Jason Kawasaki, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
“For epitaxial synthesis and strain engineering of Heusler films and freestanding membranes”
Jason Kawasaki is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison. His research focuses on epitaxial synthesis of Heusler films, superlattice, and single crystalline membranes. A particular focus is to tune their magnetic, topological, and superconducting properties via strain and interface effects, with potential applications in spintronics. To that end, he currently leads an Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) within the Wisconsin Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on tuning ultrafast magnetism via combined strain and optical excitation in single crystalline membranes. Previous interests include tuning quantum size effects and electron correlations in oxide thin films and understanding surface and interface reconstructions in Heusler compounds.
Kawasaki received a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Princeton University in 2009, a Ph.D. in Materials from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2014, and was a Kavli Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University from 2014-2016. He joined UW-Madison as an Assistant Professor in 2016 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2022. Society recognitions include the AVS Russell and Sigurd Varian Award (2013), AVS Paul Holloway Award (2018), and NAMBE Young Investigator (2019). Funding recognitions include young investor awards from ARO, AFOSR, DARPA, and NSF CAREER.