Judy Cha, Ph.D. ’09, professor of materials science and engineering and the Lester B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
The fellowship program was created to recognize members who have made advances in physics through original research and publication or made significant innovative contributions in the application of physics to science and technology.
Cha’s research focuses on synthesis and transport properties of topological and 2D nanomaterials and their phase transformations in order to understand the structure-electronic property relationships of these quantum nanomaterials. The APS cited her pioneering contributions in the development of nanoscale synthesis and characterization methods for topological nanomaterials, resulting in enhanced properties of the topological electronic states for device applications and fundamental studies.
Cha, who received her Ph.D. in applied physics from Cornell in 2009 and joined the Cornell faculty in 2022, was among 149 elected APS fellows this year, including Yuval Grossman, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences. Among other accolades, she is the recipient of the Moore Foundation EPiQS Materials Synthesis Award, the Nano Research Young Innovator Award in Nano Energy, and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award.
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