Kemp W Plumb

Kemp W Plumb is an Associate Professor of Physics at Brown University since 2017. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto (2014), followed by a postdoc at Johns Hopkins University. His research focuses on neutron scattering, quantum materials, and x-ray scattering techniques.

• Affiliation: Member of the American Physical Society

Research Interests:

• Quantum spin liquids and criticality
• Spin-orbit coupling in quantum magnets
• Advanced materials characterization via scattering methods
• Electronic and magnetic properties of 5d compounds and cluster magnets

Publication Trends: Recent work explores quantum magnets on honeycomb and diamond lattices, frustrated magnetic systems, and materials synthesis. His studies employ neutron/x-ray scattering and computational physics to analyze spin dynamics and crystal structures.

Teaching:

• PHYS 0040 - Basic Physics B
• PHYS 0050 - Foundations of Mechanics
• PHYS 1410 - Quantum Mechanics A
• PHYS 1530 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
• PHYS 1600 - Computational Physics
• PHYS 2420 - Solid State Physics II
• PHYS 2600 - Computational Physics