Research Interests

Current research interest in theoretical condensed matter physics focuses on the theory of quantum spin transport, dissipationless spin current, the spin Hall effect and  the theory of high Tc superconductivity based on the SO(5) symmetry between antiferromagnetism and superconductivity.

• Theoretical Condensed Matter
  
• Spintronics
  
• Superconductivity
  

Career History

• B.S. 1983, Free University of Berlin, Germany
• Ph.D. 1987, State University of New York at Stonybrook
• 1987-1989, Postdoctoral Fellow, ITP, Santa Barbara
  
• 1989-93, Research Staff Member, IBM Almaden Research Center
  
• 1993-present, Professor of Physics, Stanford University
  
• 1995-present, Professor of Applied Physics, by courtesy, Stanford University
  
• 2004-present, Professor of Electrical Engineering, by courtesy, Stanford University
  
• 2004-present, Co-director of IBM-Stanford Center for Spintronics Science and Application Center
  

Postdoc:

• Oskar Vafek

Current Graduate Students

• Andrei Bernevig
• Taylor Hughes
• Rundong Li

Former Graduate Students

• Yaroslaw Bazaliy
• Karen Chaltikien
• Handong Chen
• Chyh-Hong Chern
• Eugene Demler
• Jiangping Hu
  
• Leonid Pryadko
• Congjun Wu