Rate My Professor Oleh Klochan

Oleh Klochan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Science at UNSW Canberra, where he also serves as Deputy Head of School (Research) in Physics. He obtained his Specialist degree in radiophysics, equivalent to a dual Bachelor of Science and Master of Science, cum laude, from Ivan Franko Lviv National University in Ukraine between 1995 and 2000. He then pursued his PhD in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics at the University of New South Wales, completing it in 2008. Klochan joined UNSW Canberra in 2018 as a Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2022. Prior to this, he was actively involved in research at UNSW Sydney, focusing on quantum electronics.

His primary research interests lie in low-temperature quantum transport measurements of nanoscale semiconductor devices. Over 18 years, he has developed expertise in the design, fabrication, and measurement of mesoscopic GaAs/AlGaAs devices, encompassing two-, one-, and zero-dimensional systems. As a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence in Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) from 2017 to 2023, he contributed to artificially engineered electronic materials via advanced nanofabrication for two-dimensional lateral superlattices. Notable awards include the ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) in 2014, valued at $340,000, and involvement as Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Infrastructure grants totaling $1.8 million, alongside UNSW grants exceeding $490,000. Klochan has authored 69 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters, Physical Review Letters, and Physical Review X, amassing over 1,600 citations and an h-index of 22. Key works include "Formation of Artificial Fermi Surfaces with a Triangular Superlattice on a Conventional Two-Dimensional Electron Gas" (Nano Letters, 2023), "Geometric Control of Universal Hydrodynamic Flow in a Two-Dimensional Electron Fluid" (Physical Review X, 2021), "Spin polarization and spin-dependent scattering of holes observed in transverse magnetic focusing" (Physical Review B, 2023), and "Detection and Control of Spin-Orbit Interactions in a GaAs Hole Quantum Point Contact" (Physical Review Letters, 2017).