Alessandra Lanzara | Research UC Berkeley

Research Expertise and Interest

materials science, ultrafast science, quantum materials, sustainable materials, topological phases of matter

Research Description

Prof. Lanzara interests are in exploring the science and technology of sustainable materials; quantum materials such as superconductors, two dimensional and topological heterostructures; and novel biological processes. Through development and application of advanced scientific tools, coherent optical laser drives and artificial intelligence, her laboratory is at the forefront of materials science and condensed matter physics. She is also applying these new advanced tools to explore fundamental processes in biology.

Lanzara is the founding director of the Berkeley Center for Sustainable Materials and Innovation. She also directs Berkeley Discovery, a campus wide initiative to launch undergraduate research ventures.

UC Berkeley physicist Alessandra Lanzara on the Center for Sustainable Materials and Innovation (CSMI).

Other affiliation of Prof. Lanzara include the Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute, the department of Applied Sciences and Technology, the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet and the Materials Sciences Division at LBNL.

In the News

Overview of the electronic band structure of TiSe2 in equilibrium and after excitation.

Study Shows How Light Can Transform an Insulating Material Into a Semimetal

Berkeley researchers found that it is possible to alter the movement of electrons by exposing an insulating material to ultrafast laser pulses.

Scientists Create a Longer-Lasting Exciton that May Open New Possibilities in Quantum Information Science

Scientists have observed long-lived excitons in a topological material, opening intriguing new research directions for optoelectronics and quantum computing.

From EarEEG to Quantum Computing, Bakar Prize Winners Go for Broke

Four UC Berkeley faculty members have been awarded the 2023 Bakar Prize.

Nine Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Nine UC Berkeley faculty members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Spin-TOF: A One-of-a-Kind Tool for Studying Spin-Dependent Electronic Properties

Bakar Fellow Alessandra Lanzara has been at the forefront of expanding the capabilities of ARPES (Angle-Resolved Photo-Emission Spectroscopy) to directly detect electron spin. She and her team have now developed a detection system, which they call “spin-TOF,” that enables a material’s spin-dependent electronic and magnetic properties to be studied with a thousand times more sensitivity than any previous technology.

Searching for quantum weirdness in interactions between light and matter

Quantum physicists Alessandra Lanzara and Joseph Orenstein have been awarded $1.6 million each over the next five years to poke and probe new types of materials to see what unusual phenomena pop out.

Seven new Bakar Fellows already are making an impact

Seven University of California, Berkeley, faculty scientists with novel ideas and an entrepreneurial spirit have been named to the 2019-20 cohort of Bakar Fellows, an honor that gives the fellows the money and time to translate their laboratory breakthroughs into technologies ready for the marketplace.

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Revealing Hidden Spin: Unlocking New Paths Toward High-Temperature Superconductors

Berkeley Lab researchers have discovered that electron spin is key to understanding how cuprate superconductors can conduct electricity without loss at high temperature.

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A Quick Look at Electron-Boson Coupling

Using an ultrafast spectroscopy technique, Berkeley Lab researchers demonstrated a link between electron-boson coupling and high-temperature superconductivity in a high-Tc cuprate.

Spin-Resolved ARPES Envisaged for the Advanced Light Source

New research utilizes angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy – a fundamental technique for examining electronic structure.

A new tool to attack the mysteries of high-temperature superconductivity

Using ultrafast lasers, Berkeley Lab scientists have tackled the long-standing mystery of how Cooper pairs form in high-temperature superconductors. With pump and probe pulses spaced just trillionths of a second apart, the researchers used photoemission spectroscopy to map rapid changes in electronic states across the superconducting transition.

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August 13, 2021

Enel Foundation forms tech innovation hub with California university

Smart Energy International

Nicholas Nhede

New scientific and technological innovation hub established at UC Berkeley by the Enel Foundation and the Center for Sustainable Materials and Innovation (CSMI), will “solve some of the most pressing sustainable development goals around materials design and the circular economy”, according to Alessandra Lanzara, head of CSMI.

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