Research at CPM

Research without disciplinary boundaries.

One community. Many connections.

Materials research rarely fits within one discipline. A single project may connect quantum behaviour, nanoscale fabrication, spectroscopy, computation, biology, and energy.

Condensed-matter and quantum physics
Quantum information and quantum technologies
Electronic transport, nanoelectronics and devices
Nanomaterials and low-dimensional materials
Photonics, optics and optoelectronics
Ultrafast science and spectroscopy
Microscopy, scattering and materials characterization
Materials science and engineering
Surface science, coatings and tribology
Soft matter, polymers and self-assembly
Statistical physics and nonequilibrium phenomena
Non-equilibrium phase transformations
Computational and theoretical methods
Thermal science, phonons and energy transport
Electrochemistry and energy materials
Microfabrication and nanofabrication
Biophysics and quantitative biology
Nanofluidics and single-molecule science
Bioimaging, biosensing and biomedical applications
Mechanical and precision sensing

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Chris Barrett Polymer and Materials Chemistry, Surfaces, Self-Assembly, Bio-Mimicry, & Light-Harvesting.

Kirk Bevan Nanoscale electronic materials and devices to develop next-generation energy, computing, and sensing technologies

Lilian Childress Quantum optics and spin physics in the solid state

Richard Chromik Coatings tribology, surface engineering, materials science

William Coish Quantum properties of nanoscale condensed matter systems for quantum information processing

David Cooke New THz spectroscopic techniques applied to correlated electron systems, dynamic photonic phenomena.

Guillaume Gervais Ultra-low temperature condensed matter physics

Martin Grant Nonequilibrium statistical physics

Peter Grütter Scanning probe microscopy and nanoscience.

Kai Wang Information-driven quantum photonics, optical emulation of topological and non-Hermitian matter

Hong Guo Quantum electronic transport theory in nanoelectronics and materials physics of nanotechnology

Michael Hilke Low dimensional systems, nanoelectronics, superconductivity and disordered systems

Samuel Huberman Heat transfer, phononics, and quantum materials

Patanjali Kambhampati Ultrafast phenomena in quantum dots

Anne-Marie Kietzig Bio-mimetic surface engineering

Bruce Lennox Self assembled monolayers, synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials; electrochemistry, neuroscience

Eric McCalla Materials Chemistry and Chemical Physics

Tami Pereg-Barnea Condensed matter theory: topological order and strong interactions

Nikolas Provatas Computational nonequilibrium thermodynamics and statistical physics

Walter Reisner Nanoconfined polymers and applications of nanofluidic technology to biological analysis

David Ronis Statistical mechanics to solve equilibrium and nonequilibrium problems in condensed complex systems

Jack Sankey Quantum optomechanics, superfluids, dark matter & medical sensing

Lena Simine Computational chemistry, soft matter, and charge transport

Bradley Siwick Ultrafast electron diffraction and scattering

Mark Sutton Time evolution of non-equilibrium systems studied using x-ray diffractive techniques

Thomas Szkopek Growth, modification, characterization and device applications of graphene and other 2D materials

Paul Wiseman Biophysical chemistry, biophysics and development of new image correlation spectroscopy techniques

Songrui Zhao III-nitride nanostructures by molecular beam epitaxy and photonic devices

Research support

Research staff

Robert Gagnon

Juan Gallego

John Smeros

Richard Talbot

Trainees & Scholars

Students & Postdocs

CPM supports graduate students and postdoctoral fellows engaged in multidisciplinary materials research across physics, chemistry, engineering, and related fields.

Julia Azzi PhD Student · Supervisor : Pr. Paul Wiseman

Louis Rossignol PhD Student · Supervisor : Pr. Hong Guo

Portrait of Matheus Azevedo Silva Pessôa

Matheus Azevedo Silva Pessôa PhD Student · Supervisor : Pr. Walter Reisner

Clément Fortin PhD Student · Co-supervision : Pr. Tami Pereg-Barnea and Kai Wang

The intersections are the research.

At CPM, theory informs measurement, new instruments reveal new phenomena, and insights at one scale create possibilities at another. The Centre’s identity comes from these exchanges—not from the boundaries between fields.

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