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I’m currently a Knight-Hennessy fellow at Stanford University. I am part of the Goldhaber-Gordon Group at the Geballe Lab for Advanced Materials. While quantum mechanics can explain the behavior of single electrons in atoms and molecules, an unfathomable complexity of behaviors can arise in collections of electrons in solids. My work tries to probe and ask questions about complex phenomena which result from the correlated states of electrons in materials. I am generally excited about condensed matter physics, quantum science, quantum materials and device physics. I am also intrigued by advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence and I’m always on the lookout for adapting new tools and technology in understanding physical phenomena and enhancing experimental science.
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August 2026
I graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Physics! My thesis, “Microwave probes of quantum matter: probing quantum spin liquids and van der Waals heterostructures using superconducting circuits,” is available via the Stanford Digital Repository or as a PDF.
I had a wonderful time laying the groundwork for adapting microwave techniques from superconducting quantum science to probe condensed matter systems. The goal was to “shed new light” on these systems using tools that hadn’t previously been applied to them. My work specifically focused on spin resonance in frustrated magnets and on hybrid devices built from van der Waals heterostructures.
March 2026
I’ll be at the APS March Meeting in Denver, CO.
Hybrid superconducting circuit architecture to probe van der Waal heterostructures : part 1
Sandesh Kalantre (presenter), Chaitrali Duse, Ke Huang, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Charlotte Boettcher, David Goldhaber-Gordon, Aaron Sharpe
April 2025
I attended the Capri Spring School in Italy which covered Novel Aspects of Superconducting Devices. I learned a lot about superconducting circuits from many discussions with the participants. I met a few personal “heroes” whose papers have helped me understand superconductivity in depth. Lectures notes are available here.
May 2024
I travelled to Corsica, France to attend a Workshop on Physics of Complex Oxides. I gave a talk on Microwave spin resonance in spin liquid candidate TbInO3. Using superconducting microwave resonators, we probed spin excitations in a quantum spin liquid candidate and I talked about how such measurement techniques can be applied to other magnetic systems and thin film superconductors.
