Invited Speakers 2025
3rd BNW • May 12-16, 2025 • Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
Xiaoqin Elaine Li
Professor of Physics
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas USA
Twisted hBN as a new platform for moiré engineering
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James H. Edgar
Distinguished University Professor; Tom H. Barrett University Faculty Chair in Chemical Engineering
Kansas State University
Lawrence, Kansas USA
Properties of neutron irradiated hexagonal boron nitride
Abstract
Deyu Li
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee USA
Strong thermal effects of phonon polaritons in low-loss boron nitride nanotubes
Abstract
Mengkun Liu
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York USA
Landau-phonon polaritons in graphene/hBN heterostructures: A nanoscopy perspective
Abstract
Gabriele Grosso
Assistant Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center
The City University of New York
New York, New York USA
Nonlocal optical recombination of molecular-like defects in hexagonal boron nitride
Abstract
Patrick E. Hopkins
Whitney Stone Professor of Engineering
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia USA
Enhanced heat transfer across h-BN interfaces via coupling between hot electrons and phonon-polaritons
Abstract
Pablo Alonso González
Distinguished Researcher
University of Oviedo
Asturias, Spain
Phonon polaritons for twistoptics and strong vibrational coupling at the nanoscale
Abstract
Jong Kyu Kim
SeAH Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology
Pohang, South Korea
h-BN grown on non-catalytic substrates by MOCVD and their applications
Abstract
Cedric Robert
CNSR Researcher, Quantum Optoelectronics
Laboratory of Physics and Chemistry of Nano-Objects
Toulouse, France
Optical detection of the sliding ferroelectric switching in hBN with a 2D semiconductor
Abstract
Chunhui Rita Du
Assistant Professor of Physics
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Quantum sensing using two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride
Abstract
Soo Min Kim
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Sookmyung Women’s University
Seoul, South Korea
Large-area single-crystal hBN growth by CVD
Abstract
Vincent Jacques
CNRS Researcher, Solid-State Quantum Technologies
University of Montpellier
Montpellier, France
Quantum sensing with spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride
Abstract
Hannah Stern
Associate Professor of Materials
University of Oxford
Oxford, England
Single carbon-related hBN spin defects for quantum networks and sensing
Abstract
Abhijit Biswas
Research Scientist
Rice University
Houston, Texas
Sintered high-density hexagonal boron nitride ceramics with exceptional properties
Abstract
Chong Zu
Assistant Professor of Physics
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri