Rebeca Ribeiro-Palau

Rebeca Ribeiro-Palau is a CNRS Researcher (CRCN) at the Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies (C2N), a joint research unit of CNRS and Université Paris-Saclay, where she joined the PHYNANO group in November 2017 to investigate topological orders in van der Waals heterostructures.

Her educational background includes a bachelor's degree from the University of Carabobo in Venezuela, a master's degree from the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research (IVIC) where she studied non-centrosymmetric superconductors, and a PhD in Physics from Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse conducted at the French National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (LNCMI).

Her research focuses on experimental condensed matter physics with emphasis on:

• Topological states in 2D systems
• Quantum transport in graphene and van der Waals heterostructures
• Band structure manipulation techniques
• Nanofabrication for quantum device engineering
• Applications in quantum Hall resistance standards

She has received notable recognition including the MRSEC fellowship during her postdoctoral work at Columbia University.

Dr. Ribeiro-Palau's career spans the French National Metrology Laboratory (LNE), Columbia University, and the LNCMI, where she combines low-temperature/high-magnetic-field measurements with advanced nanofabrication to explore quantum phenomena in two-dimensional materials.