Toby Chu

Department: Physics

Advisor: Matthew Yankowitz

I am a 3rd year PhD student in physics working in the Yankowitz Lab. I am interested in the novel phenomena hosted in 2D materials and their heterostructures, and I study these systems from a microscopic point of view using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS). My current research focus is on systems exhibiting spontaneous electron fractionalization and crystallization, including twisted bilayer MoTe2 and rhombohedral few-layer graphene. I believe that the study of fundamental physics will inevitably lead to technological advancements that can benefit the human kind as a whole, as is the case throughout history.