Andrea Cavalleri

Cavalleri is known for his application of light to create new states of matter, and especially for the use of terahertz and mid-infrared optical pulses to sculpt new crystal structures. The field of research pioneered by Cavalleri is sometimes referred to as non-linear phononics.M. Först, C. Manzoni, S. Kaiser, Y. Tomioka, Y. Tokura, R. Merlin, and A. Cavalleri: Nonlinear phononics as an ultrafast route to lattice control. In: Nature Physics 7, 854-856 (2011), DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys2055R. Mankowsky, A. Subedi, M. Först, S. O. Mariager, M. Chollet, H. T. Lemke, J. S. Robinson, J. M. Glownia, M. P. Minitti, A. Frano, M. Fechner, N. A. Spaldin, T. Loew, B. Keimer, A. Georges, and A. Cavalleri: Nonlinear lattice dynamics as a basis for enhanced superconductivity in YBa₂Cu₃O_6.5. In: Nature 516, 71-73 (2014), DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13875

He has shown that phononic control can be used to create new crystal structures with light, to induce hidden metallic states in oxides,M. Rini, R. Tobey, N. Dean, J. Itatani, Y. Tomioka, Y. Tokura, R. W. Schoenlein, and A. Cavalleri: Control of the electronic phase of a manganite by mode-selective vibrational excitation. In: Nature 449, 72-74 (2007), DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06119 induce ferroelectricity in dielectrics,T. F. Nova, A. S. Disa, M. Fechner, and A. Cavalleri: Metastable ferroelectricity in optically strained SrTiO₃. In: Science 364 (6445), 1075-1079 (2019, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw4911 manipulate magnetism T. F. Nova, A. Cartella, A. Cantaluppi, M. Först, D. Bossini, R. V. Mikhaylovskiy, A. V. Kimel, R. Merlin, and A. Cavalleri: An effective magnetic field from optically driven phonons. In: Nature Physics 13, 132-136 (2017), DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys3925A. S. Disa, M. Fechner, T. F. Nova, B. Liu, M. Först, D. Prabhakaran, P. G. Radaelli, A. Cavalleri: Polarizing an antiferromagnet by optical engineering of the crystal field. In: Nature Physics 16, 937-941 (2020), DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0936-3 and create non-equilibrium superconductivity at very high temperatures.D. Fausti, R. I. Tobey, N. Dean, S. Kaiser, A. Dienst, M. C. Hoffmann, S. Pyon, T. Takayama, H. Takagi, and A. Cavalleri: Light-Induced Superconductivity in a Stripe-Ordered Cuprate In: Science 331 (6014), 189-191 (2011), DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1197294M. Mitrano, A. Cantaluppi, D. Nicoletti, S. Kaiser, A. Perucchi, S. Lupi, P. Di Pietro, D. Pontiroli, M. Riccò, S. R. Clark, D. Jaksch, and A. Cavalleri: Possible light-induced superconductivity in K₃C₆₀ at high temperature. In: Nature 530, 461-464 (2016), DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature16522 Cavalleri has also been amongst the people who applied the first femtosecond X-ray pulses to condensed matter systems, for example in his studies of photo-induced phase transitions.A. Cavalleri, Cs. Tóth, C. W. Siders, J. A. Squier, F. Ráksi, P. Forget, and J. C. Kieffer. Femtosecond Structural Dynamics in VO₂ during an Ultrafast Solid-Solid Phase Transition In: Physical Review Letters 87 (23), 237401 (2001), DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.237401

He received his laurea degree and PhD at the University of Pavia, as a student of Almo Collegio Borromeo, in 1994 and 1998 respectively. Cavalleri has held research positions at the University of Essen, the University of California, San Diego and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.http://qcmd.mpsd.mpg.de/index.php/selected-publications-andrea-cavalleri.html Cavalleri's selected publications In 2005, he joined the faculty of the University of Oxford, where he was promoted to Professor of Physics in 2006. He joined the Max Planck Society in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpg.de/7067808/struktur_dynamik_materie_wissM|title=Cavalleri, Andrea|website=www.mpg.de}}

He is a recipient of the 2004 European Science Foundation Young Investigator Award,{{Cite web|url=http://archives.esf.org/coordinating-research/euryi/awards/2004.html|title=2004 : European Science Foundation|website=archives.esf.org}} of the 2015 Max Born Medal from the Institute of Physics (UK){{Cite web|url=https://www.iop.org/news/14/dec/page_64637.html|title=Born Medal and Prize for 2015 goes to Prof. Andrea Cavalleri|website=www.iop.org}} and the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft and of the 2015 Dannie Heineman Prize from the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpsd.mpg.de/41210/2015-11-Akademiepreise|title=Göttinger Akademiepreise für Forscher des Hamburger Max-Planck-Instituts für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie|website=www.mpsd.mpg.de}} The American Physical Society awarded Cavalleri the 2018 Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids "for pioneering contributions to the development and application of ultra-fast optical spectroscopy to condensed matter systems, and providing insight into lattice dynamics, structural phase transitions, and the non-equilibrium control of solids". He is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society,Mentioned from the APS in: https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Cavalleri&first_nm=Andrea&year=2018 the American Association for the Advancement of Science2016 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.354.6315.981 and the Institute of Physics (UK). He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2017{{Cite web|url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Cavalleri_Andrea|title=Academy of Europe: Cavalleri Andrea|website=www.ae-info.org}} and a fellow of the European Academy of Sciences in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurasc.org/user/63/andrea-cavalleri|title=European Academy of Sciences - Andrea Cavalleri|website=www.eurasc.org}}

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