Andrea Young

Andrea Young is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), where they lead the Young Lab. The lab investigates quantum materials through nanofabrication and electronic measurement techniques.

• Affiliation: University of California Santa Barbara (Department of Physics)

Research Interests: Andrea Young's work focuses on the interplay of symmetry, topology, and correlations in low-dimensional systems, particularly exploring superconductivity, magnetism, and fractionalization in graphene and van der Waals heterostructures. They utilize cryogenic measurements and heterostructure engineering to probe thermodynamic properties of these materials.

Publication Trends: Recent articles emphasize twisted bilayer/trilayer graphene, moiré superlattices, and fractional quantum Hall effects, with keywords spanning condensed matter physics, quantum materials, and nanofabrication.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Moore Foundation grant (2020)
  • NSF fellowship (2020)
  • CAREER award (2017)

Advising: Andrea Young has advised PhD students such as Dr. Haoxin Zhou (2021) and Dr. Marec Serlin (2021). Their lab also supports research fellows like James Ehrets, who received an NSF fellowship in 2020.

Labs & Teams: The Young Lab at UCSB specializes in creating van der Waals heterostructures and developing techniques like picosecond transport and nanoscale interferometry to study fragile electronic states.