Michael N. Leuenberger
University of Central Florida, USA
Title: Electronic and optical properties of transition metal dichalcogenides in the presence of vacancy defects
Biography
Biography: Michael N. Leuenberger
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Michael N Leuenberger has received his PhD degree in Theoretical Physics in 2002 from the University of Basel in Switzerland. After his Postdoctoral positions at the University of Iowa and at the University of California, San Diego he joined in 2005 the NanoScience Technology Center at the University of Central Florida and became tenured Associate Professor in 2011. In 2008, he has received the DARPA/MTO Young Investigator Award. His current research areas include quantum information processing in topological insulators, optoelectronics in 2D materials and solar energy harvesting in nanoparticles. He has published more than 60 peer-reviewed papers and 4 book chapters.