Jason Kawasaki, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

2025 Experimental Physics Investigator

 
Jason Kawasaki, Ph.D.
Image credit: Joel Hallberg
 

Research Description

Jason Kawasaki aims to discover new materials that display large magnetic, superconducting, and topological responses to strains. By applying large elastic strains to ultrathin crystalline membranes, Kawasaki’s team develops novel approaches to probe and control topological superconductivity using momentum- and energy-resolved spectroscopies.

Research Impact

Professor Kawasaki’s research supports the discovery of new materials with potential applications in fault-tolerant quantum computing. His work also has the potential to advance our broader understanding of how strain engineering in ultrathin crystals can tune competing magnetic, topological, and superconducting phases. By developing new techniques to apply and study large elastic strains, his work could open new pathways for controlling quantum states in low-dimensional systems.

 
 

related links

Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative Science University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Back

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S., Princeton University

Affiliated Investigators