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Hanan Dery, a Professor at the University of Rochester in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a leading theorist in semiconductor physics with a focus on excitons, spin-polarized electrons, and spin/valley interactions in atomically thin monolayer semiconductors. His group has been pivotal in uncovering complex many-body states like hexcitons (six-body) and oxcitons (eight-body) in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) since 2013, particularly in WSe2 and MoSe2.
- Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering (2004), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
- Postdoc: University of California San Diego (UCSD), Department of Physics
- Research Themes: Many-body excitonic states, spin-valley coupling, dynamical screening, intervalley phonons, donor-bound excitons
Recent publications (2020–2025) emphasize composite excitonic states, ten-valley complexes, and breakdown of static screening approximations in 2D TMDs. Collaborations with experimental groups in Toulouse and Seattle underpin key findings, such as exchange scattering mechanisms and intervalley phonon dynamics. His team of graduated PhD students and postdoctoral scholars has produced foundational insights in spin relaxation and excitonic interactions.
Current advising includes Junghwan Kim (Luke), while former students like Min Yang and Pengke Li now contribute independently. The group remains a theory-focused unit, recruiting members based on funding availability and seeking candidates with quantum mechanics expertise and mathematical rigor.
