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SUMMARY:ICFO | ALI YAZDANI
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DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT:\nUnderstanding strongly interacting phases of matter 
 continues to challenge our understanding of many particle quantum mechanic
 s. The platforms in which such phases occur spans a wide range of material
 s\, but in this talk I&rsquo\;ll focus on those realized in two-dimensiona
 l materials. I will describe a few experiments\, from those probing strong
 ly interacting states realized in high-magnetic fields\, such as direct vi
 sualization of a Wigner crystal to detection of fractional quantum Hall st
 ates with local spectroscopy. In zero field\, twisting layers of 2D materi
 als can be used to create flat bands that analogous to Landau levels can h
 ost novel interacting quantum states of their own\, such a correlated and 
 Chern insulators. These experiments show the power of spectroscopic imagin
 g in providing us with invaluable tool to probe and understand complex ele
 ctronic states starting with direct visualization.\nBIO:\nAli Yazdani is k
 nown for his research in advancing our understanding of emergent quantum p
 henomena by application and development of high-resolution microscopy tech
 niques to directly visualize highly entangled quantum states of matter. He
  started his own independent research group at the University of Illinois 
 in Urbana-Champaign in 1997 before joining Princeton&rsquo\;s physics depa
 rtment in 2005. Yazdani has held visiting professorships at different univ
 ersities including at Cambridge University (UK) and has been a Loeb Lectur
 er at Harvard and an Einstein Lecturer at the Weissman Institute in Israel
 . For his research accomplishments\, he has been recognized with several a
 wards and honors including a Humboldt research award and has been elected 
 a fellow of American Physical Society\, American Association for Advanceme
 nt of Science\, American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy
  of Sciences.
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