Katja Nowack

Katja Nowack is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University in the Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on low-temperature scanning probe microscopy and quantum materials.

Education:

• M.S. in Physics, RWTH Aachen (2005)
• Ph.D. in Physics, Delft University of Technology (2009)

Her group develops scanning SQUID microscopes and hybrid probes to study emergent phenomena in quantum materials like topological insulators and complex oxides, combining imaging with low-noise transport measurements.

Recent publications highlight trends in superconducting interfaces, graphene Hall sensors, Bayesian current reconstruction, and stress-engineered superconductivity, reflecting her group's work on quantum sensing and mesoscopic systems.

Scientific Awards:

• DOE Early Career Award
• New Frontier Grant

Her lab at Cornell's Physical Sciences Building includes a Bluefors dilution refrigerator and Montana workstation, with opportunities for postdocs and students. She previously held postdoctoral positions at Delft University of Technology and Stanford University's Moler lab.