Barry Bradlyn

Barry Bradlyn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his BS in Physics from MIT (2009) and PhD in Physics from Yale University (2015), where his thesis focused on linear response and Berry phases in the fractional quantum Hall effect. From 2015-2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, studying crystal symmetries in topological phases.

• Education:
  • BS, Physics, MIT (2009)
  • PhD, Physics, Yale University (2015)
• Research Interests:
  • Symmetry protected topological phases
  • Geometric response in quantum materials
  • Quantum Hall effect and topological insulators
  • Magnetic topological materials
  • Photonic crystal topology
  • Quantum geometry and nonlinear response
• Awards:
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE, 2025)
  • Air Force Young Investigator Award (2020)
  • NSF CAREER Award (2020)
  • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2020)
  • McMillan Award (2019)
  • Facebook Content Policy Research Award (2019)
• Courses Taught: PHYS 212 (Elec & Mag), PHYS 213 (Thermal Physics), PHYS 214 (Quantum Physics), PHYS 487 (Quantum Physics II), PHYS 567 (Geom Topol Mod Elec Struct), and special topics courses in condensed matter.