Stephen Wilson

Professor, Materials

Contact

(805) 893-2008
3215 Elings Hall
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5050

Materials Research Areas: 

Honors: 

Fellow, American Physical Society
Fellow, Neutron Scattering Society of America
Hellman Fellowship
NSF CAREER Award

 

Research Description: 

Current research interests include studies of unusual quantum states and their phase behaviors across a broad array of quantum materials and harnessing many-body electronic states in functional materials. Specific examples include studies of kinetically frustrated metals, highly frustrated and quantum magnetism, unconventional superconductivity, quantum criticality, and correlated topological materials. Experimental techniques include neutron and synchrotron x-ray scattering, bulk electronic properties characterization (e.g. charge transport, heat capacity, magnetic susceptibility, etc.), and new bulk single crystal growth methods.

Education: 

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
B.S. in Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville