism, quantum information and computing. This includes cutting edge experimental techniques such as scanning NV, STM, MBE, NSOM, Crystal Growth, broad band optoelectronics and spectroscopy.

Postdoctoral Position in Quantum Materials: The postdoc will focus on the discovery and understanding of novel phases of matter. Their particular focus will be twisted 2D materials including semimetal, superconducting and magnetic 2D materials. This includes investigating a range of emergent correlated and topological phases using a suite of spectroscopic optical and electrical probes.

Postdoctoral Position in 2D Optoelectronics The position is focused on exploiting recent advances of Prof. Burch and Prof. Ma in Weyl semimetals and the discovery of RuCl3 as a 2D crystalline acceptor. The postdoc will develop new strategies to enhance the detectivity and polarization sensitivity of nonlinear photocurrents in Topological Insulators, Weyl semimetals and 2D heterostructures with RuCl3. They will create plasmonic and photonics interfaces with an eye to applications in the Thz and Mid-IR.

Prof. Burch is a world leader in 2D materials, strong correlations, topology, and sensors. His group is a unique environment with abilities ranging from broad band FTIR, photocurrent, low Temperature/ high magnetic field Raman, transport and tunneling. His group has a built a one of a kind “cleanroom in a glovebox” enabling all 2D heterostructure fabrication in inert atmosphere with a vacuum suitcase to transfer materials between various experimental setups, including the glovebox, MBE and the photocurrent/Raman/transport setups.

Prof. Ma has just joined the Boston College faculty, after completing her postdoc in the group of Prof. Jarillo-Herrero. She is well known for ground breaking discoveries in Weyl semimetals, twisted 2D materials, and optoelectronic sensing with graphene. She is developing a one of a kind laboratory for quantum and 2D materials with capabilities in fabrication, transport, photocurrent and scanning probe.

Interested? Send an email with your CV to: ks.burch@bc.edu