Alessandra Lanzara is a prominent physicist who has contributed significantly to the field of materials science. After obtaining her PhD from Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza in 1999, she joined the faculty of the physics department at UC Berkeley as an assistant professor. She has since been promoted to full professor and currently serves as a senior faculty scientist in the Materials Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Lanzara's research has focused on the electronic and optical properties of materials, including high-temperature superconductors, graphene, and topological materials. Her work has led to important discoveries in areas such as spin momentum locking, electron-phonon interaction, symmetry breaking, and optical control of spin photocurrents.
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