Klaus von Klitzing, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart

Director Emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany. Awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, a breakthrough that transformed our understanding of quantum matter and launched the modern field of topological phases of matter. One of only two living scientists to have a fundamental constant named after them: the von Klitzing constant, RK. Recipient of numerous awards, including 22 honorary doctorates; foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society, and many other leading academies worldwide.

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Aveek Bid, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. Research at the intersection of mesoscopic and condensed matter physics, with a focus on quantum transport in low-dimensional materials, including graphene and superconductors.

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Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland

Richard E. Prange Chair in Physics and Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. Director of the Condensed Matter Theory Center. Among the most highly cited and impactful physicists in the world, his research spans semiconductor physics, topological quantum computation, graphene, quantum Hall systems, Majorana fermions, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, spintronics, topological phases of matter, cold atoms and molecules, and quantum information science. Has mentored more than 30 PhD students and 120 postdocs. Member of US National Academy of Sciences.

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Gwendal Feve, École Normale Supérieure

Professor of Physics at Sorbonne University and Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure (LPENS) in Paris. Known for precision studies of quantum coherence, interference, and fractional statistics in condensed matter systems. Louis Ancel Prize of the Societe Francaise de Physique. Oliver E. Buckley Prize of American Physical Society.

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Mytraya Gattu, Pennsylvania State University

PhD researcher in the Department of Physics at Pennsylvania State University. Research interests in composite fermions, fractional quantum Hall effect, and use of AI for complex systems.

Bertrand Halperin, Harvard University

Hollis Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, Emeritus, at Harvard University. A leading physicist with pioneering contributions to phase transitions, the quantum Hall effect, fractional statistics, and low-dimensional quantum systems. Oliver E. Buckley and Lars Onsager Prizes of the American Physical Society, Wolf Prize in Physics, APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research. Member of US National Academy of Sciences.

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Moty Heiblum, Weizmann Institute

Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he holds the Alex and Ida Susan Professorial Chair. Director of the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Center for Submicron Research since 1990. Known for direct measurements of fractional charge and fractional statistics in the fractional quantum Hall regime using shot noise and interferometry. Oliver E. Buckley Prize of American Physical Society, Wolf Prize in Physics. Member, US National Academy of Sciences.

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Atac Imamoglu, ETH Zurich

Professor of Physics and Leader of Quantum Photonics at ETH Zurich. Research spans quantum optics, semiconductor physics, and quantum information science, with a focus on light-matter interactions in solid-state systems including quantum dots, polaritons, and moire heterostructures. Charles Hard Townes Award, Wolfgang Pauli Award.

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Long Ju, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Research focuses on emergent quantum phenomena in two-dimensional materials and van der Waals heterostructures, combining optical spectroscopy and electronic transport. Observed fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect in multilayer graphene and chiral superconductivity in rhombohedral graphene. Named in MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35.

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Patrick Ledwith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Pappalardo Fellow in Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Theory of strongly correlated electrons in topological bands, with particular attention to moire graphene systems.

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Allan MacDonald, University of Texas, Austin

Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair Professor of Physics at The University of Texas at Austin. A leading theorist with pioneering contributions to a huge number of subfields. A founder of the field of twisted bilayers. Oliver E. Buckley Prize of American Physical Society, Wolf Prize in Physics, member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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T. Senthil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

William and Emma Rogers Professor of Physics at MIT. Known for theory of deconfined quantum criticality, non-Fermi liquid metals, field-theory dualities in (2+1) dimensions, and ferromagnetism and fractional quantum anomalous Hall states moire graphene systems. Member US National Academy of Sciences.

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Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University

Professor in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University. Known for growing the cleanest two-dimensional electron systems, and for the discovery of fractional quantum Hall states at extremely low Landau level fillings, composite fermion physics, Wigner crystals, and anomalous even-denominator quantum Hall states. Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Ashvin Vishwanath, Harvard University

George Vasmer Leverett Professor of Physics at Harvard University. Director of the Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter. Pioneering contributions to Weyl semimetals, symmetry indicator approaches to topological bands, and interplay of topology and strong correlations in moire materials. APS Oliver E. Buckley Prize. Member US National Academy of Sciences.

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Xiaodong Xu, University of Washington

Boeing Distinguished Professor of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle. Seminal contributions to two-dimensional valleytronics, 2D magnets, excitonic physics in transition metal dichalcogenides. Discoverer of the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect in moire TMD systems. National Academy of Sciences Award for Scientific Discovery.

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Ali Yazdani, Princeton University

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Physics at Princeton University. Co-Director of the Princeton Quantum Initiative, and Director of the Princeton Center for Complex Materials. A leading experimentalist in scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) to directly visualise quantum phases of matter at atomic scale, including high-Tc superconductors, topological surface states, Majorana zero modes in magnetic atom chains. Oliver E. Buckley Prize of American Physical Society. Member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Andrea Young, University of California, Santa Barbara

Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Pioneering contributions to van der Waals heterostructures, quantum Hall phases in graphene systems. Recipient of New Horizons in Physics Prize, David and Lucile Packard Fellowship, and McMillan Award.

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Jun Zhu, Pennsylvania State University

Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania State University. Research focuses on quantum transport and electronic topology in two-dimensional materials, including valleytronics, topological edge states, and fractional quantum Hall phenomena. Fellow of the American Physical Society.

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