Dmitri N. Basov

Dmitri Basov's research focuses on electronic phenomena in quantum materials that he investigates using a variety of nano-optical techniques developed in his laboratory.

He is currently the Higgins Professor of Physics and Physics Department Chair. He is also a co-director of the Columbia Quantum Initiative, the director of Columbia's Department of Energy EFRC on Programmable Quantum Materials, and a principal investigator with Columbia's National Science Foundation MRSEC on Precision Assembled Quantum Materials.