Prof. Allan MacDonald
Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Professor of Physics, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Profile
ACADEMIC HOST
Prof. Rafi Bistritzer
School of Physics and Astronomy
Emilio Segre Distinguished Lectures in Physics
16.1.26-20.1.26
Education
- B.S., Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, 1973
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Toronto, Canada, 1978
Experience
- University of Texas at Austin, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Professor of Physics
- Indiana University, Professor of Physics (1987–2000)
- National Research Council Canada, Ottawa Laboratory, Research Scientist (1978–1987)
- Visiting positions: ETH Zurich, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Honors and Awards
- Clarivate Citation Laureate, 2024
- Wolf Prize in Physics, 2020
- Ernst Mach Honorary Medal, Czech Academy of Sciences, 2012
- Oliver E. Buckley Prize, APS, 2007
- Elected, National Academy of Sciences, 2010
- Elected, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005
- Herzberg Medal, Canadian Association of Physicists, 1987
Research Interests
- Theoretical condensed matter physics
- Electronic properties of metals and semiconductors
- Correlated many-electron states in low-dimensional systems
- Quantum Hall effects (integer and fractional)
- Spintronics and topological phenomena
- Exciton and polariton condensates
- Two-dimensional materials, including magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene and moiré superlattices
Faculty
Exact Sciences
Framework of visit
Distinguished LecturesMethodology
Current YearSelected Publications
- Bistritzer, R., & MacDonald, A.H., Moiré bands in twisted double-layer graphene, PNAS, 2011.
- Eisenstein, J.P., & MacDonald, A.H., Bose–Einstein condensation of excitons in bilayer electron systems, Nature, 2004.
- Wu, F., Lovorn, T., Tutuc, E., & MacDonald, A.H., Hubbard model physics in transition metal dichalcogenide moiré bands, PRL, 2018.
