Madalina Furis

Madalina Furis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and the Director of the Materials Science Program at the University of Vermont (UVM). She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the State University of New York at Buffalo (2004), with a thesis on 'Time-Resolved Spectroscopy of GaN/AlN Quantum Well Heterostructures.' Her postdoctoral research at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (Los Alamos) focused on nanocrystal quantum dots and spin injection in semiconductors.

Education:

• B.S. and M.S., University of Bucharest (1996–1997)
• Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo (2004)

Research Interests: Experimental condensed matter physics, including spin-polarized magneto-optical spectroscopy, nitride semiconductors, time-resolved spectroscopy of nanocrystals, and ferromagnetic nanostructures. She has pioneered magneto-spectroscopy experiments in high-field magnets like the Florida HELIX (25 Tesla).

Awards & Grants:

• NSF CAREER Award
• Two NSF MRI grants for advanced instrumentation
• NSF REU education grant (co-PI)

Labs & Collaborations: Leads the Furis Group at UVM, utilizing the Oxford 5 Tesla Superconducting Microscopy Magnet. Collaborates with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and Yamagata University on organic semiconductors.