In Summer 2026, PI Eo and graduate students will conduct a study group focused on the statistical mechanics of phase transitions —stay tuned for more information!
You can check our working website here.
The Lecture Videos from the 9th Fundamentals of Quantum Materials (Jan, 2026) are now available on YouTube. Really great lectures!
https://fqm.physics.umd.edu/previous/2026-winter-school
You can check out PI Eo's lecture on electrical transport here.
Yun Suk Eo (PI) is pleased to announce that he will be serving as a Guest Editor of Discover Quantum Science, a newly launched journal from Springer Nature.
In April 2026, Yun Suk Eo (PI) visited Arizona State University to deliver a seminar. The visit fostered insightful discussions and provided a valuable opportunity to engage with the faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and students. Thank you for the invitation Prof. Onur Erten!
In April 2026, our research group enjoyed an evening of reflection and celebration at the department’s 100th-anniversary banquet.
Also, Muhammad Adnan (Ph.D student) won the the Abdul Hakeem Khan Lodhi Endowed Graduate scholarship and Leonardo (Leon) De La Cruz Montalvo (undergraduate student) won the Roland Menzel Memorial scholarship! Congratulations Muhammad and Leon!
In March 2026, Dr. Anil Kumar (Postdoctoral Researcher) and Yun Suk Eo recently attended the APS Global Physics Summit 2026. Anil delivered an excellent presentation on his latest research—congratulations to Anil!
In March 2026, our collaborative work on FeSb2 has been published in Physical Review B! Congrats to Dr. Jarryd Horn (Ph.D. from Prof. Paglione group in U of Maryland) who is now a postdoc at Argonne National Laboratory!
In January 2026, Yun Suk Eo served as an invited instructor, delivering a tutorial at the 9th Fundamentals of Quantum Materials (FQM) Winter School. Thank you for the invitation Prof. Johnpierre Paglione!
Check out PI Eo's lecture posted on YouTube!
In September 2025, the condensed matter team at Texas Tech, including PI Eo and Anil Kumar (postdoc), spent the amazing two days of the 1st Texas Quantum Summit at Texas A&M!
In August 2026, PI Eo was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for the project, "Charting Emergent Surface and Bulk States in Correlated Insulators."
Congratulations to PI Nick Butch and lead authors Dr. Sylvia K. Lewin and Dr. Peter Czajka on their August 2025 publication in Science, a significant collaborative achievement involving PI Eo.
In August 2025, our collaborator Prof. Steve Anlage has published new work on UTe2! We are thankful to have an opportunity to collaborate with them!
March 2025 Thrilled to collaborate with Dr. Sheng Ran, a good friend & a leading expert in U-based materials! Congrats on publishing in Science Advances! This is grad student, Prakash Regmi's, first co-authored paper!
Paper can be found here.
March 2025 Seth Stines, who helped starting Eo research group, is heading to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for his PhD! Wishing you all the best in this next chapter!
Jan 2025 Thrilled to collaborate with Prof. Hyunsoo Kim and Prof. Johnpierre Paglione. Congrats on publishing in Communications Materials!
Nov 2024 Thrilled to announce that Dr. Hyeok Yoon's, a good friend from PI Eo's postdoc days, work has been published in npj Quantum Materials! Congrats!
In October 2024, PI Eo visited New Mexico State University to deliver a department seminar. Thank you for the invitation Prof. Ludi Miao!
You can check the abstract here.
In October 2024, our work on FeSi has been published in Phys. Rev. B. Congratulations Dr. Keenan Avers!
Oct 2024 Prakash Regmi (Eo group graduate student) successfully presented his poster during the SigmaPiSigma poster competition! Congrats Prakash!
Also, thank you to our collaborators, Prof. Tae Woo Kim and Kevin Samways, for visiting!
In Aug 10 2024, our first single crystal growth was successfully grown in our lab!