Christopher Palmstrøm

Christopher Palmstrøm is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara. His research focuses on quantum and topological materials, spintronics, semiconductor metallization, and advanced thin film growth techniques.

• Quantum and Topological Materials
• Materials for Quantum Information Systems
• Spintronics
• Metallization of Semiconductors
• Thin Film Analysis
• Dissimilar Materials Epitaxial Growth

His work emphasizes molecular beam epitaxy and chemical beam epitaxy for metallic compounds, Heusler compounds, functional materials, magnetic materials, and compound semiconductors.