Principal Investigator
Matt Day
PhD - 2021, University of Michigan
Postdoc - 2021-2025, MPI for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Bio:
Matt graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in physics and mathematics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He then earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, graduating from Steven Cundiff’s nonlinear spectroscopy group. Following his time at Michigan, he completed an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship at the Max Planck for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter with Prof. James McIver’s group. Starting in January 2026, Matt will be an Assistant Professor in the Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering departments at Vanderbilt, leading a group that uses using optoelectronics techniques to study quantum materials.
Contact:matthew.w.day@vanderbilt.edu
Graduate Students
Jake Grayson
PhD Candidate - Physics
Tony Peng
PhD Student - Interdisciplinary Materials Science
Jacob Clerc
PhD Student - Physics
Juliette Reeder
PhD Student - Electrical & Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Students
Rebekah Hogue
Physics
Luke Lu
Electrical and Computer Engineering
James Liu
Physics
Honorary lab members
Bran Muffin
Kevin
Hamilton
Frank
Espurr
Falafel
Cedar
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