Yuri Suzuki

LBNL Faculty Scientist
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

ysuzuki@berkeley.edu
phone: 510-643-0087

Education
B.A., Physics, Harvard University
Ph.D, Applied Physics, Stanford University
Postdoctoral Fellow, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Major Awards
2008 National Science Foundation American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellow
2005  Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award of the American Physical Society
1999  Robert Lansing Hardy Award (TMS)
1998–2003  David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
1997-2001 NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award
1997-2000  Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award
  

General Research Interests
My research group’s interests center around magnetics and photonics. In the area of magnetics, our efforts are in (i) novel thin film materials synthesis and characterization, (ii) nanostructure fabrication and characterization and (iii) device fabrication and characterization. The themes in our magnetics research include developing an understanding of the nature of magnetism at surfaces and interfaces that is crucial for both fundamental and technological reasons. Interfaces can be exploited to generate functional properties not present in their constituent materials and to develop new classes of devices. In the area of photonics, we have developed passive optical devices via electron lithography and have combined our expertise in magnetics and photonics to study magnetophotonic functionality.

MSD Research Projects:

Spin Functionality through Complex Oxide Heteroepitaxy

Personal website: http://www.mse.berkeley.edu/groups/suzuki/index.html