Quantum Condensed Matter Physics at BU
Condensed matter theorists seek to understand how complex and often unexpected phenomena emerge from the collective behavior of many interacting particles. Their research spans quantum materials, strongly correlated systems, superconductivity, magnetism, nonequilibrium dynamics, topology, and quantum information science, providing fundamental insights that guide the discovery of new states of matter and future technologies.
Faculty
- David Campbell | Conductivity and complex systems
- Anushya Chandran | Quantum Many-Body Theory and Non-Equilibrium Systems
- Christopher Laumann | Quantum Computation and Many-Body Theory
- Pankaj Mehta | Biological and Statistical Physics
- Anatoli Polkovnikov | Many Particle Systems
- Andrei Ruckenstein | Classical Computation, Correlated Systems, and Higher Education
- Anders Sandvik | Computational Research on Quantum Many-Body Systems
- Dries Sels | Quantum Physics and Computation
Affiliated Faculty
- David Coker | Reactant Molecules in Different Environments
- Sahar Sharifzadeh | Understanding and Predicting Functional Material Properties
Recent highlights
- 2026—Welcome our newest hires of our Quantum Science and Engineering Collaborative, Dries Sels and Nikola Maksimovic
- 2025 —Anushya Chandran and Christopher Laumann were awarded the prestigious 2025 Martin Gutzwiller Fellowship from the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems.