Non-Fourier Heat Transfer (in nanomaterials and from nano heat sources such as transistors)

Design of sub-K heat exchangers used in Dilution Refrigerators

Ultrafast temperature measurements

Ultrafast measurement of heat transfer using optical and x-ray spectroscopy (femto-to-nanosecond time scale)

Ultrafast evolution of structural/magnetic/electrical phase transitions in ferroelectrics, multiferroics, thermoelectric, battery materials (superionic conductors), photovoltaics, and quantum materials (femto-to-nanosecond time scale)

Thermal transport and phase transition of nuclear materials

Thermodynamics of phase transitions

Direct probing of atoms, electrons, electron spins and their dynamics using neutrons, x-rays, and optical spectroscopy

Spectroscopy