Leslie Schoop

Leslie M. Schoop is a Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University. She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University in 2015, working under the advisement of Professor Robert Cava, and her Diploma in Chemistry from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. Following her graduate studies, Schoop conducted postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany, with Professor Bettina Lotsch. She joined the Princeton faculty as an assistant professor in September 2017, was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2022, and currently serves as Professor of Chemistry. Schoop also holds positions as Associate Director of the Princeton Center for Complex Materials and has been appointed to leadership roles, including co-PI in a National Science Foundation-funded AI institute focused on quantum chemistry and topological materials.

Schoop's research operates at the interface between chemistry and physics, employing chemical principles to discover and synthesize quantum materials exhibiting exotic properties such as topological semimetals, high-mobility antiferromagnets, and 2D superconductors suitable for quantum information technologies. Her research areas encompass inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, and spectroscopy/physical chemistry, utilizing techniques like flux growth, vapor transport, Bridgman growth, and chemical exfoliation. She has garnered significant recognition, including the 2022 NSF CAREER Award, 2021 Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry and Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program award, 2020 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, 2019 Beckman Young Investigator Award, and 2019 EPiQS Materials Synthesis Investigator award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Schoop's publications appear in leading journals, with highly cited works such as 'Axial Higgs mode detected by quantum pathway interference in RTe₃' (Nature, 2022), 'Chemical Principles of Topological Semimetals' (Chemistry of Materials, 2018), 'Dirac Cone Protected by Non-Symmorphic Symmetry and 3D Dirac Line Node in ZrSiS' (Nature Communications, 2016), and 'Simple Chemical Rules for Predicting Band Structures of Kagome Materials' (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2022). Her Google Scholar profile reflects over 10,700 citations, underscoring her impact on solid-state chemistry and materials science.

Professional Email: lschoop@princeton.edu