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Heike Pfau is an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Pennsylvania State University, affiliated with the Department of Physics within the Eberly College of Science. Her research focuses on strongly correlated electronic materials, employing techniques like angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) to study phenomena such as heavy fermion behavior, unconventional superconductivity, and quantum criticality. She holds a Ph.D. from the Technical University Dresden and Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (2015), and a Diploma in Physics from TU Dresden (2010).
Professional highlights include postdoctoral roles at Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Her work has been recognized with prestigious awards, including the Otto-Hahn Medal (2016) and Springer Thesis Award (2016).
Her research explores materials such as iron-based superconductors and heavy fermion systems, with a focus on electronic structure and emergent collective phenomena. Recent studies include strain-dependent electronic behavior and nematicity in FeSe, as well as quantum criticality in heavy fermion materials. She leads the Electronic Structure Group, advancing ARPES methodologies to probe ultrafast electronic dynamics.
Publications span over a decade, emphasizing ARPES applications in correlated electron systems. Awards include DFG Research Fellowship (2018) and Feodor-Lynen Fellowship (2015). Her contributions bridge experimental condensed matter physics and materials science, with implications for understanding quantum materials.
