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Louis Taillefer

Louis Taillefer

Credit: Institut quantique, Université de Sherbrooke

Professor Louis Taillefer FRS

Fellow


Elected: 2021

Contact:

wwwhttps://www.physique.usherbrooke.ca/taillefer

ORCID0000-0002-8729-2194

Biography

Louis Taillefer is the Canada Research Chair in Quantum Materials at the University of Sherbrooke, in Canada, where he leads a research group specialized in the experimental investigation of superconductors and correlated electrons at very low temperature and in high magnetic fields.

He has received a number of awards, including the Simon Memorial Prize in low-temperature physics (2017) and the Kamerlingh Onnes Prize in superconductivity (2018), for pioneering experimental work in superconductivity, in particular the discovery of multicomponent superconductivity, quantum oscillations and quantum critical points in heavy-fermion and copper-oxide superconductors.

Taillefer has fostered collaborative research at the international level, as Director of the Quantum Materials Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) since 1998 (and now as co-director), a highly interactive network bringing together researchers from Canada, Asia, Europe and the US, to explore and understand phenomena such as high-temperature superconductivity, topological protection, magnetic frustration and Planckian dissipation.

Professional positions

Professor, Department of Physics and Institut quantique, Université de Sherbrooke

Interest and expertise

Keywords

Superconductivity, Quantum materials

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