B.S. Georgetown University (1982)
Ph.D. University of Michigan (1989)
I am interested in the physics of novel effects in mesoscopic systems. My work falls in three broad categories: submicron electronic devices, heat transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene nano-sheets, and two-dimensional electron gases. “Mesoscopic” systems are those in between the regimes of classical and quantum physics, typically less than a micron across. The theoretical challenges are to understand how the quantum mechanical effects in the microscopic device couple to macroscopic world of voltmeters and ammeters, and how to take advantage of the novel quantum dynamics for new applications.
