Alexander Balatsky

Professor

Physics


Research Interests

Quantum materials, Dirac materials, superconductivity,  multiferroic, quantum imaging, noise spectroscopy, materials informatics, DNA spectroscopy.

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Education

  • Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics, Russia, 1987
  • M.Sc., Theoretical Physics, Moscow Physical Technical Institute, Russia, 1984
  • B.Sc., Physics, Moscow Physical Technical Institute, Russia, 1982

Experience

  • 2017-present: Professor, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut
  • 2012-present: Professor, NORDITA, Sweden
  • 1991-2018: Oppenheimer Fellow; Staff member; Team leader; Director, Institute for Materials Science; Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • 1989-1991: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 1987-1989: Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics, Russia

Professional Societies

  • Fellow, American Physical Society
  • Fellow, AAAS

Honors

    • 1991-94: J. Robert Oppenheimer fellowship at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

Cyril Smith Scholar, Center for Materials Studies, LANL, 2000;
Los Alamos National Laboratory Achievement Award, September 1997; 2000;
Senior Fellowship of Japanese Society for Promotion of Science, March-April 2003;

Contact Information
Emailalexander.balatsky@uconn.edu
Phone(860)486-6693
Fax(860)486-3346
Mailing AddressDept. of Physics, University of Connecticut unit 3046, 196 Auditorium Road, Storrs, CT 06269-3046
Office LocationS213F
CampusStorrs