Alex Kruchkov
alex.kruchkov@epfl.ch +41 21 693 33 47 https://www.alexkruchkov.com/
Citizenship: Ukrainian (Swiss residence since 2013)
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Fields of expertise
Quantum matter theory
Biography
Alexander Kruchkov, born in Luhansk, East of Ukraine, is a quantum matter physicist who has achieved several academic milestones. He obtained his physical education from the Landau School for Theoretical Physics at the University of Kharkiv, Ukraine. Dr. Kruchkov then pursued his Ph.D. in Physics, specializing in computational condensed matter, at EPFL, Switzerland, completing it in 2017. Following the completion of his Ph.D., Dr. Kruchkov conducted postdoctoral training at Harvard University, specifically with the Subir Sachdev group, from 2017 onwards. In recognition of his outstanding potential, he was awarded the prestigious Branco Weiss Grant from ETH Zürich in 2020. This grant supported his research on quantum geometry, dispersionless quantum states, and holographic matter, conducted jointly at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL/ETHZ domain) and Harvard University (as Associate). In 2022, Dr. Kruchkov has relocated to Lausanne, Switzerland, where he is currently teaching Solid State Physics I and Lectures on Twisted Bilayer Graphene. While pursuing his research endeavors at EPFL, he maintains his affiliation with Harvard University as an Associate of the Department of Physics, and works with Subir Sachdev and Philip Kim towards the SYK experiment.Current work
Alexander Kruchkov is a PI on the Branco Weiss Grant, dedicated to flat electronic bands, strong interactions and the SYK model.Honors and Awards
2023 SNSF "Spark"2021 (Shortlisted) Swiss National Science Foundation, "Eccellenza Professorship"
2020 The Branco Weiss Society in Science
2017 Fellowship from Swiss National Science Foundation for Harvard University
2016 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
2016 Bayer Science & Education Foundation Fellowship (Lindau Meeting)
2015 EPFL Teaching excellence reward
2013 Master of Science degree with High Honors, University of Kharkiv
2011 First Prize Award at International Physicists’ Tournament, Moscow
2011 Bachelor of Science degree with High Honors, University of Kharkiv
2010/2011 Sapronov Fellowship for outstanding students/ Sapronov Foundation
2009/2010 Tarapov Fellowship for outstanding students / National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Media
A New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s SecretsDesigning Black Holes in the Lab
What’s the Magic Behind Graphene’s ‘Magic’ Angle?Researchers solve magic angle mysteryControlling skyrmions with lasers
Light can be almost stopped at room temperature
Alex Kruchkov qualifies for 2016 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
A new state of light
New state of light revealed with photon-trapping method
Trapping photons: a model for containing light
Pièges à photons: création d'un modèle pour retenir la lumière
New state of light revealed with photon-trapping method
Publications
Selected publications
| Alexander Kruchkov Letter in Physical Review B 107, L241102 (2023) |
Quantum transport anomalies in dispersionless quantum states |
| Alexander Kruchkov and Shinsei Ryu arXiv preprint (31 Aug 2023) |
Noise probing of topological band gaps in dispersionless quantum states |
| Alexander Kruchkov Letter in Physical Review B, 105, L241102 (2022) |
Quantum geometry, flat Chern bands, and Wannier orbital quantization |
| Marta Brzezińska, Yifei Guan, Oleg V. Yazyev, Subir Sachdev, and Alexander Kruchkov Physical Review Letters (2023) |
Engineering SYK interactions in disordered graphene flakes under realistic experimental conditions |
| A. Kruchkov, A. Patel, P. Kim, S. Sachdev Physical Review B 101, 205148 (2020) |
Thermoelectric power of Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev islands: Probing Bekenstein-Hawking entropy in quantum matter experiments |
| Stephen Carr, Chenyuan Li, Ziyan Zhu, Efthimios Kaxiras, Subir Sachdev, and Alexander Kruchkov Nano Letters, 20, 5, 3030–3038 (2020) |
Ultraheavy and Ultrarelativistic Dirac Quasiparticles in Sandwiched Graphenes |
| Grigory Tarnopolsky, Alexander Kruchkov, and Ashvin Vishwanath Physical Review Letters 122, 106405 (2019) |
Origin of Magic Angles in Twisted Bilayer Graphene |
| Alexander Kruchkov Physical Review A 93, 043817 (2016) |
One-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensation of photons in a microtube |