Keji Lai

  • Professor
  • Physics
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Biography

Trull Centennial Professorship in Physics #1 (Fellow)

Research

Experimental condensed matter physics; nanoscale electromagnetic imaging; complex oxides; nano-materials; transport in low-dimensional systems.

Research Areas

  • Energy
  • Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Fields of Interest

  • Condensed Matter Physics

Centers and Institutes

  • Center for Complex Quantum Systems
  • Texas Materials Institute

Education

  • Ph.D., Princeton University, 2006

Publications

Awards

  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators (2023 - 2028)
  • Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award (2016)
  • International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) C10 Young Scientist Prize, 2015
  • Department of Energy Early Career Award, 2013
  • King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Global Research Partnership (GRP) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Award (2008 – 2011).
  • Karel Urbanek Postdoctoral Scholar in Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University (2006 – 2008).