Rate My Professor Benjamin Aleman

Benjamin Aleman is an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Oregon, affiliated with the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, Materials Science Institute, Optical Molecular & Quantum Science, and the Department of Physics. He joined the University of Oregon in 2013 following postdoctoral research in the group of David Awschalom at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago. Aleman earned his Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of California, Berkeley. He directs the Alemán Lab, an experimental physics group operating within condensed matter physics, with a focus on micrometer- and nanometer-scale optical, mechanical, and electronic systems, spintronics, and materials science. His research encompasses the physics and synthesis of low-dimensional systems, nanoelectromechanical systems, solid-state defect centers and qubits, quantum and nanoscale-based sensing and microscopy, photonics, and microfluidics. Notable projects include graphene nanomechanical bolometers for ultrasensitive light detection across UV to radio waves at room temperature, nanofabricated quantum emitter artificial atoms in hexagonal boron nitride for quantum information and sensing applications, and shape control of graphene nanomechanical resonators for enhanced properties.