Trevor Arp

I am fascinated by the ways that improvements in technology can change how we can understand the exotic physics of the quantum world. My career has involved using advanced instrumentation to shine light the physics of nanoscale systems. In my graduate studies I utilized ultrafast optics and data-intensive imaging to explore the optoelectronics of two dimensional (2D) materials. Studying, among other things, exciton photon coupling in interlayer excitons of a MoSe₂-WSe₂ heterostructure, and a 2D electron hole liquid phase that emerges out of interacting excitons in photoexcited 2D MoTe₂, published in Nature Photonics. In addition, I have worked to apply concepts from quantum optoelectronics to biological systems, particularly focusing on the importance of quantum structure in reducing harmful noise in photosynthesis, published in Science. In my postdoc I expanded my skill set to include scanned probe nanoSQUID magnetometry combined with compressibility and transport measurements to explore crystalline graphene multilayers, particularly the symmetry broken magnetic phases of Rhombohedral Trilayer Graphene. Along the way I have acquired a varied set of technical skills in building custom instrumentation, optics, cryogenics, and electronics as well as expertise in coding for experimental automation, data acquisition, and the application of data science to image analysis and visualization in practical settings.