Stephen Wilson

Biography

Stephen Wilson received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Tennessee in 2007 and then worked as a postdoc in the Materials Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab through 2009. He served on the faculty of the Physics Department at Boston College from 2010-2014, after which he joined the faculty of the Materials Department at UC Santa Barbara. He is currently serving as Professor and Associate Chair of Materials at UCSB where he also co-directs the NSF’s Quantum Foundry. Stephen’s research program focuses on the synthesis and advanced characterization of novel quantum materials, ranging from unconventional superconductors to quantum magnets.

Research

Stephen’s research program focuses on the synthesis and advanced characterization of novel quantum materials, ranging from unconventional superconductors to quantum magnets.