The Department of Chemistry welcomes new Associate Member, Alannah Hallas. Dr. Hallas is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia and she heads a crystal growth laboratory, which is part of the Blusson Quantum Matter Institute. Her research group is focused on the design and discovery of new solid state materials with strong quantum mechanical effects, giving rise to exotic magnetic and electronic properties. The Hallas group aim to understand the behaviors of these quantum materials by studying their properties with neutrons, muons, and x-rays.
As Dr. Hallas has worked in both physics and chemistry departments, she is passionate about taking an interdisciplinary approach to the study of quantum materials.
Welcome Dr. Hallas!