Principal Investigator

Dr. Maitri Warusawithana
Associate Professor of Physics, UNF
email: maitriw@unf.edu
office: 50-1508

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
B.Sc. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1998
Research Scientist at NHMFL and Faculty at FSU Physics, 2009-2014
Postdoctoral Associate at Penn State, 2005-2009

Faculty Bio

Dr. Warusawithana’s research lies at the intersection of experimental condensed matter physics, materials science and chemistry. His expertise is in the growth and study of thin crystalline films. These are two-dimensional sheets of atoms precisely crafted at the ultimate single molecular layer thickness using the technique of molecular beam epitaxy. The focus of his research is on investigating correlated electronic physics in complex oxides and related materials. His research interests include,

Quantum transport properties of strongly correlated systems and systems with reduced dimensionality.
Spin based devices on semiconductors – injection, manipulation, transport and detection
Modifying collective states through atomically abrupt heteroepitaxial interfaces
Materials engineering at the nanoscale for tailored functionality and quantum devices

Current Students

Jacary Sapp

n01414248@unf.edu

Luis Olmedo

n01503375@unf.edu

Zaria Swanigan

zaria.swanigan@unf.edu

Andrew Hamm

n01510162

Tyler (Allen) Hughes

n01503249@unf.edu

Alumni

Visiting Scholars

Berik Uzakbaiuly – UNF visiting instructor (Sep 2016 – July 2017)

Graduate Students

Nathan Bairen (May 2021 – Aug 2023)

Undergraduate Students

Paul Christenson (May 2021 – Aug 2023)

James Taintor (March 2022 – June 2023)

Dalton Zona (Oct 2021 – May 2023)

Jacob Thiele (April 2021 – June 2022)

Ethan Smith (April 2021- May 2022)

Dakota Brown (Aug 2017 – Dec 2021)

James Payne (Aug 2018 – Aug 2021)

Nathan Bairen (May 2020 – April 2021)

Connor Kelly (Sep 2017 – June 2019)

Vaughn Weissert (Feb 2018 – April 2019)

Robert Dawson (April 2017 – Sep 2018)

Caitlin Kengle (April 2015 – July 2018)

Samuel Ashton Coker (Sep 2016 – May 2018)

Blake Sutliff (March 2016 – Jan 2017)