Judy Cha
Judy Cha | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Cornell University Simon Fraser University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Cornell University Yale University Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | David A Muller |
| Other academic advisors | Yi Cui |
Judy Jeeyong Cha is an American physicist who is a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University. Her research considers 2D materials for next-generation technologies, including quantum computing and low-dissipation electronics.
Early life and education
Cha grew up in South Korea. She has said that she loved mathematics and science as a child.[1] She was an undergraduate student in engineering physics at Simon Fraser University.[2] She earned her doctorate at Cornell University, where she worked with David A Muller and developed nanoscale electron spectroscopies. Cha was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. She worked with Yi Cui on 2D materials, and became interested in topological systems.[3] The topological systems developed by Cha can be used to control electron transport and spin.[1]
Research and career
Cha joined the faculty at Yale University in 2013, where she was one of the first faculty appointed to the Energy Sciences Institute, and eventually made the Carol and Douglas Melamed Professor.[4][5] She moved to Cornell University in 2022, where she built a laboratory that fabricates and characterizes 2D nanomaterials. She is particularly interested in phase transformations and structure-property relationships in chalcogonides.[4] She has developed new strategies to create superconducting and metallic nanowires, which hold promise for quantum computation, and in situ approaches for transmission electron microscopy.[2]
Awards and honors
- 2016 Yale Arthur Greer Memorial Prize[6]
- 2017 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Azrieli Global Scholar for Quantum Materials[7]
- 2018 National Science Foundation CAREER Award[8]
- 2019 Moore Foundation EPiQS Materials Synthesis Investigator Award[9]
- 2024 Fellow of the American Physical Society "for 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"[10]
Selected publications
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Personal life
Cha is married to Alex Kwan, a psychiatrist who is a professor in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cho, Serena (2017-10-31). "Materials scientist wins award for research". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Judy Cha | Materials Science and Engineering". www.mse.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ↑ Koski, Kristie J.; Wessells, Colin D.; Reed, Bryan W.; Cha, Judy J.; Kong, Desheng; Cui, Yi (2012-08-22). "Chemical Intercalation of Zerovalent Metals into 2D Layered Bi 2 Se 3 Nanoribbons". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134 (33): 13773–13779. doi:10.1021/ja304925t. ISSN 0002-7863. PMID 22830589.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Alumni return to cornell as key faculty in university initiatives" (PDF). MSE Newsletter. Cornell Materials Science and Engineering. Summer 2021. pp. 8–9.
- ↑ "Yale | Cha Research Group". www.eng.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ↑ "Yale junior faculty Amanda Kowalski and Judy Cha awarded Arthur Greer Memorial Prize | Faculty of Arts and Sciences". fas.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ↑ "Judy Cha". cifar.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1749742 - CAREER: Electronic transport and interfacial effects on electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction for transition metal dichalcogenides". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ↑ "Investigator Detail". www.moore.org. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
- ↑ "APS Fellows archive". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2024-12-01.